Greek noun (masculine) · G1062
γάμος
gamosgam'-os
a wedding; marriage
16 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: gámos
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1062is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 5spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1062
nuptials
The King James renders it: marriage, wedding.
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
gamos is rendered "a wedding; marriage". It stands 16 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Nine of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "a wedding".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 22:2“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.
Matthew 22:2γάμους
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Nine of the word's sixteen uses are in Matthew.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: a wedding, and marriage.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| a weddingesp. a wedding-feast | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 22:2“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. |
| marriage | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereHebrews 13:4Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled… |
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.
All 16, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 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
- γάμους6
- γάμος5
- γάμου3
- γάμον1
- γάμων1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural6N-APM
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular5N-NSM
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular3N-GSM
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular1N-ASM
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural1N-GPM
Matthew
nine uses
“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.
- γάμουςgamousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: a wedding feast
He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.
- γάμουςgamousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: wedding feast
Again, he sent other servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened cattle have been killed, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’
- γάμουςgamousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: wedding feast
Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited were not worthy.
- γάμοςgamosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: wedding feast
Go therefore to the crossroads and invite to the banquet as many as you can find.’
- γάμουςgamousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: wedding feast
So the servants went out into the streets and gathered everyone they could find, both evil and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
- γάμοςgamosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: wedding hall
But when the king came in to see the guests, he spotted a man who was not dressed in wedding clothes.
- γάμουgamounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of wedding
‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless.
- γάμουgamounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: of wedding
But while they were on their way to buy it, the bridegroom arrived. Those who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet, and the door was shut.
- γάμουςgamousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: wedding feast
Luke
two uses
Then you will be like servants waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.
- γάμωνgamonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: wedding feasts
“When you are invited to a wedding banquet, do not sit in the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited.
- γάμουςgamousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: wedding feasts
John
two uses
On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there,
- γάμοςgamosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a wedding
and Jesus and His disciples had also been invited to the wedding.
- γάμονgamonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: wedding
Hebrews
one use
Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
- γάμοςgamosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: marriage
Revelation
two uses
Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him the glory. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready.
- γάμοςgamosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: marriage
Then the angel told me to write, “Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”
- γάμουgamounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: marriage
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.