Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H2859
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- chathan
- Pronunciation
- khaw-than'
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H2859
- Brief meaning
- To give (a daughter) away in marriage, hence (generally) to contract affinity by marriage
- Source renderings
- join in affinity, father in law, make marriages, mother in law, son in law
- Root word
- a primitive root
- Full definition from the source
- To give (a daughter) away in marriage; hence (generally) to contract affinity by marriage. Root word: a primitive root.
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
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02859\ 2859 chathan khaw-than' a primitive root; to give (a daughter) away in marriage; hence (generally) to contract affinity by marriage:--join in affinity, father in law, make marriages, mother in law, son in law.