# H2859 חָתַן

חָתַן (châthan), Strong’s H2859: 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…

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*châthan* — 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.

Occurs 33 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- 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

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 34:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/34?v=9) — Make marriages with us. Give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.
- [Exodus 3:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/3?v=1) — 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…
- [Exodus 4:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/4?v=18) — Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, “Please let me go and return to my brothers who…
- [Exodus 18:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/18?v=1) — Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel his…
- [Exodus 18:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/18?v=2) — Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, received Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her away,
- [Exodus 18:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/18?v=5) — Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, came with Moses’ sons and his wife to Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped, at…
- [Exodus 18:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/18?v=6) — He said to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, have come to you with your wife, and her two sons with her.”
- [Exodus 18:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/18?v=7) — Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed and kissed him. They asked each other of their welfare, and they…
- [Exodus 18:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/18?v=8) — Moses told his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the…
- [Exodus 18:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/18?v=12) — Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God. Aaron came with all the elders of Israel…