Lexicon epigambreuó: to marry Original Word: ἐπιγαμβρεύωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: epigambreuó Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-gam-bryoo'-o) Short Definition: I marry a deceased brother's wife Definition: I take to wife after, marry a deceased brother's wife. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom epi and gambros (a connection by marriage) Definitionto marry NASB Translationmarry (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1918: ἐπιγαμβρεύωἐπιγαμβρεύω: future ἐπιγαμβρεύσω; to be related to by marriage, enter into affinity with; 1. The Sept. for הִתְחַתֵּן, to become anyone's father-in-law or son-in-law: τίνι, Genesis 34:9; 1 Samuel 18:22ff; 2 Chronicles 18:1; 2 Esdr. 9:14; 1 Macc. 10:54, 56. 2. τινα, for יִבֵּם, to marry the widow of a brother who has died childless: Genesis 38:8; Matthew 22:24, where allusion is made to the levirate law recorded in Deuteronomy 25:5-10; cf. Winers RWB, under the word Leviratsehe; (BB. DD., under the word ). (Not found in native Greek authors (except sehol. ad Euripides, Or. 574ff; cf. with 26).)
Strong's marry. From epi and a derivative of gamos; to form affinity with, i.e. (specially) in a levirate way -- marry. see GREEK epi see GREEK gamos |
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