What does חָתָן · דָּם mean in the Bible?
חָתָן · דָּם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "bridegroom of blood".
Hebrew · H2860, H1818
חֲתַן דָּמִים
A relative by marriage (especially through the bride); figuratively, a circumcised child (as a species of religious espousal) · blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
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חָתָן H2860 a relative by marriage (especially through the bride); figuratively, a circumcised child (as a species of religious espousal)
Pronunciation kəḥāṯān
Bridegroom or son-in-law; figuratively extends to circumcised child, signifying covenantal bonding relationship.
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דָּם H1818 blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
Pronunciation dām
Blood as life-force whose shedding marks covenant, atonement, and culpability before God throughout scripture
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What does חֲתַן דָּמִים (chatan damim) mean in the Bible?
חָתָן · דָּם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "bridegroom of blood".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H2860, H1818?
H2860, H1818 is connected to 381 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. bridegroom of blood
Strong's H2860, H1818
Lexical occurrences 381 verses Source Gloss
bridegroom of blood
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
חֲתַן דָּמִים is built from this root:
Cross-Language Connections
Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.
G184 LXX equivalent Greek
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain