Strong's Lexicon
G1060 — γαμέω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1060 |
|---|---|
| Word: | γαμέω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G1062 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 28 |
| Transliteration: | gameo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | gam-eh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to wed (of either sex) |
| KJV Renderings: | marry (a wife) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
γαμέω, γάμω; imperfect ἐγάμουν (Luk 17:27); 1 aorist ἔγημα (the classic form (Mat 22:25 L T Tr WH); Luk 14:20; 1Co 7:28 a R G, 28b) and ἐγάμησα (the later form, Mat 5:32; ( R G); Mar 6:17; Mar 10:11; 1Co 7:9 (a L T Tr WH), 33); perfect γεγάμηκα; 1 aorist passive ἐγαμήθην; (cf. Winers Grammar, 84 (80); Buttmann, 55 (48); Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. ii. 134; Lob. ad Phryn., p. 742; (Veitch, under the word));
1. used of the man, as in Greek writings from Homer down, to lead in marriage, take to wife;
a. with the addition of γυναῖκα or other accusative: Mat 5:32 (here WH brackets the clause); Mat 19:9; Mar 6:17; Mar 10:11; Luk 14:20; Luk 16:18.
b. without a case, absolutely to get married, to marry, (cf. Buttmann, 145 (127)): Mat 19:10; Mat 22:25; Mat 22:30; Mat 24:38; Mar 12:25; Luk 17:27; Luk 20:34; 1Co 7:28; 1Co 7:33; (Aelian v. h. 4, 1; οἱ γεγαμηκοτες, Xenophon, Cyril 1, 2, 4; opposed to ἄγαμοι, Xenophon, symp. 9, 7). Passive and middle γαμέομαι τίνι, of women (Latinnuberealicui, cf. Buttmann, § 133, 8), to give oneself in marriage (Winer’s Grammar, § 38, 3): 1 aorist passive, Mar 10:12 (where L T Tr WH γαμήσῃ ἄλλον for R G γαμηθῇ ἄλλῳ); 1Co 7:39.
2. contrary to Greek usage, the active γαμεῖν is used of women, to give oneself in marriage; and a. with the accusative: Mar 10:12 L T Tr WH (see above);
b. absolutely: 1Co 7:28; 1Co 7:34: (ἡ γαμήσασα, opposed to ἡ ἄγαμος); 1Ti 5:11; 1Ti 5:14.
3. absolutely of both sexes: 1Ti 4:3; 1 Corinthians 7:9f, 36 (γαμείτωσαν, namely, the virgin and he who seeks her to wife). In the O. T. γαμεῖν occurs only in 2Ma 14:25.
STRONGS NT 1060a: γαμίζωγαμίζω; (passive, present γαμίζομαι; imperfect ἐγαμιζομην); (γάμος); to give a daughter in marriage: 1Co 7:38 a (L T Tr WH, 38{b}) G L T Tr WH; passive: Mat 22:30 L T Tr WH; (Mat 24:38 T WH); Mar 12:25; Luk 17:27; Luk 20:35 (WH marginal reading γαμίσκονται). (The word is mentioned in Apoll. de constr. 3, 31, p. 280, 10, Bekker edition). (Compare: ἐκγαμίζω.)
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
γαμέω (marry (a wife))
Matthew 5:32
- KJV: But 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
- GK: εγώ δε λέγω υμίν ότι ος αν απολύση την γυναίκα αυτού παρεκτός λόγου πορνείας ποιεί αυτήν μοιχάσθαι και ος εάν απολελυμένην γαμήση μοιχάται
Matthew 19:9
- KJV: And I say unto you Whosoever shall put away his wife except for fornication and shall marry another committeth adultery and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery
- GK: λέγω δε υμίν ότι ος αν απολύση την γυναίκα αυτού μη επί πορνεία και γαμήση άλλην μοιχάται και ο απολελυμένην γαμήσας μοιχάται
Matthew 19:10
- KJV: His disciples say unto him If the case of the man be so with wife it is not good to marry
- GK: λέγουσιν αυτώ οι μαθηταί αυτού ει ούτως εστίν η αιτία του ανθρώπου μετά της γυναικός ου συμφέρει γαμήσαι
Matthew 22:25
- KJV: Now 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
- GK: ήσαν δε παρ΄ ημίν επτά αδελφοί και ο πρώτος γαμήσας ετελεύτησεν και μη έχων σπέρμα αφήκεν την γυναίκα αυτού τω αδελφώ αυτού
Matthew 22:30
- KJV: For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are as the angels of God in heaven
- GK: εν γαρ τη αναστάσει ούτε γαμούσιν ούτε εκγαμίζονται αλλ΄ ως άγγελοι του θεού εν ουρανώ εισι
Matthew 24:38
- KJV: For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking marrying and giving in marriage until the day that Noe entered into the ark
- GK: ώσπερ γαρ ήσαν εν ταις ημέραις ταις προ του κατακλυσμού τρώγοντες και πίνοντες γαμούντες και εκγαμίζοντες άχρι ης ημέρας εισήλθε Νώε εις την κιβωτόν
Mark 6:17
- KJV: For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John and bound him in prison for Herodias’ sake his brother Philip’s wife for he had married her
- GK: αυτός γαρ ο Ηρώδης αποστείλας εκράτησε τον Ιωάννην και έδησεν αυτόν εν τη φυλακή διά Ηρωδιάδα την γυναίκα Φιλίππου του αδελφού αυτού ότι αυτήν εγάμησεν
Mark 10:11
- KJV: And he saith unto them Whosoever shall put away his wife and marry another committeth adultery against her
- GK: και λέγει αυτοίς ος εάν απολύση την γυναίκα αυτού και γαμήση άλλην μοιχάται επ΄ αυτήν
Mark 10:12
- KJV: And if a woman shall put away her husband and be married to another she committeth adultery
- GK: και εάν γυνή απολύση τον άνδρα αυτής και γαμηθή άλλω μοιχάται
Mark 12:25
- KJV: For when they shall rise from the dead they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are as the angels which are in heaven
- GK: όταν γαρ εκ νεκρών αναστώσιν ούτε γαμούσιν ούτε γαμίσκονται αλλ΄ εισίν ως άγγελοι οι εν τοις ουρανοίς
Luke 14:20
- KJV: And another said I have married a wife and therefore I cannot come
- GK: και έτερος είπε γυναίκα έγημα και διά τούτο ου δύναμαι ελθείν
Luke 16:18
- KJV: Whosoever putteth away his wife and marrieth another committeth adultery and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from husband committeth adultery
- GK: πας ο απολύων την γυναίκα αυτού και γαμών ετέραν μοιχεύει και πας ο απολελυμένην από ανδρός γαμών μοιχεύει
Luke 17:27
- KJV: They did eat they drank they married wives they were given in marriage until the day that Noe entered into the ark and the flood came and destroyed them all
- GK: ήσθιον έπινον εγάμουν εξεγαμίζοντο άχρι ης ημέρας εισήλθε Νώε εις την κιβωτόν και ήλθεν ο κατακλυσμός και απώλεσεν άπαντας
Luke 20:34
- KJV: And Jesus answering said unto them The children of this world marry and are given in marriage
- GK: και αποκριθείς είπεν αυτοίς ο Ιησούς οι υιοί του αιώνος τουτού γαμούσι και εκγαμίσκονται
Luke 20:35
- KJV: But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world and the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage
- GK: οι δε καταξιωθέντες του αιώνος εκείνου τυχείν και της αναστάσεως της εκ νεκρών ούτε γαμούσιν ούτε εκγαμίζονται
1 Corinthians 7:9
- KJV: But if they cannot contain let them marry for it is better to marry than to burn
- GK: ει δε ουκ εγκρατεύονται γαμησάτωσαν κρείσσον γαρ εστι γαμήσαι η πυρούσθαι
1 Corinthians 7:10
- KJV: And unto the married I command not I but the Lord Let not the wife depart from husband
- GK: τοις δε γεγαμηκόσι παραγγέλλω ουκ εγώ αλλ΄ ο κύριος γυναίκα από ανδρός μη χωρισθήναι
1 Corinthians 7:28
- KJV: But and if thou marry thou hast not sinned and if a virgin marry she hath not sinned Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh but I spare you
- GK: εάν δε και γήμης ουχ ήμαρτες και εάν γήμη η παρθένος ουχ ήμαρτε θλίψιν δε τη σαρκί έξουσιν οι τοιούτοι εγώ δε υμών φείδομαι
1 Corinthians 7:33
- KJV: But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world how he may please wife
- GK: ο δε γαμήσας μεριμνά τα του κόσμου πως αρέσει τη γυναικί
1 Corinthians 7:34
- KJV: There is difference between a wife and a virgin The unmarried careth for the things of the Lord that she may be holy both in body and in spirit but she that is married careth for the things of the world how she may please husband
- GK: μεμέρισται και η γυνή και η παρθένος η άγαμος μερίμνα τα του κυρίου ίνα η αγία και σώματι και πνεύματι η δε γαμήσασα μεριμνά τα του κόσμου πως αρέσει τω ανδρί
1 Corinthians 7:36
- KJV: But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin if she pass the flower of age and need so require let him do what he will he sinneth not let them marry
- GK: ει δε τις ασχημονείν επί την παρθένον αυτού νομίζει εάν η υπέρακμος και ούτως οφείλει γίνεσθαι ο θέλει ποιείτω ουχ αμαρτάνει γαμείτωσαν
1 Corinthians 7:39
- KJV: The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth but if her husband be dead she is at liberty to be married to whom she will only in the Lord
- GK: γυνή δέδεται νόμω εφ όσον χρόνον ζη ο ανήρ αυτής εάν δε κοιμηθή ο ανήρ αυτής ελευθέρα εστίν ω θέλει γαμηθήναι μόνον εν κυρίω
1 Timothy 4:3
- KJV: Forbidding to marry to abstain from meats which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth
- GK: κωλυόντων γαμείν απέχεσθαι βρωμάτων α ο θεός έκτισεν εις μετάληψιν μετά ευχαριστίας τοις πιστοίς και επεγνωκόσι την αλήθειαν
1 Timothy 5:11
- KJV: But the younger widows refuse for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ they will marry
- GK: νεωτέρας δε χήρας παραιτού όταν γαρ καταστρηνιάσωσι του χριστού γαμείν θέλουσιν
1 Timothy 5:14
- KJV: I will therefore that the younger women marry bear children guide the house give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully
- GK: βούλομαι ούν νεωτέρας γαμείν τεκνογονείν οικοδεσποτείν μηδεμίαν αφορμήν διδόναι τω αντικειμένω λοιδορίας χάριν
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