# חָתַן (chatan)

Israeli respelling: cha-tan. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H2859. 32 Old Testament occurrences.

to give (a daughter) away in marriage; hence (generally) to contract affinity by marriage

King James renderings: join in affinity, father in law, make marriages, mother in law, son in law.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/chatan-h2859

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 34:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/34/9) — And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.
- [Exodus 3:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/3/1) — Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to…
- [Exodus 4:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/4/18) — And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are i…
- [Exodus 18:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/18/1) — When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the…
- [Exodus 18:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/18/2) — Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,
- [Exodus 18:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/18/5) — And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:
- [Exodus 18:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/18/6) — And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.
- [Exodus 18:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/18/7) — And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came…
- [Exodus 18:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/18/8) — And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, and all the travail that h…
- [Exodus 18:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/18/12) — And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread…
- [Exodus 18:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/18/14) — And when Moses’ father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest tho…
- [Exodus 18:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/18/15) — And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God:
- [Exodus 18:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/18/17) — And Moses’ father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.
- [Exodus 18:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/18/24) — So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.
- [Exodus 18:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/18/27) — And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.
- [Numbers 10:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/10/29) — And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses’ father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said,…
- [Deuteronomy 7:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/7/3) — Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.
- [Deuteronomy 27:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/27/23) — Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- [Joshua 23:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/23/12) — Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages…
- [Judges 1:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/1/16) — And the children of the Kenite, Moses’ father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness…
- [Judges 4:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/4/11) — Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his…
- [Judges 19:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/19/4) — And his father in law, the damsel’s father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.
- [Judges 19:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/19/7) — And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he lodged there again.
- [Judges 19:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/19/9) — And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel’s father, said unto him, Behold,…
- [1 Samuel 18:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/18/21) — And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul…
- [1 Samuel 18:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/18/22) — And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants…
- [1 Samuel 18:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/18/23) — And Saul’s servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king’s son in law, seei…
- [1 Samuel 18:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/18/26) — And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son in law: and the days were not expired.
- [1 Samuel 18:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/18/27) — Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they ga…
- [1 Kings 3:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/3/1) — And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh’s daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had mad…
- [2 Chronicles 18:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/18/1) — Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab.
- [Ezra 9:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/9/14) — Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till…