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γαμέω
gaméō · Greek · Strong's G1060 · 28 occurrences
The KJV renders 2 different Greek words as “marry”
What it means
to wed (of either sex)
from G1062 (γάμος);
How the KJV renders it
marry
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“marry”
also renders epigambreúō (G1918)
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Where it appears
28 occurrences in the Greek text, first 25 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 7:9 · V-AAM-3P
But if they don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn with passion.
1 Corinthians 7:10 · V-RAP-DPM
But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband
1 Corinthians 7:28 · V-AAS-2S
But if you marry, you have not sinned. If a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have oppression in the flesh, and I want to spare you.
1 Corinthians 7:33 · V-AAP-NSM
but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife.
1 Corinthians 7:34 · V-AAP-NSF
There is also a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world—how she may please her husband.
1 Corinthians 7:36 · V-PAM-3P
But if any man thinks that he is behaving inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of her age, and if need so requires, let him do what he desires. He doesn’t sin. Let them marry.
1 Corinthians 7:39 V-APN1 Timothy 4:3 V-PAN1 Timothy 5:11 V-PAN1 Timothy 5:14 V-PANLuke 14:20 V-AAI-1SLuke 16:18 V-PAP-NSMLuke 17:27 V-IAI-3PLuke 20:34 V-PAI-3PLuke 20:35 V-PAI-3PMatthew 5:32 V-AAS-3SMatthew 19:9 V-AAS-3SMatthew 19:10 V-AANMatthew 22:25 V-AAP-NSMMatthew 22:30 V-PAI-3PMatthew 24:38 V-PAP-NPMMark 6:17 V-AAI-3SMark 10:11 V-AAS-3SMark 10:12 V-AAS-3SMark 12:25 V-PAI-3P
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