Strong's Number H2859

חָתַן

chathan · khaw-than'

Transliteration:

chathan{khaw-than'}

Word Origin:

a primitive root

TWOT:

781b

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

to give (a daughter) away in marriage; hence (generally) to contract affinity by marriage

Usage in the KJV:

law 27, affinity 3, marriages 3

Total: 33
Occurs 33 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

to become a son-in-law, make oneself a daughter's husband
1. (Qal) wife's father, wife's mother, father-in-law, mother-in- law (participle)
2. (Hithpael) to make oneself a daughter's husband