Definition

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

Etymology

from H2859 (חָתַן);

Where the KJV renders it

• bridegroom
• husband
• son in law

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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