Exodus 21:8
If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.
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Betrothed
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Deuteronomy 22:28
If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
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5 occurrences in 5 verses.
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אָרַשׂ
ʼâras · aw-ras'
6 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences
to engage for matrimony
Strong's KJV usage: betroth, espouse.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 22:16Strong's last: Deuteronomy 22:28
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yâʻad · yaw-ad'
2 times translated as this KJV form29 total Strong's occurrences
to fix upon (by agreement or appointment); by implication, to meet (at a stated time), to summon (to trial), to direct (in a certain quarter or position), to engage (for marriage)
Strong's KJV usage: agree,(maxke an) appoint(-ment, a time), assemble (selves), betroth, gather (selves, together), meet (together), set (a time).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 21:8Strong's last: Exodus 21:9
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châraph · khaw-raf'
1 times translated as this KJV form41 total Strong's occurrences
to pull off, i.e. (by implication) to expose (as by stripping); specifically, to betroth (as if a surrender); figuratively, to carp at, i.e. defame; to spend the winter
Strong's KJV usage: betroth, blaspheme, defy, jeopard, rail, reproach, upbraid.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Leviticus 19:20Strong's last: Leviticus 19:20
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H781
And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.
H781
If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;
H781
But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die:
H781
For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.
H781
If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
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betrothed
BETROTH'ED, participle passive Contracted for future marriage.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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