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)

to marry; to marry, take to wife; to give oneself in marriage, marry