# חָתָן (chatan)

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

Strong’s H2860. 19 Old Testament occurrences.

a relative by marriage (especially through the bride); figuratively, a circumcised child (as a species of religious espousal)

King James renderings: bridegroom, husband, 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-h2860

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 19:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/19/12) — And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, b…
- [Genesis 19:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/19/14) — And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will d…
- [Exodus 4:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/4/25) — Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou…
- [Exodus 4:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/4/26) — So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.
- [Judges 15:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/15/6) — Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and…
- [Judges 19:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/19/5) — And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel’s father said unto h…
- [1 Samuel 18:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/18/18) — And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father’s family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?
- [1 Samuel 22:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/22/14) — Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king’s son in law, and goe…
- [2 Kings 8:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/8/27) — And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in law o…
- [Nehemiah 6:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/6/18) — For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the…
- [Nehemiah 13:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/13/28) — And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from m…
- [Psalms 19:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/19/5) — Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
- [Isaiah 61:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/61/10) — I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath cover…
- [Isaiah 62:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/62/5) — For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoic…
- [Jeremiah 7:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/7/34) — Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the…
- [Jeremiah 16:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/16/9) — For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the vo…
- [Jeremiah 25:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/25/10) — Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the…
- [Jeremiah 33:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/33/11) — The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Pra…
- [Joel 2:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joel/2/16) — Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom…