The Greek verb ekgamizō means to give in marriage, specifically in the sense of a father or guardian giving a woman to be married. The prefix ek- adds the sense of 'out of' the family — transitioning the woman from one household to another through the covenant of marriage.
Ekgamizō appears most significantly in Jesus's teaching on the resurrection (Matt 22:30; Mark 12:25; Luke 20:35): 'At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage.' This statement about the eschatological age is not a denigration of marriage but a revelation about its provisional nature — earthly marriage is a covenant that reflects the eternal marriage of Christ and the church (Eph 5:32). In the resurrection, the ultimate reality arrives, and the shadow gives way to the substance.