Quick Definition
to betroth
Strong's Definition
to engage for matrimony
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: betroth, espouse.
TWOT Reference: 170
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אָרַשׂ (a.ra.s) — to betroth. 1) to betroth, engage 1a) (Piel) to betroth (man or woman) 1b) (Pual) to be betrothed
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb
Associate | verb pi, verb pu'al | ≈ לקח · בעל
to contract in marriage, to betrothe = action by which a man makes a marriage contract by means of the payment of a bride-price with the family of a woman, which is usually done before the man takes the woman to live with him
EXO 22:15 · DEU 20:7 · DEU 22:23 · DEU 22:25 · DEU 22:27 · DEU 22:28 · DEU 28:30 · 2SA 3:14 · HOS 2:21 · HOS 2:21 · HOS 2:22
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[אָרַשׂ] vb. betroth Pi. betroth (subj. man) obj. woman
Pu. be betrothed
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