Lexicon / H2859b
חָתַן
cha.tan
  • be related
  • make oneself a daughter's husband

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: be related

1) to become a son-in-law, make oneself a daughter's husband

1a) (Qal) wife's father, wife's mother, father-in-law, mother-in- law (participle)

1b) (Hithpael) to make oneself a daughter's husband

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: make oneself a daughter's husband

Root √חתן: חתן circumcise circumcise circumcision, circumcision-feast Arabic Arabic (√ of foll.; prob.; cf. Ar. ) .

חתן vb. denom Hithp make oneself a daughter's husband . only.