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.
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 · G6710
gaia — land
1. a land, country , (Homer) 2. earth, soil , (Iliad by Homer) 3. Γαῖα, as proper noun, Gaia, Tellus, Earth , spouse of Uranus, mother of the Titans, (Hesiod) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →(Cant. 4:8-12; Hos. 4:13, 14) may denote either husband or wife, but in the Scriptures it denotes only the latter.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
