γάμος (gamos) means “wedding” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: gam'-os Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.
γάμος · gamos · wedding
γάμος, -ου, ὁ, [in LXX for מִשְׁתֶּה ;] 1. a wedding, esp. a wedding-feast: Mat.22:8, 10 11, 12, Jhn.2:1-3, Rev.19:7, 9; pl. (Field, Notes, 16), Mat.22:2-4, 9 25:10, Luk.12:36 14:8. 2. marriage: Heb.13:4 (Cremer, 666). † (AS)
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a marriage, wedding, wedding-ceremony; plur: a wedding-feast.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| wedding banquet | 4 |
| marriage | 3 |
| a wedding banquet | 2 |
| banquet | 2 |
| wedding | 2 |
| a wedding | 1 |
| in wedding | 1 |
| wedding hall | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the marriage | 6 |
| the wedding | 3 |
| a marriage | 2 |
| a wedding | 2 |
| marriage | 1 |
| wedding | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 16 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.
Read word by wordHe sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.
Read word by wordAgain, 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.’
Read word by wordThen he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited were not worthy.
Read word by wordGo therefore to the crossroads and invite to the banquet as many as you can find.’
Read word by wordSo 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.
Read word by wordBut when the king came in to see the guests, he spotted a man who was not dressed in wedding clothes.
Read word by word‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless.
Read word by wordBut 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.
Read word by wordThen 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.
Read word by word“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.
Read word by wordOn the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there,
Read word by wordand Jesus and His disciples had also been invited to the wedding.
Read word by wordMarriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
Read word by wordLet 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.
Read word by wordThen 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.”
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