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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33

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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #1918 - ἐπιγαμβρεύω

Transliteration

epigambreúō

Phonetics

ep-ee-gam-bryoo'-o

Origin

from (G1909) and a derivative of (G1062)

Parts of Speech

verb

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to be related to by marriage, enter into affinity with
1. become any one's father-in-law or son-in-law
2. to marry the widow of a brother who has died childless

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2859 ‑ חָתַן (khaw‑than'); 2992 ‑ יָבַם (yaw‑bam');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (1)

Matthew 1

BSB (1)

Matthew 1

CSB (1)

Matthew 1

ESV (1)

Matthew 1

KJV (1)

Matthew 1

LEB (0)

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

LSB (5)

Matthew 5

N95 (1)

Matthew 1

NAS (5)

Matthew 1

NLT (1)

Matthew 2

WEB (1)

Matthew 1

YLT (1)

Matthew 1

ASV (1)

shall marry 1

BSB (1)

is to marry 1

CSB (1)

marry 1

ESV (1)

marry 1

KJV (1)

marry 1

LEB (0)

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

LSB (5)

as 1

kin 1

marry 1

next 1

of 1

N95 (1)

marry 1

NAS (5)

as 1

kin 1

marry 1

next 1

of 1

NLT (1)

marry 1

WEB (1)

shall marry 1

YLT (1)

shall marry 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

V-FAI-3S 1

ANT

V-FAI-3S 1

BEZ

V-FAI-3S 1

BGB

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

BMT

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

BYZ

V-FAI-3S 1

ELZ

V-FAI-3S 1

NA26

V-3FAIS 1

SBL

V-FAI-3S 1

SCV

V-FAI-3S 1

STV

V-FAI-3S 1

TIS

V-FAI-3S 1

TRG

V-FAI-3S 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἐπιγαμβρ-εύω,

1. become son-in-law, τῷ βασιλεῖ LXX 1 Samuel 18:22, cf. Lyd. Mens. 1.13.

2.. become father-in-law, τινί LXX 1 Maccabees 10:54; 1 Maccabees 10:56.

II. ἐ. γυναῖκα take a woman to wife as her husband's next of kin, ib. Genesis 38:8 (v.l.), Matthew 22:24.

III. Med., intermarry with, LXX Genesis 34:9, 2 Chronicles 18:1.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἐπιγαμβρεύω: future ἐπιγαμβρεύσω; to be related to by marriage, enter into affinity with;

1. The Sept. for הִתְחַתֵּן, to become anyone's father-in-law or son-in-law: τίνι, Genesis 34:9; 1 Samuel 18:22ff; 2 Chronicles 18:1; 2 Esdr. 9:14; 1 Macc. 10:54, 56.

2. τινα, for יִבֵּם, to marry the widow of a brother who has died childless: Genesis 38:8; Matthew 22:24, where allusion is made to the levirate law recorded in Deuteronomy 25:5-10; cf. Winers RWB, under the word Leviratsehe; (BB. DD., under the word ). (Not found in native Greek authors (except sehol. ad Euripides, Or. 574ff; cf. with 26).)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

† ἐπι -γαμβρεύω

(< γαμβρός , a connection by marriage),

[in LXX: Genesis 34:9, 1 Samuel 18:21 ff., 2 Chronicles 18:1, Ezra 9:14 (H2859 hithp.), Genesis 38:8 R (H2992 pi.), 1 Maccabees 10:54-56 *;]

1. to enter into affinity with: c. dat. (LXX, ll. c., exc. Genesis 38:8).

2. to marry (as deceased husband's next of kin, cf. Genesis 38:8): c. acc, Matthew 22:24.†

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

For this terminus technicus which is used c. acc. in sense of ";take to wife after"; in Matthew 22:24, under the influence of Genesis 38:8, see Anz Subsidia, p. 378. Elsewhere in the LXX (e.g. 1 Kings 18:22) it represents the Heb. הִתֲחתֵּן = ";become son-in-law.";

List of Word Forms

επιγαμβρεύεται επιγαμβρεύσαι επιγάμβρευσαι επιγαμβρεύσασθε επιγαμβρεύσατο επιγαμβρευσει επιγαμβρεύσει ἐπιγαμβρεύσει επιγαμβρεύσεις επιγάμβρευσον επιγαμίας epigambreusei epigambreúsei