BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3259
ya.ad — to appoint
1) to fix, appoint, assemble, meet, set, betroth 1a)(Qal) to appoint, assign, designate 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to meet 1b2) to meet by appointment 1b3) to gather, assemble by appointment 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to meet 1d) (Hophal) to be set, be placed before, be fixed
28 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H781
a.ra.s — to betroth
1) to betroth, engage 1a) (Piel) to betroth (man or woman) 1b) (Pual) to be betrothed
10 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G3423
mnēsteuō — to betroth
μνηστεύω [in LXX for אָרַשׂ pi., pu. ;] 1. to woo and win, espouse. 2. to promise in marriage, betroth; pass., of the woman, to be betrothed: with dative of person(s), Mat.1:18, Luk.1:27 2:5.† (AS)
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G718
harmozō — to betroth
ἁρμόζω (ἁρμός), [in LXX for אמן, etc. ;] 1. to fit, join. 2. of marriage, to betroth. Mid., (a) to join to oneself, marry, take to wife; (b) to give in marriage: 2Co.11:2 (for this there is no direct parallel. But see M, Pr., 160; MM, see word).† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3623
ke.lu.lah — betrothal
betrothals, espousals
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6262
amnēsteutos — not betrothed
not betrothed
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6999
enguaō — to guarantee a loan
1. to give or hand over as a pledge , Lat. spondere, and in Mid. to have a thing pledged to one, accept as a surety , (Odyssey by Homer) 2. of a father to give his daughter in marriage, to plight, betroth , (Herdotus Historicus):—;Mid. to have a woman betrothed to one , (Demosthenes Orator) 3. Mid. also to pledge oneself, give security , (Plato Philosophus), etc.: with accusative et infinitive future to promise or engage that . . , (Aristophanes Comicus) 4. with accusative rei, to answer for , (Demosthenes Orator) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7762
kathomologeō — to promise
1. to confess or allow , especially to one's detriment, (Plato Philosophus) 2. to promise, vow , (Lucian) 3. to betroth , (Plutarch) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8416
numpheusis — a betrothing
a betrothing
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →To promise “by one’s truth.” Men and women were betrothed when they were engaged to be married. This usually took place a year or more before marriage. From the time of betrothal the woman was regarded as the lawful wife of the man to whom she was betrothed (Deut. 28:30; Judg. 14:2, 8; Matt. 1:18-21). The term is figuratively employed of the spiritual connection between God and his people (Hos. 2:19, 20).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
