2 Samuel 3:14
And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.
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Espoused
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2 Corinthians 11:2
For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
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2 occurrences in 2 verses.
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μνηστεύω
mnēsteúō · mnace-tyoo'-o
3 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
to give a souvenir (engagement present), i.e. betroth
Strong's KJV usage: :--espouse.
Strong's first: Matthew 1:18Strong's last: Luke 2:5
Open full G3423 profile →ἁρμόζω
harmózō · har-mod'-zo
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
to joint, i.e. (figuratively) to woo (reflexively, to betroth)
Strong's KJV usage: :--espouse.
Strong's first: 2 Corinthians 11:2Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 11:2
Open full G718 profile →אָרַשׂ
ʼâras · aw-ras'
1 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: 2 Samuel 3:14Strong's last: 2 Samuel 3:14
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H781
And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.
G3423
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
G3423
To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
G3423
To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
G718
For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
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espoused
ESPOUS'ED, participle passive Betrothed; affianced; promised in marriage by contract; married; united intimately; embraced.
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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