Quick Definition
I marry a deceased brother?s wife
Strong's Definition
to form affinity with, i.e. (specially) in a levirate way
Derivation: from G1909 (ἐπί) and a derivative of G1062 (γάμος);
KJV Usage: marry
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπιγαμβρεύω: future ἐπιγαμβρεύσω; to be related to by marriage, enter into affinity with;
1. The Sept. for δΔϊΐηΗϊΕΜο, to become anyone's father-in-law or son-in-law: τίνι, Gen_34:9; 1Sa_18:22 ff; 2Ch_18:1; 2Es_9:14; 1Ma_10:54; 1Ma_10:56.
2. τινα, for ιΔαΕΜν, to marry the widow of a brother who has died childless: Gen_38:8; Mat_22:24, where allusion is made to the levirate law recorded in Deu_25:5-10; cf. Winers RWB, under the word Leviratsehe; (BB. DD., under the word ). (Not found in native Greek authors (except sehol. ad Euripides, Or. 574ff; cf. with 26).)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐπιγαμβρεύω epigambreuō 1x
to marry a wife by the law of affinity, Mat_22:24
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† ἐπι -γαμβρεύω
( < γαμβρός , a connection by marriage ),
[in LXX : Gen_34:9 , 1Sa_18:21 ff ., 2Ch_18:1 , Ezr_9:14 ( H2859 hithp.), Gen_38:8 R ( H2992 pi .), 1Ma_10:54-56 * ;]
1. to enter into affinity with: c . dat . ( LXX , ll . c ., exc . Gen_38:8 ).
2. to marry (as deceased husband's next of kin, cf. Gen_38:8 ): c . acc , Mat_22:24 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐπιγαμβρεύω [page 236]
For this terminus technicus which is used c. acc. in sense of take to wife after in Mat_22:24 , under the influence of Gen_38:8 , see Anz Subsidia , p. 378. Elsewhere in the LXX (e.g. 1Ki_18:22 ) it represents the Heb. δΔϊΒηϊΜΕο = become son-in-law.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἐπιγαμβρεύω fut. σω [Etym: γαμβρός] "to marry as the next of kin", γυναῖκα NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἐπι-γαμβρεύω
(γαμβρός, a connection by marriage) [in LXX: Gen.34:9, 1Ki.18:21 ff., 2Ch.18:1, Est.9:14 (חָתַן hithp.), Gen.38:8 R (יָבַם pi.), 1Ma.10:54-56 * ;]
__1. to enter into affinity with: with dative (LXX, H. with, exc. Gen.38:8).
__2. to marry (as deceased husband's next of kin, cf. Gen.38:8): with accusative, Mat.22:24.†
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