חָתָן
cha.tan
“son-in-law”
Definition
a relative by marriage (especially through the bride); figuratively, a circumcised child (as a species of religious espousal)
from H2859 (חָתַן);
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
חָתָן appears 18 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
And David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my family or my father’s clan in Israel, that I should become the son-in-law of the king?”
But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin, and touched it to Moses’ feet. “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said.
So Lot went out and spoke to the sons-in-law who were pledged in marriage to his daughters. “Get up,” he said. “Get out of this place, for the LORD is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.
“Who did this?” the Philistines demanded.“It was Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite,” they were told. “For his wife was given to his companion.”So the Philistines went up and burned her and her father to death.
Moreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.
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