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BETROTHING - B>@ - [MARRIAGE.1]

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Betroth @ 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 kjv@Deuteronomy:28:30; kjv@Judges:14:2 kjv@Judges:14:8 kjv@Matthew:1:18-21). The term is figuratively employed of the spiritual connection between God and his people kjv@Hosea:2:19-20).

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BETROTHAL @
- Of Jacob kjv@Genesis:29:18-30
- Exempts from military duty kjv@Deuteronomy:20:7
- A quasi-marriage kjv@Matthew:1:18; kjv@Luke:1:27

- FIGURATIVE .
See MARRIAGE

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H2778 <STRHEB>@ חרף châraph khaw-raf' A primitive root; to pull {off} that {is} (by implication) to expose (as by stripping); specifically to betroth (as if a surrender); figuratively to carp {at} that {is} defame; denominatively (from H2779) to spend the winter: - {betroth} {blaspheme} {defy} {jeopard} {rail} {reproach} upbraid.


H3259 <STRHEB>@ יעד yâ‛ad yaw-ad' A primitive root; 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): - {agree} (make an) appoint ({-ment} a {time}) assemble ({selves}) {betroth} gather ({selves} {together}) meet ({together}) set (a time).


H781 <STRHEB>@ ארשׂ 'âraώ aw-ras' A primitive root; to engage for matrimony: - {betroth} espouse.


G3423 <STRGRK>@ μνηστεύω mnēsteuō mnace-tyoo'-o From a derivative of G3415; to give a souvenir (engagement present) that is betroth: - espouse.


G3565 <STRGRK>@ νύμφη numphē noom-fay' From a primary but obsolete verb νύπτω nuptō (to veil as a bride; compare the Latin nupto to marry); a young married woman (as veiled) including a betrothed girl; by implication a son's wife: - bride daughter in law.


G718 <STRGRK>@ ἁρμόζω harmozō har-mod'-zo From G719; to joint that is (figuratively) to woo (reflexively to betroth): - espouse.