{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H2859",
  "lemma": "חָתַן",
  "transliteration": "châthan",
  "definition": "to give (a daughter) away in marriage; hence (generally) to contract affinity by marriage",
  "kjv": "join in affinity, father in law, make marriages, mother in law, son in law.",
  "occurrences": 33,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "חתן vb. denom. only Hithp. make oneself a daughter's husband",
    "חֹתֵן n.verb",
    "חֹתֵן n.verb.",
    "1. m. wife's father",
    "2. f. wife's mother"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 34:9",
      "text": "Make marriages with us. Give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/34?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 3:1",
      "text": "Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/3?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 4:18",
      "text": "Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, “Please let me go and return to my brothers who…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/4?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 18:1",
      "text": "Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel his…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/18?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 18:2",
      "text": "Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, received Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her away,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/18?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 18:5",
      "text": "Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, came with Moses’ sons and his wife to Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped, at…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/18?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 18:6",
      "text": "He said to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, have come to you with your wife, and her two sons with her.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/18?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 18:7",
      "text": "Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed and kissed him. They asked each other of their welfare, and they…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/18?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 18:8",
      "text": "Moses told his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/18?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 18:12",
      "text": "Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God. Aaron came with all the elders of Israel…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/18?v=12"
    }
  ],
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