1062. gamos

Strong's Concordance

gamos: a wedding

Original Word: γάμος, ου, ὁ
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: gamos
Phonetic Spelling: (gam'-os)
Definition: a wedding
Usage: a marriage, wedding, wedding-ceremony; plur: a wedding-feast.

HELPS Word-studies

1062 gámos – properly, a wedding celebration; (figuratively) the Marriage Supper of the Lamb which begins with Christ glorifying all the saints (OT, NT) at His return. This eschatological celebration is described in Mt 22:2-10 and Rev 19:7-9 – "and apparently occurs at the final day of the seven-year Tribulation" (G. Archer). For more discussion, see 4394/prophēteia ("prophecy) and 110/athanasia ("the divine investiture of immortality") at the return of Christ.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
a prim. word
Definition
a wedding
NASB Translation
marriage (3), wedding (5), wedding feast (7).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 1062: γάμος

γάμος, γάμου, ὁ (probably from the root, gam, to bind, unite; Curtius, p. 546f), as in Greek writings from Homer down;

1. a wedding or marriage-festival: John 2:1; Revelation 19:7 (under the figure of a marriage here is represented the intimate and everlasting union of Christ, at his return from heaven, with his church); τό δεῖπνον τοῦ γάμου, Revelation 19:9 (a symbol of the future blessings of the Messiah's kingdom); especially a wedding-banquet, a marriage-feast: Matthew 22:8, 10 (here T WH Tr marginal reading νυμφών), Matthew 22:11, 12; plural (referring apparently to the several acts of feasting), Matthew 22:2ff,; ; Luke 12:36; Luke 14:8 (cf. Winers Grammar, § 27, 3; Buttmann, 23 (21)).

2. marriage, matrimony: Hebrews 13:4.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

marriage, wedding.

Of uncertain affinity; nuptials -- marriage, wedding.

Forms and Transliterations

γαμον γάμον γαμος γάμος γαμου γάμου γαμους γάμους γαμων γάμων gamon gamōn gámon gámōn gamos gámos gamou gámou gamous gámous

Englishman's Concordance

Matthew 22:2 N-AMP
GRK: ὅστις ἐποίησεν γάμους τῷ υἱῷ
NAS: who gave a wedding feast for his son.
KJV: which made a marriage for his son,
INT: who made a wedding feast for the son

Matthew 22:3 N-AMP
GRK: εἰς τοὺς γάμους καὶ οὐκ
NAS: who had been invited to the wedding feast, and they were unwilling
KJV: to the wedding: and
INT: to the wedding feast and not

Matthew 22:4 N-AMP
GRK: εἰς τοὺς γάμους
NAS: is ready; come to the wedding feast.'
KJV: come unto the marriage.
INT: to the wedding feast

Matthew 22:8 N-NMS
GRK: Ὁ μὲν γάμος ἕτοιμός ἐστιν
NAS: to his slaves, 'The wedding is ready,
KJV: servants, The wedding is ready,
INT: indeed [the] wedding feast ready is

Matthew 22:9 N-AMP
GRK: εἰς τοὺς γάμους
NAS: [there], invite to the wedding feast.'
KJV: bid to the marriage.
INT: to the wedding feast

Matthew 22:10 N-GMS
GRK: ἐπλήσθη ὁ γάμος ἀνακειμένων
INT: became full the wedding feast of guests

Matthew 22:11 N-GMS
GRK: ἐνδεδυμένον ἔνδυμα γάμου
NAS: who was not dressed in wedding clothes,
KJV: not on a wedding garment:
INT: clothed with clothes of wedding

Matthew 22:12 N-GMS
GRK: ἔχων ἔνδυμα γάμου ὁ δὲ
NAS: without wedding clothes?'
KJV: not having a wedding garment? And
INT: having garment of wedding and

Matthew 25:10 N-AMP
GRK: εἰς τοὺς γάμους καὶ ἐκλείσθη
NAS: went in with him to the wedding feast; and the door
KJV: him to the marriage: and the door
INT: to the wedding feast and was shut

Luke 12:36 N-GMP
GRK: ἐκ τῶν γάμων ἵνα ἐλθόντος
NAS: he returns from the wedding feast, so
KJV: from the wedding; that
INT: from the wedding feasts that having come

Luke 14:8 N-AMP
GRK: τινος εἰς γάμους μὴ κατακλιθῇς
NAS: by someone to a wedding feast, do not take
KJV: any [man] to a wedding, sit not
INT: anyone to wedding feasts not do recline

John 2:1 N-NMS
GRK: τῇ τρίτῃ γάμος ἐγένετο ἐν
NAS: day there was a wedding in Cana
KJV: day there was a marriage in Cana
INT: third a wedding took place in

John 2:2 N-AMS
GRK: εἰς τὸν γάμον
NAS: were invited to the wedding.
KJV: disciples, to the marriage.
INT: to the wedding

Hebrews 13:4 N-NMS
GRK: Τίμιος ὁ γάμος ἐν πᾶσιν
NAS: Marriage [is to be held] in honor
KJV: Marriage [is] honourable in
INT: Honorable [let] marriage [be held] in every [way]

Revelation 19:7 N-NMS
GRK: ἦλθεν ὁ γάμος τοῦ ἀρνίου
NAS: the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb
KJV: for the marriage of the Lamb
INT: is come the marriage of the Lamb

Revelation 19:9 N-GMS
GRK: δεῖπνον τοῦ γάμου τοῦ ἀρνίου
NAS: who are invited to the marriage supper
KJV: unto the marriage supper
INT: supper of the marriage of the Lamb

Strong's Greek 1062
16 Occurrences

γάμων — 1 Occ.
γάμον — 1 Occ.
γάμος — 5 Occ.
γάμου — 3 Occ.
γάμους — 6 Occ.