Khoten (חותן) means father-in-law in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
father-in-law
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Khoten.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1אביה של האשה ביחס לבעלהּ.
וַיַּחֲזֶק-בּוֹ חֹתְנוֹ אֲבִי הַנַּעֲרָה וַיֵּשֶׁב אִתּוֹ שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים וַיֹּאכְלוּ וַיִּשְׁתּוּ וַיָּלִינוּ שָׁם
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Khoten is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- חוֹתֵן
- Written without vowel points
- חותן
- Said
- khoten
- Root
- ח־ת־נ
- Pattern
- קוֹטֵל
- Plural
- חוֹתְנִים
- Feminine form
- חוֹתֶנֶת
- Inflections
- ר' חוֹתְנִים; נ' חוֹתֶנֶת, נ"ר חוֹתְנוֹת; חוֹתֵן־, ר' חוֹתְנֵי־; נ"ר חוֹתְנוֹת־
- Gematria
- 464
This is how Khoten is said in other languages.
- English
- father-in-law
- Arabic
- حم
- French
- beau-père
- Spanish
- suegro
- German
- Schwiegervater
- Yiddish
- שווער
These words mean nearly the same as Khoten.
- חם
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words mean the opposite of Khoten.
These words rhyme with Khoten.
The word Khoten comes from the root ח־ת־נ, like these words.
These words come before and after Khoten in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Khoten.
What does Khoten (חותן) mean in Hebrew?
Khoten (חותן) means father-in-law. It is said khoten, with the stress on ten.
What is a synonym for Khoten (חותן)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Khoten (חותן) are חם.
What is the opposite of Khoten (חותן)?
Words that mean the opposite of Khoten (חותן) are חתן.
What rhymes with Khoten (חותן)?
Words that rhyme with Khoten (חותן) include בן, שן, זקן, התקן, כן, and מאפיין.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry חותן of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.