Choten חֹתֵן

Choten (Hebrew חֹתֵן, Strong's H2859) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “relative”. It occurs 33 times in 32 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H2859A: relative

H2859B: be related

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

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

Genesis

• Genesis 34:9
  And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.Intermarry with us; give us your daughters, and take our daughters for yourselves.

Exodus

• Exodus 3:1
  Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
• Exodus 4:18
  And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.Then Moses went back to his father-in-law Jethro and said to him, “Please let me return to my brothers in Egypt to see if they are still alive.” “Go in peace,” Jethro replied.
• Exodus 18:1
  When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt;Now Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about all that God had done for Moses and His people Israel, and how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.
• Exodus 18:2
  Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,After Moses had sent back his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro had received her,
• Exodus 18:5
  And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, along with Moses’ wife and sons, came to him in the desert, where he was encamped at the mountain of God.
• Exodus 18:6
  And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.He sent word to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons.”
• Exodus 18:7
  And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. They greeted each other and went into the tent.
• Exodus 18:8
  And Moses told his father in law all that the Lord had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the Lord delivered them.Then Moses recounted to his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardships they had encountered along the way, and how the LORD had delivered them.
• Exodus 18:12
  And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses’ father in law before God.Then Moses’ father-in-law Jethro brought a burnt offering and sacrifices to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law in the presence of God.
• Exodus 18:14
  And when Moses’ father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even?When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he asked, “What is this that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone as judge, with all the people standing around you from morning till evening?”
• Exodus 18:15
  And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God:“Because the people come to me to inquire of God,” Moses replied.
• Exodus 18:17
  And Moses’ father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.But Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “What you are doing is not good.
• Exodus 18:24
  So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said.Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he said.
• Exodus 18:27
  And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.Then Moses sent his father-in-law on his way, and Jethro returned to his own land.

Numbers

• Numbers 10:29
  And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses’ father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the Lord said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel.Then Moses said to Hobab, the son of Moses’ father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, “We are setting out for the place of which the LORD said: ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will treat you well, for the LORD has promised good things to Israel.”

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 7:3
  Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,
• Deuteronomy 27:23
  Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his mother-in-law.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

Joshua

• Joshua 23:12
  Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them,

Judges

• Judges 1:16
  And the children of the Kenite, Moses’ father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.Now the descendants of Moses’ father-in-law, the Kenite, went up with the men of Judah from the City of Palms to the Wilderness of Judah in the Negev near Arad. They went to live among the people.
• Judges 4:11
  Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.Now Heber the Kenite had moved away from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent by the great tree of Zaanannim, which was near Kedesh.
• Judges 19:4
  And his father in law, the damsel’s father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.His father-in-law, the girl’s father, persuaded him to stay, so he remained with him three days, eating, drinking, and lodging there.
• Judges 19:7
  And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he lodged there again.The man got up to depart, but his father-in-law persuaded him, so he stayed there that night.
• Judges 19:9
  And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel’s father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home.When the man got up to depart with his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Look, the day is drawing to a close. Please spend the night. See, the day is almost over. Spend the night here, that your heart may be merry. Then you can get up early tomorrow for your journey home.”

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 18:21
  And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.“I will give her to David,” Saul thought, “so that she may be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “For a second time now you can be my son-in-law.”
• 1 Samuel 18:22
  And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king’s son in law.Then Saul ordered his servants, “Speak to David privately and tell him, ‘Behold, the king is pleased with you, and all his servants love you. Now therefore, become his son-in-law.’”
• 1 Samuel 18:23
  And Saul’s servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king’s son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?But when Saul’s servants relayed these words to David, he replied, “Does it seem trivial in your sight to be the son-in-law of the king? I am a poor man and lightly esteemed.”
• 1 Samuel 18:26
  And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son in law: and the days were not expired.When the servants reported these terms to David, he was pleased to become the king’s son-in-law. Before the wedding day arrived,
• 1 Samuel 18:27
  Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king’s son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.David and his men went out and killed two hundred Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented them as payment in full to become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to David in marriage.

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 3:1
  And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh’s daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.Later, Solomon formed an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his palace and the house of the LORD, as well as the wall around Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 18:1
  Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab.Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and he allied himself with Ahab by marriage.

Ezra

• Ezra 9:14
  Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?shall we again break Your commandments and intermarry with the peoples who commit these abominations? Would You not become so angry with us as to wipe us out, leaving no remnant or survivor?

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).