POLYGAMY

POLYGAMY. → Forbidden De 17:17; Le 18:18; Mal 2:14,15; Mt 19:4,5; Mr 10:2-8; 1Ti 3:2,12; Tit 1:6 → Authorized 2Sa 12:8 → Tolerated Ex 21:10; 1Sa 1:2; 2Ch 24:3 → Practiced by Job 27:15 → Lamech Ge 4:19 → Abraham Ge 16 → Esau Ge 26:34; 28:9 → Jacob Ge 29:30 → Ashur 1Ch 4:5 → Gideon Jud 8:30 → Elkanah 1Sa 1:2 → David 1Sa 25:39-44; 2Sa 3:2-5; 5:13; 1Ch 14:3 → Solomon 1Ki 11:1-8 → Rehoboam 2Ch 11:18-23 → Abijah 2Ch 13:21 → Jehoram 2Ch 21:14 → Joash 2Ch 24:3 → Ahab 2Ki 10 → Jehoiachin 2Ki 24:15 → Belshazzar Da 5:2 → See 1Ch 2:8 → Hosea Ho 3:1,2 → Mosaic law respecting the firstborn in De 21:15-17 → Sought by women Isa 4:1 → The evil effects of
* Husband' s favoritism in De 21:15-17
* Jacob' s Ge 29:30; 30:15
* Elkanah' s 1Sa 1:5
* Rehoboam' s 2Ch 11:21

→ Domestic unhappiness
* In Abraham' s family Ge 16; 21:9-16
* In Jacob' s family Ge 29:30-34; 30:1-23
* In Elkanah' s family 1Sa 1:4-7

→ With Solomon 1Ki 11:4-8 → See CONCUBINAGE → See MARRIAGE

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polygamy. Polygamy, n. a plurality of wives at one time

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Po‐lyg″a‐my (?), n. [[Gr. �; cf. F. polygamie.]] 1. 1. The having of a plurality of wives or husbands at the same time; usually, the marriage of a man to more than one woman, or the practice of having several wives, at the same time; — opposed to monogamy; as, the nations of the East practiced polygamy. See the Note under Bigamy, and cf. Polyandry.
2. 2. (Zoöl.) The state or habit of having more than one mate.
3. 3. (Bot.) The condition or state of a plant which bears both perfect and unisexual flowers.