HebrewH2859Noun (Masculine)

חֹתֵן

cho.ten

32Occurrences
H2859Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to give (a daughter) away in marriage; hence (generally) to contract affinity by marriage

a primitive root;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
a son-in-law, a daughter's husband, wife's father, wife's mother, father-in-law, mother-in- law

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

חֹתֵן appears 32 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Exodus
14
1 Samuel
5
Judges
5
Deuteronomy
2
1 Kings
1
2 Chronicles
1
Ezra
1
Genesis
1

Key Passages

1 Kings 3:1BSB

Later, Solomon formed an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his palace and the house of the LORD, as well as the wall around Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 18:1BSB

Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and he allied himself with Ahab by marriage.

Exodus 18:6BSB

He sent word to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons.”

Exodus 18:17BSB

But Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “What you are doing is not good.

Genesis 34:9BSB

Intermarry with us; give us your daughters, and take our daughters for yourselves.

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