HebrewH2860Noun (Masculine)

חָתָן

cha.tan

18Occurrences
H2860Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a relative by marriage (especially through the bride); figuratively, a circumcised child (as a species of religious espousal)

from H2859 (חָתַן);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
son-in-law, daughter's husband, bridegroom, husband

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

חָתָן appears 18 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Jeremiah
4
1 Samuel
2
Exodus
2
Genesis
2
Isaiah
2
Judges
2
Nehemiah
2
2 Kings
1

Key Passages

1 Samuel 18:18BSB

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?”

Exodus 4:25BSB

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.

Genesis 19:14BSB

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.

Judges 15:6BSB

“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.

Jeremiah 25:10BSB

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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