חָתַן
châthan(khaw-than')
“to give (a daughter) away in marriage; hence (generally) to contract affinity by marriage”
33 occurrencesOld TestamentUncommon Word
Definition
Strong’s Definition
to give (a daughter) away in marriage; hence (generally) to contract affinity by marriage
Translated in KJV as
join in affinityfather in lawmake marriagesmother in lawson in law.
Etymology
a primitive root;
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“Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.”