Greek verb · G1060
γαμέω
gameogam-eh'-o
of the man; Of the woman; Of both sexes
28 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: gaméō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1060is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 19spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1060
to wed (of either sex)
The King James renders it: marry (a wife).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
gameo is rendered "of the man; Of the woman; Of both sexes". It stands 28 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Nine of the uses stand in 1 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "of the man".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 5:32But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, brings adultery upon her. And he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
- The Greek text spells it nineteen different ways.
The first use
But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, brings adultery upon her. And he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
Matthew 5:32γαμήσῃ
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Nine of the word's twenty-eight uses are in 1 Corinthians.
What the word means
The word carries three meanings: of the man, and Of the woman, and Of both sexes.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| of the manto marry, take to wife (ducere): absol., Mat.19:10 22:25, 30 24:38, Mrk.12:25, Luk.17:27, 20:34, 35, 1Co.7:28, 33; with accusative | Tagged as
and 3 more, 25 uses in all | WhereMatthew 5:32But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality… |
| Of the woman__(a) mid. (and in late writers, pass.), to give oneself in marriage, marry (nubere): 1Co.7:39; __(b) in Hellenistic (M, Pr., 159), act.... | Tagged as
| WhereMark 10:12And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.” |
| Of both sexesabsol., 1Ti.4:3, 1Co.7:9, 10 36.† (AS) | Tagged as
| Where1 Corinthians 7:9But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 28, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
19 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- γαμήσῃ4
- γαμοῦσιν4
- γαμεῖν3
- γαμῶν2
- γαμείτωσαν1
- γαμηθῆναι1
- γαμῆσαι1
- γαμῆσαι.¶1
- γαμήσας1
- γαμήσασα1
- γαμησάτωσαν1
- γαμήσῃς1
and 7 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular5V-AAS-3S
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person plural4V-PAI-3P
- verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)3V-PAN
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)2V-AAN
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2V-AAP-NSM
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2V-PAP-NSM
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singular1V-AAI-1S
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-AAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, command · 3rd person plural1V-AAM-3P
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1V-AAP-NSF
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person singular1V-AAS-2S
- verb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)1V-APN
Matthew
six uses
But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, brings adultery upon her. And he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
- γαμήσῃgameseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall marry
Now I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman, commits adultery.”
- γαμήσῃgameseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall marry
His disciples said to Him, “If this is the case between a man and his wife, it is better not to marry.”
- γαμῆσαι.¶gamesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to marry
Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died without having children. So he left his wife to his brother.
- γήμαςgemasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having married
In the resurrection, people will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.
- γαμοῦσινgamousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: do they marry
For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.
- γαμοῦντεςgamountesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: marrying
Mark
four uses
For Herod himself had ordered that John be arrested and bound and imprisoned, on account of his brother Philip’s wife Herodias, whom Herod had married.
- ἐγάμησενegamesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he had married
So He told them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.
- γαμήσῃgameseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall marry
And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.”
- γαμήσῃgameseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall marry
When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.
- γαμοῦσινgamousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: do they marry
Luke
six uses
Still another said, ‘I have married a wife, so I cannot come.’
- ἔγημαegemaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have married
Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
- γαμῶνgamonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: marrying
- γαμῶνgamonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: marrying
People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.
- ἐγάμουνegamounverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were marrying
Jesus answered, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage.
- γαμοῦσινgamousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: marry
But those who are considered worthy to share in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage.
- γαμοῦσινgamousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: marry
1 Corinthians
nine uses
But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
- γαμησάτωσανgamesatosanverb · aorist active, command · 3rd person pluraltagged: they should marry
- γαμῆσαιgamesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to marry
To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.
- γεγαμηκόσινgegamekosinverb · perfect active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: having married
But if you do marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.
- γαμήσῃςgamesesverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person singulartagged: you shall marry
- γήμῃgemeverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall marry
But the married man is concerned about the affairs of this world, how he can please his wife,
- γαμήσαςgamesasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having been married
and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the work of the Lord, how she can be holy in both body and spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, how she can please her husband.
- γαμήσασαgamesasaverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: having been married
However, if someone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his betrothed, and if she is beyond her youth and they ought to marry, let him do as he wishes; he is not sinning; they should get married.
- γαμείτωσανgameitosanverb · present active, command · 3rd person pluraltagged: they should marry
A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.
- γαμηθῆναιgamethenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be married
1 Timothy
three uses
They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
- γαμεῖνgameinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to marry
But refuse to enroll younger widows. For when their passions draw them away from Christ, they will want to marry,
- γαμεῖνgameinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to marry
So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.
- γαμεῖνgameinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to marry
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.