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To marry

ἐπιγαμβρεύωStrong’s G1918

epigambreuō

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Epigambreuō is the Greek word usually translated “marry”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.”
Matthew 22:24 KJV
Meaning

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

How it's translated
  • will marry 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Matthew 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    ἐπιγαμβρεύω epigambreuō · to marry

    ἐπι-γαμβρεύω (γαμβρός, a connection by marriage) [in LXX: Gen.34:9, 1Ki.18:21 ff., 2Ch.18:1, Est.9:14 (חָתַן hithp.), Gen.38:8 R (יָבַם pi.), 1Ma.10:54-56 * ;] 1. to enter into affinity with: with dative (LXX, H. with, exc. Gen.38:8). 2. to marry (as deceased husband's next of kin, cf. Gen.38:8): with accusative, Mat.22:24.† (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.]

    1. 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.
    2. To dispose of in wedlock.
    3. To take for husband or wife.
    4. 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.

      1. “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.

      Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.