חֹתֵן choten

Hebrew word for “relative” · Strong’s H2859 · used 33 times in 32 verses

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Meaning

a son-in-law, a daughter's husband, wife's father, wife's mother, father-in-law, mother-in- law

Senses in the lexicon

• relative (22)
• be related (11)

How it is translated

Glosses given for choten in context, with how often each is used:

• father-in-law 21
• son-in-law 4
• will intermarry 2
• became son-in-law 2
• mother-in-law 1
• intermarry with 1
• will be a son-in-law 1
• intermarry 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 18 (12), 1 Samuel 18 (5), Judges 19 (3), Genesis 34 (1), Exodus 3 (1), Exodus 4 (1), Numbers 10 (1), Deuteronomy 7 (1), Deuteronomy 27 (1), Joshua 23 (1)

Forms

• חתן 10
• חתנו 8
• לחתנו 2
• תתחתן 2
• התחתן 2
• להתחתן 2
• ויתחתן 2
• חתנך 1
• חתנתו 1
• והתחתנו 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with choten more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• מֹשֶׁה mosheh “Moses” 17
• יִתְרוֹ yitro “Jethro” 7
• אֵת et “with” 7
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 7
• דָּוִד david “David” 6
• חֹבָב chovav “Hobab” 2
• לוּן lun “to lodge” 3
• שָׁאוּל shaul “Saul” 4
• לָקַח laqach “to take” 5
• קֵינִי qeni “Kenite” 2
• בַּת bat “daughter” 4
• מִצְרַיִם mitsrayim “Egypt” 4

Key verses

The verses using choten that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 3:1 — Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of…
• Exodus 18:1 — When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought…
• Exodus 18:7 — And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.
• Exodus 18:8 — And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by…
• Exodus 18:12 — And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses’ father…
• Numbers 10:29 — And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses’ father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you:…
• Deuteronomy 7:3 — Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.
• Joshua 23:12 — Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go…
• Judges 1:16 — And the children of the Kenite, Moses’ father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which…
• 1 Samuel 18:21 — And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou…
• 2 Chronicles 18:1 — Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab.
• Ezra 9:14 — Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed…

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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.