G1060 — γαμέω (gaméō)¶

Core Data¶

Strong's: G1060
Original: γαμέω
Transliteration: gaméō
Pronunciation: gam-eh'-o
Part of Speech: Verb
Root: Uncertain affinity; cognate with γάμος (G1062, marriage/wedding)
Occurrences: 25 unique verses (29 tokens) in NT
Books: 5 (Matthew, Mark, Luke, 1 Corinthians, 1 Timothy)
First Occurrence: Matt 5:32 — "causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery"
Hapax Legomenon: No

Lexicon Definition¶

From Strong's: "to wed (of either sex) — marry (a wife)." Used of both the man taking a wife and the woman being taken. Active voice = the marrying party; passive voice (1 Cor 7:39) = being given in marriage.

Verb Tense Distribution¶

Tense	Count	Typical Context
Aorist	14	Specific instances of marrying; conditional/hypothetical union
Present	12	General or ongoing state; habitual marrying (days of Noah); pastoral infinitives
Perfect	1	The married state already existing (1 Cor 7:10 — "the married")
Imperfect	1	They were marrying — habitual past (Luke 17:27, days of Noah)

Tallied from greek_parser.py --lemma output.

Louw-Nida Semantic Domain¶

Domain: 034010 — Marriage, Divorce
Subdomain: 034 — Association
Other words in subdomain: ἄγαμος (G22), ἀπολύω (G630), ἁρμόζω (G718), γαμίζω (G1061a), γάμος (G1062), γυνή (G1135), ἐπιγαμβρεύω (G1918), λύσις (G3080), μνηστεύω (G3423)

UBS Semantic Domains¶

[034] Association — search_relationships.py places γαμέω in the relationship and household field centered on marriage formation and marital status.

Translation Distribution (KJV)¶

Translation	Count	%
marry	8	32%
to marry	3	12%
is married	2	8%
let them marry	2	8%
shall marry	2	8%
I have married	1	4%
be married	1	4%
he had married	1	4%
married	1	4%
marrieth	1	4%
marrying	1	4%
they married wives	1	4%
thou marry	1	4%
to be married	1	4%
when he had married a wife	1	4%
whoso marrieth	1	4%

All KJV renderings are variants of "marry." No translation ambiguity in the English.

Distribution by Book¶

Book	Count	Per 100 Verses
1 Timothy	3	2.7
1 Corinthians	7	1.6
Matthew	6	0.6
Mark	4	0.6
Luke	5	0.4

Concentrated in two contexts: the Synoptic divorce/remarriage controversy passages and Paul's pastoral letters. 1 Timothy has the highest density (Paul's instruction to widows and warning against ascetics forbidding marriage).

Semantic Categories¶

1. Divorce and Remarriage (Jesus's Legal Teaching)¶

Paired with ἀπολύω (put away/divorce) and μοιχάω (commit adultery); defines the legal and moral consequences of remarriage after divorce. - Matt 5:32 — "whosoever shall put away his wife... causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery" - Matt 19:9 — "Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery" - Mark 10:11–12 — bilateral statement: equally applies to husband and wife who divorce and remarry - Luke 16:18 — "whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery"

2. Eschatological Non-Marriage (The Resurrection State)¶

Used to define what the resurrected life is not — marriage belongs to the present age, not the age to come. - Matt 22:30 — "in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven" - Mark 12:25 — "when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels" - Luke 20:34–35 — "The children of this world marry... But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world... neither marry, nor are given in marriage"

3. Normal Life Before Judgment (Days of Noah Pattern)¶

Used to describe unremarkable, ordinary activity that characterizes life before sudden divine intervention. - Matt 24:38 — "as in the days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark" - Luke 17:27 — "They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark"

4. Pastoral Counsel on Whether to Marry (Paul)¶

Paul weighs the practical and spiritual value of marriage vs. singleness; the word is used in command, permission, and warning. - 1 Cor 7:9 — "if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn" - 1 Cor 7:28 — "if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned" - 1 Tim 4:3 — forbidding to marry listed as a doctrine of devils (ascetic error) - 1 Tim 5:14 — "I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house"

5. Historical and Narrative Use¶

Simple factual statement of marriage entering into a narrative context. - Mark 6:17 — "Herod himself had... bound [John] in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: for he had married her" - Matt 22:25 — "the first, when he had married a wife, deceased" (the levirate marriage scenario posed to Jesus) - Luke 14:20 — "I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come" (excuses for not attending the feast)

Common Collocations¶

Word	Strong's	Co-occurrences	Typical Pattern
γυνή (gynē)	G1135	13x (52%)	"put away his wife and marry another"
ἀπολύω (apolýō)	G630	5x (20%)	divorce + remarriage — the legal pair
ἀνήρ (anēr)	G435	5x (20%)	"husband/man" in divorce/remarriage contexts
μοιχάω (moichaō)	G3429	4x (16%)	remarrying after divorce = adultery
λέγω (legō)	G3004	4x (16%)	introduces a saying of Jesus
ἐκγαμίζω (ekgamizō)	G1547	3x (12%)	"marry nor are given in marriage" — eschatological pair
παρθένος (parthenos)	G3933	3x (12%)	virgins in Paul's marriage discussions (1 Cor 7)
θέλω (thelō)	G2309	3x (12%)	"I will that / I would that" — Paul's pastoral preference
κύριος (kyrios)	G2962	3x (12%)	appeals to the Lord's authority in marriage rulings
ἄγαμος (agamos)	G22	1x (4%)	"the unmarried" contrasted with the married

Word Family / Cognates¶

G1062 γάμος (gamos) — noun: the marriage itself, or a wedding feast (13 vv). Used in Revelation 19 for the marriage of the Lamb.
G1061a γαμίζω (gamizō) — "to give in marriage" (passive/causative); consistently paired with G1060 in eschatological sayings ("neither marry nor are given in marriage")
G1547 ἐκγαμίζω (ekgamizō) — compound form: also "give in marriage"; variant of G1061a, 3 co-occurrences with G1060
G22 ἄγαμος (agamos) — "unmarried" (alpha-privative + gamos); Paul's term for those without a spouse (1 Cor 7:8, 11, 32, 34)

Synonyms¶

No direct non-cognate synonyms were returned by search_relationships.py; the nearest lexical parallels are the γαμ- family forms already listed above.

Antonyms¶

No antonyms were returned by search_relationships.py for G1060.

Domain Neighbors (Louw-Nida 034010)¶

Word	Strong's	Total vv	Key Distinction
ἄγαμος (agamos)	G22	4	the unmarried state — opposite of being married
ἀπολύω (apolýō)	G630	28	divorce; primarily means "release/send away" broadly
γάμος (gamos)	G1062	13	the marriage institution or wedding event (noun)
γυνή (gynē)	G1135	126	wife/woman — the relational partner in marriage
ἐπιγαμβρεύω (epigambreuō)	G1918	1	levirate marriage specifically (Matt 22:24)
μνηστεύω (mnēsteuō)	G3423	3	to betroth/espouse; pre-marriage stage

Easily Confused Words¶

Word	Strong's	Shared KJV Translation	Key Difference
ἐπιγαμβρεύω (epigambreuō)	G1918	"shall marry" (Matt 22:24)	Specifically levirate marriage — brother raising up seed for a deceased brother; G1060 is general
H802 אִשָּׁה (ishshâh)	H802	"marry" in some OT phrases	Hebrew noun for "woman/wife" occasionally rendered "marry" as a phrase (e.g., "take a wife"); G1060 is the action verb