חָתָןchâthân

Meanings

Same root

• חָתַןchâthan · H2859to give (a daughter) away in marriage; hence (generally) to contract affinity by marriage

Where it appears

Appears 20 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 19:12 Meanwhile, the angels questioned Lot. “Do you have any other relatives here in the city?” they asked. “Get them out of this place—your sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or anyone else.
• Genesis 19:14 So Lot rushed out to tell his daughters’ fiancés, “Quick, get out of the city! The Lord is about to destroy it.” But the young men thought he was only joking.
• Exodus 4:25 But Moses’ wife, Zipporah, took a flint knife and circumcised her son. She touched his feet with the foreskin and said, “Now you are a bridegroom of blood to me.”
• Exodus 4:26 (When she said “a bridegroom of blood,” she was referring to the circumcision.) After that, the Lord left him alone.
• Judges 15:6 “Who did this?” the Philistines demanded. “Samson,” was the reply, “because his father-in-law from Timnah gave Samson’s wife to be married to his best man.” So the Philistines went and got the woman and her father and burned them to death.
• Judges 19:5 On the fourth day the man was up early, ready to leave, but the woman’s father said to his son-in-law, “Have something to eat before you go.”