γάμος gamos
Greek word for “wedding” · Strong’s G1062 · used 16 times in 16 verses
Meaning
γάμος, -ου, ὁ; 1. a wedding, esp. a wedding-feast: 11, 12; pl. (Field, Notes, 16), 25:10, 14:8.; 2. marriage: (Cremer, 666).; †
How it is translated
Glosses given for gamos in context, with how often each is used:
- wedding feast 6
- wedding 3
- wedding feasts 2
- marriage 2
- wedding hall 1
- wedding? 1
- marriage be 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew | 9 | 0.5 | |
| Luke | 2 | 0.1 | |
| John | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Revelation | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Hebrews | 1 | 0.2 |
Chapters where it is used most
Matthew 22 (8), John 2 (2), Revelation 19 (2), Matthew 25 (1), Luke 12 (1), Luke 14 (1), Hebrews 13 (1)
Forms
- γάμους 6
- γάμος 5
- γάμου 3
- γάμων 1
- γάμον 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with gamos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- καλέω kaleō “to call” 7
- ἕτοιμος hetoimos “ready” 3
- δοῦλος doulos “slave” 4
- ἔνδυμα enduma “clothing” 2
- ἀνάκειμαι anakeimai “to recline” 2
- εἰσέρχομαι eiserchomai “to enter” 3
- ἀρνίον arnion “lamb” 2
- ἑτοιμάζω hetoimazō “to make ready” 2
- ἐκεῖ ekei “there” 2
- ὁδός hodos “road” 2
- βασιλεύς basileus “king” 2
- ἀποστέλλω apostellō “to send” 2
Key verses
The verses using gamos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Matthew 22:2 — The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,
- Matthew 22:3 — And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
- Matthew 22:4 — Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things…
- Matthew 22:9 — Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
- Matthew 22:10 — So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
- Matthew 22:11 — And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
- Matthew 22:12 — And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
- Matthew 25:10 — And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
- Luke 12:36 — And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him…
- Hebrews 13:4 — Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
- Revelation 19:7 — Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
- Revelation 19:9 — And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.