חָתַן
châthan · khaw-than'
to give (a daughter) away in marriage; hence (generally) to contract affinity by marriage
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to give (a daughter) away in marriage; hence (generally) to contract affinity by marriage
- to give (a daughter) away in marriage
- hence, (generally) to contract affinity by marriage
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: join in affinity, father in law, make marriages, mother in law, son in law.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › the mark, the covenant sign › the seed, life continuing
To separate and protect of the mark, the covenant sign of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָתַן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
33 occurrences · 33 OT · 0 NT · 23 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- father in law9 · 27%
- his father in law6 · 18%
- son in law4 · 12%
- and make ye marriages1 · 3%
- i thy father in law1 · 3%
- unto his father in law1 · 3%
- of his father in law1 · 3%
- let his father in law1 · 3%
- neither shalt thou make marriages1 · 3%
- with his mother in law1 · 3%
- among you, and shall make marriages1 · 3%
- the father in law1 · 3%
- and his father in law1 · 3%
- be my son in law1 · 3%
- made affinity1 · 3%
- and joined affinity1 · 3%
- and join in affinity1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.