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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #1062 - γάμος

Transliteration

gámos

Phonetics

gam'-os

Origin

of uncertain affinity

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TDNT

1:648,111

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

a wedding or marriage festival, a wedding banquet, a wedding feast
marriage, matrimony

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 4960 ‑ מִשְׁתֶּה (mish‑teh');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (16)

Matthew 10

Luke 2

John 2

Revelation 2

BSB (16)

Matthew 9

Luke 2

John 2

Hebrews 1

Revelation 2

CSB (16)

Matthew 9

Luke 2

John 2

Hebrews 1

Revelation 2

ESV (16)

Matthew 9

Luke 2

John 2

Hebrews 1

Revelation 2

KJV (16)

Matthew 9

Luke 2

John 2

Hebrews 1

Revelation 2

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (22)

Matthew 13

Luke 4

John 2

Hebrews 1

Revelation 2

N95 (22)

Matthew 13

Luke 4

John 2

Hebrews 1

Revelation 2

NAS (23)

Matthew 13

Luke 4

John 2

Hebrews 1

Revelation 2

NLT (14)

Matthew 11

Luke 3

John 3

Hebrews 1

Revelation 2

WEB (17)

Matthew 10

Luke 2

John 2

Hebrews 1

Revelation 2

YLT (15)

Matthew 8

Luke 2

John 2

Hebrews 1

Revelation 2

ASV (16)

a marriage 3

a wedding 1

garment 1

the marriage 6

the marriage feast 2

the wedding 2

wedding 1

BSB (16)

a wedding 1

a wedding banquet 2

banquet 2

in wedding 1

marriage 3

wedding 2

wedding banquet 4

wedding hall 1

CSB (16)

banquet 7

marriage 1

the banquet 2

the marriage 2

the wedding 1

wedding 3

ESV (16)

marriage 6

marriage feast 1

wedding 7

wedding feast 2

KJV (16)

marriage 9

wedding 7

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (22)

feast 7

marriage 3

wedding 12

N95 (22)

feast 7

marriage 3

wedding 12

NAS (23)

feast 8

marriage 2

wedding 13

NLT (14)

banquet 2

celebration 2

feast 6

marriage 1

wedding 3

WEB (17)

a marriage 3

clothing 1

let marriage 1

the marriage 6

the marriage feast 2

wedding 3

YLT (15)

a marriage 1

marriage 4

marriage-feast 1

marriage-feast apartment 1

marriage-feasts 6

of the marriage-feast 1

wedding feasts 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-APM 6

N-ASM 1

N-GPM 2

N-GSM 3

N-NSM 5

ANT

N-APM 6

N-ASM 1

N-GPM 1

N-GSM 3

N-NSM 5

BEZ

N-APM 6

N-ASM 1

N-GPM 1

N-GSM 3

N-NSM 5

BGB

N-APM 6

N-ASM 1

N-GPM 1

N-GSM 3

N-NSM 5

BMT

N-APM 6

N-ASM 1

N-GPM 1

N-GSM 3

N-NSM 5

BYZ

N-APM 6

N-ASM 1

N-GPM 1

N-GSM 3

N-NSM 5

ELZ

N-APM 6

N-ASM 1

N-GSM 2

N-NSM 5

NA26

N-APM 6

N-ASM 1

N-GPM 1

N-GSM 3

N-NSM 5

SBL

N-APM 6

N-ASM 1

N-GPM 1

N-GSM 3

N-NSM 5

SCV

N-APM 6

N-ASM 1

N-GPM 1

N-GSM 3

N-NSM 5

STV

N-APM 6

N-ASM 1

N-GPM 1

N-GSM 4

N-NSM 4

TIS

N-APM 6

N-ASM 1

N-GPM 1

N-GSM 3

N-NSM 5

N-APM 6

N-ASM 1

N-GPM 1

N-GSM 3

N-NSM 5

TRG

N-APM 6

N-ASM 1

N-GSM 3

N-NSM 4

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

γάμος [ ᾰ], ὁ,

I wedding, Il. 5.4.29, al.; γάμοι εἰλαπίναι τε 18.491; γάμον τεύχειν furnish forth a wedding, Od. 1.277; γ. δαινύναι 4.3; ἀρτύειν ib. 770; γάμον ποιεῖν Herod. 7.86, Test.Epict. 2.19: pl., γάμους διττοὺς ἑστιᾶν Isaiah 8:9; of a single wedding, οἰκοσίτους τοὺς γ. ποιεῖσθαι Men. 450; γάμους ποιεῖν D. 30.21,.Matthew 22:2; ἐπιτελεῖν γ. τῆς θυγατρός Arist. Fr. 549, cf. D.S. 13.84; οἱ κεκλημένοι εἰς τοὺς γ. Diph. 17.2; ἐν τοῖς γ. ἄκλητος εἰσδεδυκέναι Apollod.Car. 24.

II marriage, wedlock, Il. 13.382, etc.; ἄγειν [γυναῖκα] ἐπὶ γάμῳ X. An. 2.4.8; ἀγαγέσθαι τινὰ πρὸς γάμον Plu. Cat.Ma. 24; τὸν Οἰνέως γ. the marriage granted by O., S. Tr. 792; γ. θεῶν τινος E. Tr. 979, cf. IT 25; εἰς γ. τινὸς ἐλθεῖν Id. IA 1044 (lyr.); more freq. in pl., A. Pr. 558 (lyr.), 739 (lyr.), Ag. 1156 (lyr.), etc.; cf. γαμέω 1: also τοῖς μεθημερινοῖς γάμοις, i.e. prostitution, D. 18.129; Πανὸς ἀναβοᾷ γάμους, i.e. rape, E. Hel. 190 (lyr.); of unlawful wedlock, as of Paris and Helen, Id. Tr. 932; γάμοι ἄρρενες Luc. VH 1.22; γ. ἀνδρεῖοι Procop. Arc. 16.23: — E. Andr. 103, X. Cyr. 8.4.19, do not establish the sense of a wife; for E. Tr. 357, v. γαμέω 1.1.

III ἱερὸς γ. ritual marriage, Men. 320, Hsch., EM 468.56; as a nickname, Anaxandr. 34.2; name of play by Ale.Com. Pythag. name for three, Theol.Ar. 16; for five, Plu. 2.388c; for six, Theo Sm.p.102H., Theol.Ar. 33. Γάμος personified, Philox. 13, Lib. Or. 5.27. name of month at Epidaurus, IG 4.1485,1492. (Perh. akin to Skt. jâmís 'brother or sister', Lat. geminus.)

Thayer's Expanded Definition

γάμος, γάμου, ὁ (probably from the root, gam, to bind, unite; Curtius, p. 546f), as in Greek writings from Homer down;

1. a wedding or marriage-festival: John 2:1; Revelation 19:7 (under the figure of a marriage here is represented the intimate and everlasting union of Christ, at his return from heaven, with his church); τό δεῖπνον τοῦ γάμου, Revelation 19:9 (a symbol of the future blessings of the Messiah's kingdom); especially a wedding-banquet, a marriage-feast: Matthew 22:8, 10 (here T WH Tr marginal reading νυμφών), Matthew 22:11, 12; plural (referring apparently to the several acts of feasting), Matthew 22:2ff,; ; Luke 12:36; Luke 14:8 (cf. Winers Grammar, § 27, 3; Buttmann, 23 (21)).

2. marriage, matrimony: Hebrews 13:4.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

γάμος , -ου , ὁ ,

[in LXX for H4960;]

1. a wedding, esp. a wedding-feast: Matthew 22:8-12 John 2:1-3, Revelation 19:7-9; pl. (Field, Notes, 16), Matthew 22:2-4; Matthew 22:9; Matthew 25:10, Luke 12:36; Luke 14:8.

2. marriage: Hebrews 13:4 (Cremer, 666).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

P Tebt I. 104, a marriage contract of B.C. 92, is docketed on the verso—ὁμο (λογία ) γάμου . For συγγραφὴ γάμου , see P Oxy IV. 713.12 (A.D. 97) πεποίηνται πρὸς ἀλλήλους τοῦ γάμου συγγραφήν , and cf. P Amh II. 78.10 (A.D. 184) τῇ συνγενίδι μου . . . πρὸς γάμον συνελθ [ώ ]ν , ";being married to my kinswoman"; (Edd.) The word is very common in connexion with the wedding festivities, e. g. P Oxy I. 111.2 (iii/A.D.) ἐρωτᾷ σε Ἡραὶς δειπνῆσαι εἰς γάμους τέκνων αὐτῆς , ib. VI. 927.2 (iii/A.D.) καλῖ σαι Ἔρως εἰς γάμους , P Flor III. 332.22 (ii/A.D.) τοῖς γάμοις σου , ";on the occasion of your marriage."; Cf. the use of the singular in Genesis 29:22, 1 Maccabees 10:58, and Matthew 22:8 compared with .2, where Field (Notes, p. 16) finds no difference between sing. and plur. For the phrase γάμους ποιεῖν (Matthew 22:2) cf. Michel 1001 ii. 19 (the Will of Epicteta, in the Doric of Thera—c. B.C. 200) μηδὲ χρῆσαι τὸ μουσεῖον μηθενί , εἴ κα μή τις τῶν ἐξ Ἐπιτελείας γάμον ποιῇ .

On the distinction between Egyptian, Greek, and Greek-Egyptian marriages in Egypt, and on the γάμος ἄγραφος as a provisional union in contrast to the fully constituted γάμος ἔγγραφος , see Hohlwein, L’Égypte Romaine, p. 138 ff. Cf. also Archiv iii. pp. 70 f., 507; iv. pp. 264 f., 474 f.

List of Word Forms

γαμον γάμον γαμος γάμος γαμου γάμου γαμους γάμους γαμων γάμων gamon gamōn gámon gámōn gamos gámos gamou gámou gamous gámous