Lexical Definition

‎γαμέω‎ gaméō (gam-eh'-o) to marry ^G:V
from ‎γάμος‎

marry (a wife).

• to wed (of either sex)

Abbott-Smith

* γαμέω, -ῶ, [in LXX: Es 10:3, II Mac 14:25, IV Mac 16:9 * ;]
to marry;
1. of the man, to marry, take to wife (ducere): absol., Mt 19:10 22:25, 30 24:38, Mk 12:25, Lk 17:27, 20:34, 35, I Co 7:28, 33; c. acc.: Mt 5:32 19:9, Mk 6:17 10:11, Lk 14:20 16:18.
2. Of the woman,
(a) mid. (and in late writers, pass.), to give oneself in marriage, marry (nubere): I Co 7:39;
(b) in Hellenistic (M, Pr., 159), act. (as of the man), to marry: absol., I Co 7:28, 34, I Ti 5:11, 14. c acc., Mk 10:12.
3. Of both sexes: absol., I Ti 4:3, I Co 7:9, 10, 36.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

γαμέω,

future γαμέω [Refs 8th c.BC+], contraction γαμῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist 1 ἔγημα [NT+8th c.BC+]perfect γεγάμηκα [Refs 5th c.BC+]: pluperfect ἐγεγαμήκει [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, future Epic dialect γαμέσσεται [Refs 8th c.BC+] codices, Attic dialect γαμοῦμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐγημάμην [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive, future γαμηθήσομαι [Refs 1st c.AD+]: aorist ἐγαμήθην [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: perfect γεγάμημαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: pluperfect ἐγεγάμητο [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: (γάμος):—marry, i.e. take to wife, of the man, Ἀδρήστοιο δ᾽ ἔγημε θυγατρῶν one of his daughters, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; γ. γυναῖκα ἐς οἰκία, like{ἄγεσθαι}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γῆμαι γέκτρα βασιλέως the king's daughter, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also γάμῳ γ. marry in lawful wedlock, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐκ κακοῦ, ἐξ ἀγαθοῦ γῆμαι, marry a wife of mean or noble stock, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; παρά τινος[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ θυγατρὶ γ. ἄλλην γυναῖκα set a stepmother over one's daughter, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ δέκα ταλάντοις τινὰ γαμεῖν marry a wife with a dowry of ten talents, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 of mere sexual intercourse, take for a paramour, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__3 later of the woman, ἐὰν γαμήσῃ ἄλλον [NT]
__II middle, give oneself or one's child in marriage:
__II.1 of the woman, give herself in marriage, i.e. wed, with dative, γαμέεσθαι τῷ ὅτεῴ τε πατὴρ κέλεται [Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἰς τύρανν᾽ ἐγημάμην I married into a royal house, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γήματο δ᾽ εἰς Μαραθῶνα, i. e. she married Herodes of Marathon, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: ironically of a henpecked husband, κεῖνος οὐκ ἔγημεν ἀλλ᾽ ἐγήματο [Refs 6th c.BC+]; so Medea to Jason, μῶν γαμοῦσα.. σ; did I marry you? [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐγημάμην, of a man marrying a rich wife, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; γαμεῖται ἕκαστος (obscene meaning) [Refs 1st c.BC+]; incorrectly, in later writers, γημάμενος [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.2 of parents, get their children married, betroth them, get a wife for the son, Πηλεύς θήν μοι ἔπειτα γυναῖκα γαμέσσεται αὐτός (where [Refs 3rd c.BC+] will seek or make suit for) [Refs 8th c.BC+] —active aorist 1 ἐγάμησα[Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III passive, to be taken to wife: hence, marry a husband, [prev. cited] ad [near the start], [Refs 4th c.AD+], etc.; rarely in correct authors, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Esth.10.3 ☩ Mark.6.17 ☩ Mark.10.12 ☩ 1Cor.7.28}