חֹתֵן (ḥōtēn) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning make oneself a daughter’s husband. It appears
33 times
in 10 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H2859).
Also rendered
give
relative
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 781a)
Range of meaning (TWOT 781a)wife's father; wife's mother; give; away in marriage, contract affinity by marriage; join in affinity, father in law, make marriages, mother in law, son in law
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
חֹתֵןnoun, verbal
1.masculine wife's father
2.feminine wife's mother
Strong's H2859חָתַן: to give (a daughter) away in marriage; hence (generally) to contract affinity by marriage KJV:join in affinity, father in law, make marriages, mother in law, son in law.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 781: חתןḥtn — circumcise, circumcision, circumcision-feast