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Strong's #1547: ekgamizo (pronounced ek-gam-id'-zo)

from 1537 and a form of 1061 (compare 1548); to marry off a daughter:--give in marriage.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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ekgamizō

1) to give away in marriage: a daughter

2) to marry, to be given in marriage

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: from G1537 and a form of G1061 [compare G1548]




Usage:

This word is used 5 times:

Matthew 22:30: "they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels"
Matthew 24:38: "drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah"
Luke 17:27: "They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah"
1 Corinthians 7:38: "So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage"
1 Corinthians 7:38: "he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better."









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