STRONGS G1062:
γάμος,
-ου,
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);
τὸ 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,
Matthew 22:9;
Matthew 25:10;
Luke 12:36;
Luke 14:8 (cf. Winers Grammar, § 27, 3; Buttmann, 23 (21)).
2. marriage, matrimony:
Hebrews 13:4.
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