Strong's H2859 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: חָתַן (châthan)

Pronunciation: khaw-than'

Morphology: v

Derivation: a primitive root;

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

KJV Renderings: join in affinity, father in law, make marriages, mother in law, son in law.

Senses

1. 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

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.