2859. chathan
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chathan: make oneself a daughter's husband
Original Word: חָתַן
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: chathan
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-than')
Short Definition: son-in-law

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
denominative verb from chathan
Definition
make oneself a daughter's husband
NASB Translation
allied himself by marriage (1), become the son-in-law (4), formed a marriage alliance (1), intermarry (4), marriage alliance (1), son-in-law (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
חֹתֵן verbal noun 1. masculine wife's father (Arabic a circumciser, hence father-in-law, with reference to circumcision performed on young men just before marriage; relation on wife's side; see WeProl. 1886, 355 Anm, 1; Skizzen iii, 154 StaZAW 1886. 143 Aum.ZMG 1886, 187; otherwise DlPr 91 LagBN 116) — construct חֹתֵן Exodus 18:1 + 9t., חֹתֶנְךָ Exodus 18:6, חֹתְנוֺ Exodus 3:1+ 9 t.; — usually of Moses' wife's father Exodus 3:1; Exodus 4:18; Exodus 18:1,2,5,6,7,8,12 (twice in verse); Exodus 18:14; Exodus 18:15; Exodus 18:17; Exodus 18:24; Exodus 18:27 (all E), Numbers 10:29 (J), Judges 1:16; Judges 4:11; of a Levite Judges 19:4,7,9.

2. feminine wife's mother, only suffix חֹתַנְתּוֺ Deuteronomy 27:23.

II. חתן verb denominative only

Hithpa`el make oneself a daughter's husband (Late Hebrew Hithpa`el id., Aramaic Ithpa`al id.) — Perfect2masculine plural וְהִתְחַתַּנְתֶּם consecutive Joshua 23:12; Imperfect וַיִּתְחַתֵּן 1 Kings 3:1; 2Chronicles 18:1; 2 masculine תִּתְחַתֵּן Deuteronomy 7:3; 1 Samuel 18:21; Imperative הִתְחַתֵּן 1 Samuel 18:22, הִתְחַתְּנוּ Genesis 34:9; Infinitive הִתְחַתֵּן 1 Samuel 18:23 3t.; —

1 make oneself daughter's husband (son-in-law) to, with בְּ 1 Samuel 18:21,22,23,26,27; with אֶת 1 Kings 3:1; Genesis 34:9 (P); with לְ2Chronicles 18:1, of marriage of Jehoshaphat's son and Ahab's daughter (compare 2 Kings 8:18 2Chronicles 21:6).

2 in General form marriage-alliance with, with בְּ Deuteronomy 7:3; Joshua 23:12 (D), Ezra 9:14.



Strong's
join in affinity, father-in-law, make marriages, mother-in-law, son-in-law

A primitive root; to give (a daughter) away in marriage; hence (generally) to contract affinity by marriage -- join in affinity, father in law, make marriages, mother in law, son in law.

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