Quick Definition
γάμος, ου, ὁ n.m. a marriage, wedding, wedding-feast
Strong's Definition
nuptials
Derivation: of uncertain affinity;
KJV Usage: marriage, wedding
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -ου | γαμέω
1 γάμος[a] differs in meaning from γαμέω and γαμίζω[a] (34.66) in denoting the state of being married and not simply the act of entering into a marriage relation. 2 MAT 22:10 Though the meaning of νυμφών and γάμος[c] in MAT 22:10 is basically the same, νυμφών may still carry semantic associations relating to the bride, while γάμος[c] may have semantic associations which point more specifically to the celebration of a wedding.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
γάμος, -ov, ὁ, [prob. fr. τ. gam to bind, unite; Curtius p- 546 sq.], asin Grk. writ. fr. Hom.down; Ἁ1. a wedding or marriage-festival: Jn. ii. 1 sq.; Rev. xix. 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, ibid. 9 (a symbol of the future blessings of the Messiah’s kingdom) ; esp. a wedding-banquet, a marriage-feast: Mt. xxii. 8, 10 [here T WH Tr mrg. νυμφών], 11, 12; plur. (referring apparently to the several acts of feasting), Mt. xxii. 2 sqq: 9; xxv. 10; Lk. xii. 36; xiv. 8, (cf. W. ὃ 27, 3; B. 23 (21)). 2. marriage, matrimony: Heb. xiii. 4.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
γάμος gamos 16x
a wedding; nuptial festivities, a marriage festival, Mt. 22:2; 25:10; Jn. 2:1, 2; Rev. 19:7, 9; any feast or banquet, Lk. 12:36; 14:8; the marriage state, Heb. 13:4
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
γάμος, -ου, ὁ,
[in LXX for מִשְׁתֶּה ;]
a wedding, esp. a wedding-feast: Mt 22:8, 10, 11, 12, Jo 2:1-3, Re 19:7, 9; pl. (Field, Notes, 16), Mt 22:2-4, 9 25:10, Lk 12:36 14:8.
marriage: He 13:4 (Cremer, 666).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
γάμος. P Tebt I. 104, a marriage contract of B.C. 92, is docketed on the verso—opo(Aoyla) γάμου. For συγγραφὴ γάμου, see . εὐξάμενος ῥῶσιν Kal τέκνοις Kal | 1 ye P Oxy IV. 713! (A.D. 97) πεποίηνται πρὸς ἀλλήλους τοῦ γάμου συγγραφήν, and cf. P Amh II. 78" (a.p. 184) τῇ συνγενίδι μου... πρὸς γάμον συνελθ[ώ]ν, “ being married to my kinswoman”’ (Edd.) The word is very commor in connexion with the wedding festivities, e.g. P Oxy I. 1112 (ili/A.D.) ἐρωτᾷ σε “Hpals δειπνῆσαι εἰς γάμους τέκνων αὐτῆς, 2. VI. 927° (iii/A.p.) καλῖ σαι "Epas εἰς γάμους, P Flor III. 332°? (ii/a.p.) τοῖς γάμοις σου, “on the occasion of your marriage.”’ Cf. the use of the singular in Gen 205", 1 Mace 10°8, and Mt 228 compared with 2, Field (Notes, p. 16) finds no difference between sing. and plur. For the phrase γάμους ποιεῖν (Mt 222) cf. Michel roor ii 19 (the Will of Epicteta, in the Doric of Thera—c. B.c. 200) μηδὲ χρῆσαι τὸ μουσεῖον μηθενί, εἴ κα μή τις τῶν ἐξ ᾿Επιτελείας γάμον ποιῇ. On the distinction between Egyptian, Greek, and GreekEgyptian marriages in Egypt, and on the γάμος &ypados as ἃ provisional union in contrast to the fully constituted γάμος ἔγγραφος, see Hohlwein, Δ᾽ Ξονῥίε Romaine, p: 138 fle; (Ch also Archie iii. pp. 70f., 507; iv. pp. 264f., 474 f. where , yao. For the ascensive force of kal γάρ, as in Rom τα], ef. P Passalacqua ® (iii/B.c.) (= Witkowski, p. 54) φρόντισον οὖν. ὅπως μὴ ἀδικηθῆι ὁ ἄνθρωπος ᾿ καὶ γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ ἐστὶν ἐνταῦθα περὶ 17., where Letronne (P Par Ρ- 401) renders, ‘‘aie soin qu'il ne soit fait aucun tort 4cet homme ; car, de plus, son pére est employé ici auprés de P.’’ In P Oxy IV. 7437? (B.C. 2) καὶ yap ἐγὼ ὅλος διαπον[ο]ῦμαι εἰ Ἕλενος χαλκοὺς ἀπόλε[σ]εν, “1 am quite upset at Helenos’ loss of the money’’ (Edd.), the same phrase seems to do little more than introduce a new subject. In P Flor III. 367° (iii/A.D.) καὶ yap kal πολλάκις pov ἐπιστείλαντός σοι κτὰλ., the locution introduces the ground of a complaint just conveyed in the mention of the addressee’s ἀπάνθρωποι ἐπιστολαί. The ordinary uses of yap need not be illustrated, unless we give one example of the γάρ beginning an exposition of a matter just announced, where our idiom omits: thus P Rein 77 (?B.c. 141) ἠνάγκασμαι τὴν ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς καταφυγὴν πίοι]ήσασθαι ἵνα τύχω βοηθείας. Τοῦ γὰρ κτλ. (the statement of grievance follows).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
γάμος (gamos) — wedding. γάμος [ᾰ], ὁ, wedding, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; γάμον τεύχειν furnish forth a wedding, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀρτύειν[Refs 4th c.BC+]; of a single wedding, οἰκοσίτους τοὺς γ. ποιεῖσθαι [NT+4th c.BC+]
II. marriage, wedlock, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸν Οἰνέως γ. the marriage granted by O., [Refs 5th c.BC+], i.e. prostitution, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; Πανὸς ἀναβοᾷ γάμους, i.e. rape, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of unlawful wedlock, as of Paris and Helen, [Refs 5th c.BC+], do not establish the sense of a wife; for [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. ἱερὸς γ. ritual marriage, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; name of play by Ale.Comedy texts
IV. [Refs 4th c.BC+] name for three, [Refs]; for five, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
V. Γάμος personified, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
VI. name of month at Epidaurus, [Refs]. (Perh. akin to Sanskrit jāmís 'brother or sister', Latin geminus.)
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