חָתָן
ḥātān
daughter’s husband
Strong's H2860NounHebrewTWOT 781c

חָתָן (ḥātān) is a Hebrew noun meaning daughter’s husband. It appears 20 times in 10 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2860).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 781c)

Range of meaning (TWOT 781c)daughter's husband, bridegroom; daughter’s husband; relative by marriage, circumcised child; husband, son in law
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

חָתָן noun, masculine: daughter's husband, bridegroom

Strong's H2860 חָתָן: a relative by marriage (especially through the bride); figuratively, a circumcised child (as a species of religious espousal)
KJV:bridegroom, husband, 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: חתן ḥtn — circumcise, circumcision, circumcision-feast

See it in Scripture

Genesis 19:12Exodus 4:25Judges 15:6

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