gameō (to marry)

Meaning

Usually translated “shall marry”, “marry” and “having married”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

shall marry 5
to marry 5
having married 3
marrying 3
do they marry 2
marry 2
they should marry 2
having been married 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

1 Corinthians 7
Matthew 6
Luke 5
Mark 4
1 Timothy 3

5 books in all.

Related words

To marry (epigambreuō)

Explore in Scripture

1 Timothy 5:11In contextBut the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;
1 Timothy 5:14In contextI will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
Matthew 5:32But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
Matthew 19:9And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
Matthew 19:10His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.
Matthew 22:25Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:

All 25 verses, by book

Matthew 6: 5:32 19:9 19:10 22:25 22:30 24:38
Mark 4: 6:17 10:11 10:12 12:25
Luke 5: 14:20 16:18 17:27 20:34 20:35
1 Corinthians 7: 7:9 7:10 7:28 7:33 7:34 7:36 7:39
1 Timothy 3: 4:3 5:11 5:14

Greek dictionary

γαμέω gameō · to marry

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

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “marry” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

MAR'RY, verb transitive

[Latin mas, maris, a male; Latin vir, a husband, a lord or master.]

To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to join a man and woman for life, and constitute them man and wife according to the laws or customs of a nation.
To dispose of in wedlock.
To take for husband or wife.
In Scripture, to unite in covenant, or in the closest connection.“Turn, O backsliding children, saith Jehovah, for I am married to you” Jeremiah 3:14

All definitions and other forms of “marry”

MAR'RY, verb intransitive

To enter into the conjugal state; to unite as husband and wife; to take a husband or a wife.

“If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry” Matthew 19:10“I will therefore that the younger women marry” 1 Timothy 5:14

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.