Hebrew word study

חָתַןchâthan — to give (a daughter) away in marriage

Pronounced “khaw-than'”

to give (a daughter) away in marriage; hence (generally) to contract affinity by marriage

Translated in the King James as: join in affinity, father in law, make marriages, mother in law, son in law.

Appears 32 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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