Gamos γάμος

Gamos (Greek γάμος, Strong's G1062) is a Greek masculine noun meaning “wedding”. It occurs 16 times in 16 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Topics

• Marriage

Verses

Every verse with Gamos, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

• Matthew 22:2
  The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.
• Matthew 22:3
  And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.
• Matthew 22:4
  Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.Again, he sent other servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened cattle have been killed, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’
• Matthew 22:8
  Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited were not worthy.
• Matthew 22:9
  Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.Go therefore to the crossroads and invite to the banquet as many as you can find.’
• Matthew 22:10
  So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.So the servants went out into the streets and gathered everyone they could find, both evil and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
• Matthew 22:11
  And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:But when the king came in to see the guests, he spotted a man who was not dressed in wedding clothes.
• Matthew 22:12
  And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless.
• Matthew 25:10
  And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.But while they were on their way to buy it, the bridegroom arrived. Those who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet, and the door was shut.

Luke

• Luke 12:36
  And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.Then you will be like servants waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.
• Luke 14:8
  When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;“When you are invited to a wedding banquet, do not sit in the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited.

John

• John 2:1
  And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there,
• John 2:2
  And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.and Jesus and His disciples had also been invited to the wedding.

Hebrews

• Hebrews 13:4
  Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

Revelation

• Revelation 19:7
  Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him the glory. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready.
• Revelation 19:9
  And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.Then the angel told me to write, “Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).