bridegroom of blood

Her father was priest of Midian. The idea of circumcision was evidently foreign to her/them.

bridegroom 'of blood' suggests that there is more than one type of 'bridegroom'


Strong's Hebrew: 2860. חָתָן (chathan) -- bridegroom


Original Word: חָתָן
Transliteration: chathan
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-thawn')
Short Definition: bridegroom


bridegroom, husband, son in law From chathan; a relative by marriage (especially through the bride);
figuratively, a circumcised child (as a species of religious espousal) -- bridegroom, husband, son in law.
see HEBREW chathan

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Blue Letter Bible - Lexicon


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Yes.

it is thought that originally circumcision was performed much later in life.
maybe around puberty or even later.

Interesting thread

Search for 'Genesis 1:1' in the version

Rotherham) Exodus 4:26 So he let him go. Then it was that she said, "A bridegroom by rites of blood"--with regard to the rites of circumcision.

NKJV) Exodus 4:26 So He let him go. Then she said, "[You are] a husband of blood!" -- because of the circumcision.

NASB) Exodus 4:26 So He let him alone. At that time she said, "You are a bridegroom of blood"--because of the circumcision.

Blue Letter Bible - Search Results for KJV
"bridegroom"
occurs 24 times in 20 verses in the KJV
Page 1 / 1 exact matches (Psa 19:5 - Rev 18:23)

NKJV) Jeremiah 25:10 'Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp.

NKJV) Revelation 18:23 "The light of a lamp shall not shine in you anymore, and the voice of bridegroom and bride shall not be heard in you anymore.
For your merchants were the great men of the earth, for by your sorcery all the nations were deceived.