Topic
Affinity
4 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 1 Kings 3:1Easton · ISBE
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.
- 2 Chronicles 18:1Easton · ISBE
Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab.
- Leviticus 18:6–17Easton
¶ None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD. The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. The…
- Ezra 9:14ISBE
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?
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 3 references
Relationship by alliance (2 Chr. 18:1) or by marriage (1 Kings 3:1). Marriages are prohibited within certain degrees of affinity, enumerated Lev. 18:6-17. Consanguinity is relationship by blood.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 0 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 3 references
a-fin'-i-ti (chathan "to join one-self"): This term is used three times in the Old Testament:
(1) in 1Ki 3:1, where we read that "Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh King of Egypt",
(2) in 2Ch 18:1, where it is stated that Jehoshaphat "joined affinity with Ahab," and
(3) in Ezr 9:14, where it is asked "Shall we .... join in affinity with the peoples that do these abominations?" The Hebrew word thus rendered in the above three passages refers in each case to marriage alliances rather than to family or political relationships.
W. W. Davies
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.