Lexical Definition

‎חָתָן‎ châthân (khaw-thawn') son-in-law ^H:N-M
from ‎חָתַן‎

bridegroom, husband, son in law.

• a relative by marriage (especially through the bride)
• figuratively, a circumcised child (as a species of religious espousal)

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

See Greek: ἀδελφή · γυνή · νυμφίος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חָתָן‎ noun masculine daughter's husband, bride-groom (as one who undergoes circumcision, see above; Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic ‎חַתְנָא‎, and (also sister's husband, etc.); vulgar Arabic daughter's husband, then more generally wife's and husband's relations; Sabean (Lihyân) ‎חֿתן‎ daughter's husband DHM^{Epigr. Denkm. 87}; Assyrian —atanu, daughter's husband COT^Gloss) — absolute ‎׳‎‎ח‎ 1Sam 18:18 + 10 t. + Gen 19:12 (where read ‎חֲתָנֶיךָ‎ ᵐ5 Ol Di); construct ‎חֲתַן‎ Exod 4:23 + 4 t.; suffix ‎חֲתָנוֺ‎ Judg 19:5 ‎חֲתָנָיו‎ Gen 19:14 (twice in verse); —

1. in relation to a father, daughter's husband, or bridegroom Gen 19:12; Gen 19:14 (‎לֹקְחֵי בְּנֹתָיו‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎), vGen 19:14 (all J), Judg 15:6; Judg 19:5; 1Sam 18:18; 1Sam 22:14; Neh 6:18; Neh 13:28 see also ‎חֲתַן בֵּית אַחְאָב‎ 2Kgs 8:27 son-in-law of the house of Ahad, said of Ahaziah, whose mother Athaliah was the daughter of Ahab.

2. in relation to the bride, bridegroom ‎דָּמִים אַתָּה לִי‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Exod 4:25 a bloody bridegroom art thou to me, compare vExod 4:26 (J; on this see We^{Prol. 1886, 355}); || ‎כַּלָּה‎ Jer 7:34; Jer 16:9; Jer 25:10; Jer 33:11; Joel 2:16 in simile of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s work for and delight in his people Isa 61:10; Isa 62:5 of sun Ps 19:6*.

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