STRONGS NUMBER G1062

Original Word: γάμος
Transliteration: gamos
Phonetic Spelling: (gam'-os)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a wedding
Meaning: a weddingmarriage, wedding.

Of uncertain affinity; nuptials -- marriage, wedding.

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.