חָתָן chatan

Hebrew word for “son-in-law” · Strong’s H2860 · used 20 times in 19 verses

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Meaning

son-in-law, daughter's husband, bridegroom, husband

How it is translated

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

• son-in-law 8
• bridegroom 8
• sons-in-law 2
• like a bridegroom 1
• like bridegroom 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 19 (2), Exodus 4 (2), Judges 15 (1), Judges 19 (1), 1 Samuel 18 (1), 1 Samuel 22 (1), 2 Kings 8 (1), Nehemiah 6 (1), Nehemiah 13 (1), Psalms 19 (1)

Forms

• חתן 14
• חתניו 2
• כחתן 2
• חתנו 1
• וחתן 1

Words used with it

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

• כַּלָּה kallah “daughter-in-law” 7
• שָׂשׂוֹן sasvon “rejoicing” 4
• שִׂמְחָה simchah “joy” 4
• שׂוּשׂ sus “to rejoice” 3
• חֻפָּה chuppah “canopy” 2
• מִי mi “who?” 4
• קוֹל qol “voice” 4
• לוֹט lot “Lot” 2
• לָקַח laqach “to take” 4
• יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 4
• מִן־ min “from” 4
• מָקוֹם maqom “place” 3

Key verses

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

• Genesis 19:12 — And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of…
• Genesis 19:14 — And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city.…
• 1 Samuel 18:18 — And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father’s family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?
• 1 Samuel 22:14 — Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king’s son in law, and goeth at thy bidding,…
• Nehemiah 13:28 — And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.
• Isaiah 61:10 — I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe…
• Isaiah 62:5 — For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.
• Jeremiah 7:34 — Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the…
• Jeremiah 16:9 — For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and…
• Jeremiah 25:10 — Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the…
• Jeremiah 33:11 — The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of…
• Joel 2:16 — Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his…

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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.