Epigambreuo means “marry” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H1918 — hadac (“myrtle”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G1918 ἐπιγαμβρεύω (epigambreuo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. epigambreuo (ep-ee-gam-bryoo'-o) v. 1. to form affinity with 2. (specially) in a levirate way It has 10 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include marry. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
epigambreuo (ep-ee-gam-bryoo'-o) v. 1. to form affinity with 2. (specially) in a levirate way [from G1909 and a derivative of G1062] KJV: marry Root(s): G1909, G1062
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1918. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to marry
Usage: ἐπι-γαμβρεύω (γαμβρός, a connection by marriage) [in LXX: Gen.34:9, 1Ki.18:21 ff., 2Ch.18:1, Est.9:14 (חָתַן hithp.), Gen.38:8 R (יָבַם pi.), 1Ma.10:54-56 * ;] __1. to enter into affinity with: with dative (LXX, H. with, exc. Gen.38:8). __2. to marry (as deceased husband's next of kin, cf. Gen.38:8): with accusative, Mat.22:24.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render epigambreuo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G1918 (ἐπιγαμβρεύω) appears 9 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
1 indexed usage in New Testament.
Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
7 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
and intermarry with us. Give us your daughters, and take our daughters for your sons.
And Saul charged his servants, saying, Speak ye privately to David, saying, Behold, the king delights in thee, and all his servants love thee, and do thou become the king’s son-in-law.
And the servants of Saul spoke these words in the ears of David; and David said, Is it a light thing in your eyes to become son-in-law to the king? whereas I am a humble man, and not honorable?
2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
now therefore let us make a league of amity together, and give me now thy daughter to wife: and I will be thy son-in-law, and will give both thee and her gifts according to thy dignity.
And now will I do to thee, as thou hast written: meet me therefore at Ptolemais, that we may see one another; for I will marry my daughter to thee according to thy desire.
First 10 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1918.
and intermarry with us. Give us your daughters, and take our daughters for your sons.
And Saul charged his servants, saying, Speak ye privately to David, saying, Behold, the king delights in thee, and all his servants love thee, and do thou become the king’s son-in-law.
And the servants of Saul spoke these words in the ears of David; and David said, Is it a light thing in your eyes to become son-in-law to the king? whereas I am a humble man, and not honorable?
And the servants of Saul report these words to David, and David was well pleased to become the son-in-law to the king.
And David arose, and went, he and his men, and smote among the Philistines a hundred men: and he brought their foreskins, and he becomes the king’s son-in-law, and Saul gives him Michal his daughter to wife.
And Jehoshaphat had yet great wealth and glory, and he connected himself by marriage with the house of Ahab.
Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?
Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
now therefore let us make a league of amity together, and give me now thy daughter to wife: and I will be thy son-in-law, and will give both thee and her gifts according to thy dignity.
And now will I do to thee, as thou hast written: meet me therefore at Ptolemais, that we may see one another; for I will marry my daughter to thee according to thy desire.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1918, grouped by book.
Epigambreuo (Strong's G1918) is a Greek word most simply glossed "marry". epigambreuo (ep-ee-gam-bryoo'-o) v. 1. to form affinity with 2. (specially) in a levirate way
This page currently indexes 10 linked usages for Strong's G1918 across 6 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1918 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as marry. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 7 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 2 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1918, with linked reader references where each row is available.