Genesis 34:9
And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.
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Joshua 23:12
Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:
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חָתַן
châthan · khaw-than'
3 times translated as this KJV form33 total Strong's occurrences
to give (a daughter) away in marriage; hence (generally) to contract affinity by marriage
Strong's KJV usage: join in affinity, father in law, make marriages, mother in law, son in law.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 34:9Strong's last: Joshua 23:12
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H2859
And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.
H2859
Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.
H2859
Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:
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marriage
MAR'RIAGE, noun [Latin mas, maris.] The act of uniting a man and woman for life; wedlock; the legal union of a man and woman for life. marriage is a contract both civil and religious, by which the parties engage to live together in mutual affection and fidelity, till death shall separate them. marriage was instituted by God himself for the purpose of preventing the promiscuous intercourse of the sexes, for promoting domestic felicity, and for securing the maintenance and education of children.
Marriage is honorable in all and the bed undefiled. Hebrews 13:4
1. A feast made on the occasion of a marriage
The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king, who made a marriage for his son. Matthew 22:2.
2. In a scriptural sense, the union between Christ and his church by the covenant of grace. Revelation 19:7.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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