Word Study · Strong's H2860 · Hebrew
חָתָן
chathan
khaw-thawn'
Strong's 1890 spelling: châthân
“a relative by marriage (especially through the bride)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a relative by marriage (especially through the bride); figuratively, a circumcised child (as a species of religious espousal)
Rendered in the KJV as
bridegroom, husband, son in law.
- 20occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 10 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 13inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 20 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 13
- חָתָ֖ן5
- חָתָן֙3
- חֲתַ֥ן2
- וַחֲתַ֥ן1
- חֲתַ֣ן1
- חָתָ֥ן1
- חָתָן֮1
- חֲתַן־1
- חֲתָנ֗וֹ1
- חֲתָנָ֣יו׀1
- חֲתָנָֽיו׃1
- כְּ֭חָתָן1
and 1 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 13
- a bridegroom5
- [was] a son-in-law2
- a son-in-law2
- sons-in-law his2
- [are] a bridegroom of1
- [is] like a bridegroom1
- [the] bridegroom1
- [the] son-in-law of1
- [was] [the] son-in-law of1
- a bridegroom of1
- and [the] son-in-law of1
- like the bridegroom1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 7
- noun · masculine singular10
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)4
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular1
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 10
- HNcmsc · 4
- HNcmpc/Sp3ms · 2
- HC/Ncmsc · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp3ms · 1
- HR/Ncmsa · 1
- HRd/Ncmsa · 1
All 20, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Jeremiah4 of 20 · 20%
- Genesis3 of 20 · 15%
- Exodus2 of 20 · 10%
- Judges2 of 20 · 10%
- 1 Samuel2 of 20 · 10%
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Genesis3 occurrences
- Genesis 19:12חָתָן֙chatannoun · masculine singularThen the two men said to Lot, “Do you have anyone else here—a son-in-law, your sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here,here: a son-in-law
- Genesis 19:14חֲתָנָ֣יו׀chatanavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularSo 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.here: sons-in-law his
- Genesis 19:14חֲתָנָֽיו׃chatanavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularSo 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.here: sons-in-law his
Exodus2 occurrences
- Exodus 4:25חֲתַן־chatan-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)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.here: [are] a bridegroom of
- Exodus 4:26חֲתַ֥ןchatannoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)So the LORD let him alone. (When she said, “bridegroom of blood,” she was referring to the circumcision.)here: a bridegroom of
Judges2 occurrences
- Judges 15:6חֲתַ֣ןchatannoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)“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.here: [the] son-in-law of
- Judges 19:5חֲתָנ֗וֹchatanonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularOn the fourth day, they got up early in the morning and prepared to depart, but the girl’s father said to his son-in-law, “Refresh your heart with a morsel of bread, and then you can go.”here: son-in-law his
1 Samuel2 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 18:18חָתָ֖ןchatannoun · masculine singularAnd 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?”here: a son-in-law
- 1 Samuel 22:14וַחֲתַ֥ןvachatanconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Ahimelech answered the king, “Who among all your servants is as faithful as David, the king’s son-in-law, the captain of your bodyguard who is honored in your house?here: and [the] son-in-law of
Nehemiah2 occurrences
- Nehemiah 6:18חָתָ֥ןchatannoun · masculine singularFor many in Judah were bound by oath to him, since he was a son-in-law of Shecaniah son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah.here: [was] a son-in-law
- Nehemiah 13:28חָתָ֖ןchatannoun · masculine singularEven one of the sons of Jehoiada son of Eliashib the high priest had become a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. Therefore I drove him away from me.here: [was] a son-in-law
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 61:10כֶּֽחָתָן֙kechatanpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularI will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.here: like the bridegroom
- Isaiah 62:5חָתָן֙chatannoun · masculine singularFor as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.here: a bridegroom
Jeremiah4 occurrences
- Jeremiah 7:34חָתָ֖ןchatannoun · masculine singularI will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sounds of joy and gladness and the voices of the bride and bridegroom, for the land will become a wasteland.”here: a bridegroom
- Jeremiah 16:9חָתָ֖ןchatannoun · masculine singularFor this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to remove from this place, before your very eyes and in your days, the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom.here: a bridegroom
- Jeremiah 25:10חָתָ֖ןchatannoun · masculine singularMoreover, 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.here: a bridegroom
- Jeremiah 33:11חָתָן֮chatannoun · masculine singularthe sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying: ‘Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; His loving devotion endures forever.’ For I will restore the land from captivity as in former times, says the LORD.here: a bridegroom