חֹתֵן

Genesis 34:9 וְהִֽתְחַתְּנ֖וּ and intermarry with

Intermarry with us; give us your daughters and take our daughters for yourselves.

Exodus 3:1 חֹתְנ֖וֹ father-in-law his

Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

Here: Literally 'the one who made him a marriage-relative', the wife's father. It ties Moses into Jethro's family and household. That is why the flock is in his care.

Exodus 4:18 חֹֽתְנ֗וֹ father-in-law his

Then Moses went back to his father-in-law Jethro and said to him, “Please let me return to my brothers in Egypt to see if they are still alive.” “Go in peace,” Jethro replied.

Exodus 18:1 חֹתֵ֣ן [the] father-in-law of

Now Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about all that God had done for Moses and His people Israel, and how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.

Here: Literally 'one who has made a marriage relationship', that is, the wife's father. The same root gives ḥātān, 'bridegroom / son-in-law'. The supplied lexical gloss 'relative' is the root's broad sense; in context it is specifically Moses' wife's father.

Exodus 18:2 חֹתֵ֣ן [the] father-in-law of

After Moses had sent back his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro had received her,

Exodus 18:5 חֹתֵ֥ן [the] father-in-law of

Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, along with Moses’ wife and sons, came to him in the desert, where he was encamped at the mountain of God.

Exodus 18:6 חֹתֶנְךָ֥ father-in-law your

He sent word to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons.”

Exodus 18:7 חֹֽתְנ֗וֹ father-in-law his

So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. They greeted each other and went into the tent.

Exodus 18:8 לְחֹ֣תְנ֔וֹ to father-in-law his

Then Moses recounted to his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardships they had encountered along the way, and how the LORD had delivered them.

Exodus 18:12 חֹתֵ֥ן חֹתֵ֥ן [the] father-in-law of

Then Moses’ father-in-law Jethro brought a burnt offering and sacrifices to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law in the presence of God.

Here: A relative by marriage, specifically the wife's father. The chapter keeps repeating this title, so Jethro is presented as family to Moses and not simply as an outsider.

Exodus 18:14 חֹתֵ֣ן [the] father-in-law of

When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he asked, “What is this that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone as judge, with all the people standing around you from morning till evening?”

Exodus 18:15 לְחֹתְנ֑וֹ to father-in-law his

“Because the people come to me to inquire of God,” Moses replied.

Exodus 18:17 חֹתֵ֥ן [the] father-in-law of

But Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “What you are doing is not good.

Exodus 18:24 חֹתְנ֑וֹ father-in-law his

Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he said.

Exodus 18:27 חֹתְנ֑וֹ father-in-law his

Then Moses sent his father-in-law on his way, and Jethro returned to his own land.

Numbers 10:29 חֹתֵ֣ן [the] father-in-law of

Then Moses said to Hobab, the son of Moses’ father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, “We are setting out for the place of which the LORD said: ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will treat you well, for the LORD has promised good things to Israel.”

Here: A participle (a verb used as a noun) from a root that means being related through marriage. It normally means a wife's father. The grammar lets it describe either Reuel or Hobab, and that ambiguity drives the debate about who Hobab was.

Deuteronomy 7:3 תִתְחַתֵּ֖ן you will intermarry

Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,

Here: A verb built on the words for father-in-law (ḥōtēn) and son-in-law or bridegroom (ḥātān). Its reflexive form here means 'make yourself in-laws with'. It is about two families or peoples tying themselves together through marriage, more than about one couple's wedding.

Deuteronomy 27:23 חֹֽתַנְתּ֑וֹ mother-in-law his

‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his mother-in-law.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

Joshua 23:12 וְהִֽתְחַתַּנְתֶּ֥ם and you will intermarry

For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them,

Here: "And you make yourselves in-laws": forming marriage alliances between families and clans, binding the two groups into one kinship network.

Judges 1:16 חֹתֵ֨ן [the] father-in-law of

Now the descendants of Moses’ father-in-law, the Kenite, went up with the men of Judah from the City of Palms to the Wilderness of Judah in the Negev near Arad. They went to live among the people.

Here: Literally "the one who made a marriage-relation", that is, the head of the family Moses married into. It marks the Kenites as Moses' in-laws, people bound to Israel by marriage and not by birth.

Judges 4:11 חֹתֵ֣ן [the] father-in-law of

Now Heber the Kenite had moved away from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent by the great tree of Zaanannim, which was near Kedesh.

Judges 19:4 חֹֽתְנוֹ֙ father-in-law his

His father-in-law, the girl’s father, persuaded him to stay, so he remained with him three days, eating, drinking, and lodging there.

Judges 19:7 חֹתְנ֔וֹ father-in-law his

The man got up to depart, but his father-in-law persuaded him, so he stayed there that night.

Judges 19:9 חֹתְנ֣וֹ father-in-law his

When the man got up to depart with his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Look, the day is drawing to a close. Please spend the night. See, the day is almost over. Spend the night here, that your heart may be merry. Then you can get up early tomorrow for your journey home.”

1 Samuel 18:21 תִּתְחַתֵּ֥ן you will be a son-in-law

“I will give her to David,” Saul thought, “so that she may be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “For a second time now you can be my son-in-law.”

Here: 'You will make yourself related by marriage.' The word means joining a family, and for a king's family it means a political bond: being tied to the royal house.

1 Samuel 18:22 הִתְחַתֵּ֥ן be son-in-law

Then Saul ordered his servants, “Speak to David privately and tell him, ‘Behold, the king is pleased with you, and all his servants love you. Now therefore, become his son-in-law.’”

1 Samuel 18:23 הִתְחַתֵּ֣ן [is] to be son-in-law

But when Saul’s servants relayed these words to David, he replied, “Does it seem trivial in your sight to be the son-in-law of the king? I am a poor man and lightly esteemed.”

1 Samuel 18:26 לְהִתְחַתֵּ֖ן to be son-in-law

When the servants reported these terms to David, he was pleased to become the king’s son-in-law. Before the wedding day arrived,

1 Samuel 18:27 לְהִתְחַתֵּ֖ן to be son-in-law

David and his men went out and killed two hundred Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented them as payment in full to become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to David in marriage.

1 Kings 3:1 וַיִּתְחַתֵּ֣ן and he became son-in-law

Later, Solomon formed an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his palace and the house of the LORD, as well as the wall around Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 18:1 וַיִּתְחַתֵּ֖ן and he became son-in-law

Now Jehoshaphat had an abundance of riches and honor, and he allied himself with Ahab by marriage.

Here: The verb form means 'made himself an in-law'. Jehoshaphat tied his family to Ahab's through a marriage. In fact his son Jehoram married Ahab's daughter Athaliah (2 Chr 21:6; 2 Kgs 8:18). So the verse is about a dynastic marriage, not only a political treaty.

Ezra 9:14 וּ֨לְהִתְחַתֵּ֔ן and to intermarry

shall we again break Your commandments and intermarry with the peoples who commit these abominations? Would You not become so angry with us as to wipe us out, leaving no remnant or survivor?