Lexicon gamos: a wedding Original Word: γάμος, ου, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: gamos Phonetic Spelling: (gam'-os) Short Definition: a marriage, wedding, wedding-feast Definition: a marriage, wedding, wedding-ceremony; plur: a wedding-feast. HELPS word-Studies 1062 gámos – properly, a wedding celebration; (figuratively) the Marriage Supper of the Lamb which begins with Christ glorifying all the saints (OT, NT) at His return. This eschatological celebration is described in Mt 22:2-10 and Rev 19:7-9 – "and apparently occurs at the final day of the seven-year Tribulation" (G. Archer). For more discussion, see 4394/prophēteia ("prophecy) and 110/athanasia ("the divine investiture of immortality") at the return of Christ. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. word Definitiona wedding NASB Translationmarriage (3), wedding (5), wedding feast (7).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1062: γάμοςγάμος, γάμου, ὁ (probably from the root, gam, to bind, unite; Curtius, p. 546f), as in Greek writings from Homer down; 1. a wedding or marriage-festival: John 2:1; Revelation 19:7 (under the figure of a marriage here is represented the intimate and everlasting union of Christ, at his return from heaven, with his church); τό δεῖπνον τοῦ γάμου, Revelation 19:9 (a symbol of the future blessings of the Messiah's kingdom); especially a wedding-banquet, a marriage-feast: Matthew 22:8, 10 (here T WH Tr marginal reading νυμφών), Matthew 22:11, 12; plural (referring apparently to the several acts of feasting), Matthew 22:2ff,; ; Luke 12:36; Luke 14:8 (cf. Winers Grammar, § 27, 3; Buttmann, 23 (21)). 2. marriage, matrimony: Hebrews 13:4.
Strong's marriage, wedding. Of uncertain affinity; nuptials -- marriage, wedding. |
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