gamevw gamevw, gavmw; imperfect ejgavmoun (); aorist e[ghma (the classic form ( L T Tr WH); ; a R G, 28b) and ejgavmhsa (the later form, ; (22:25 RG); ; ; (28a L T Tr WH), 33); perfect gegavmhka; 1 aorist passive ejgamhvqhn; (cf. Winer's Grammar, 84 (80); Buttmann, 55 (48); Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. ii. 134; Lob. ad Phryn., p. 742; (Veitch, under the word));1. used of the man, as in Greek writings from Homer down, to lead in marriage, take to wife; a. with the addition of gunai'ka or other accusative: (here WH brackets the clause); ; ; ; ; . b. without a case, absolutely to get married, to marry, (cf. Buttmann, 145 (127)): ; ,; ; ; ; f; ,; (Aelian v. h. 4, 1; oiJ gegamhkote", Xenophon, Cyril 1, 2, 4; opposed to a[gamoi, Xenophon, symp. 9, 7). Passive and middle gamevomai tivni, of women (Latin nubere alicui, cf. Buttmann, sec. 133, 8), to give oneself in marriage (Winer's Grammar, sec. 38, 3): 1 aorist passive, (where L T Tr WH gamhvsh/ a[llon for R G gamhqh'/ a[llw/); .2. contrary to Greek usage, the active gamei'n is used of women, to give oneself in marriage; and a. with the accusative: L T Tr WH (see above); b. absolutely: ,: (hJ gamhvsasa, opposed to hJ a[gamo"); ,.3. absolutely of both sexes: ; f,36 (gameivtwsan, namely, the virgin and he who seeks her to wife). In the O. T. gamei'n occurs only in .*