Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
son-in-law
Usage: son-in-law, daughter's husband, bridegroom, husband
Chathan means “bridegroom” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G2860 — kolymbao (“swim”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H2860 חָתָן (chathan) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. chathan (khaw-thawn') n-m. 1. a relative by marriage (especially through the bride) 2. (figuratively) a circumcised child (as a species of religious espousal) It has 19 linked Bible usages across 10 books. Visible English usage signals include bride. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
chathan (khaw-thawn') n-m. 1. a relative by marriage (especially through the bride) 2. (figuratively) a circumcised child (as a species of religious espousal) [from H2859] KJV: bridegroom, husband, son in law. Root(s): H2859
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son-in-law
Usage: son-in-law, daughter's husband, bridegroom, husband
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render chathan, 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 Old 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.
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19 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:
And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.
First 19 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2860.
And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:
And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.
So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.
Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.
And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel's father said unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way.
And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?
Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king's son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?
And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab.
For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.
And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.
Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.
Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.
For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.
Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.
The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.
Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2860, grouped by book.
Chathan (Strong's H2860) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "bridegroom". chathan (khaw-thawn') n-m. 1. a relative by marriage (especially through the bride) 2. (figuratively) a circumcised child (as a species of religious espousal)
This page currently indexes 19 linked usages for Strong's H2860 across 10 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2860 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as bride. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.