Strong's Hebrew · H2859
חָתַן
châthan · khaw-than'
Definitionto give (a daughter) away in marriage; hence (generally) to contract affinity by marriage
Derivationa primitive root;
KJV usagejoin in affinity, father in law, make marriages, mother in law, son in law.
Occurrences28 in the KJV · 27 verses
חָתַן in Scripture
Genesis 34:9
And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.
Exodus 3:1
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.
Exodus 4:18
And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father -in-law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
Exodus 18:1
When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father -in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt;
Exodus 18:2
Then Jethro, Moses' father -in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,
Exodus 18:5
And Jethro, Moses' father -in-law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:
Exodus 18:6
And he said unto Moses, I thy father -in-law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
Exodus 18:7
And Moses went out to meet his father -in-law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.
Exodus 18:8
And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them.
Exodus 18:12
And Jethro, Moses' father -in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father -in-law before God.
Exodus 18:14
And when Moses' father -in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even?
Exodus 18:15
And Moses said unto his father -in-law, Because the people come unto me to inquire of God:
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