Strong's Lexicon

H781

H781 — אָרַשׂ

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewarasverbOccurrences: 11TWOT: 170

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H781
Word:אָרַשׂ
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:11
Transliteration:aras
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:aw-ras'
Meaning:1. to engage for matrimony
KJV Renderings:betroth, espouse.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB785

[אָרַשׂ] verb betroth (Mishna ארס, Phoenician ארש in proper name, LagSem i. 50 connects with Arabic [untranscribed source text 426] a fine, literally pay the price, & so gain the right of possession; compare Aramaic אָרִיס one who farms land; Assyrian mirsu , tribute, ZehnpfBAS i. 518 ) — only Pi`el Pu`al;

Pi`el Perfect 3 masculine singular אֵרֵשׂ Deut 20:7 אֵרַשְׂתִּי 2Sam 3:14 suffix אֵרַשְׂתִּיךְ Hos 2:21 (twice in verse); Hos 2:22 Imperfect 2 masculine singular תְּאָרֵשׂ Deut 28:30 — betroth (subject man) object woman, אִשָּׁה Deut 20:7; Deut 28:30 followed by ב of price paid to father & ל of husband 2Sam 3:14 ב of gift to bride & ל of husband Hos 2:21; Hos 2:22, where figurative of Yahweh's covenant mercy to Israel.
Pu`al Perfect 3 feminine singular אֹרָ֑שָׂה be betrothed, with לֹא, subject בְּתוּלָה Exod 22:15; Deut 22:28 (נער בתולה); Participle feminine מְאֹרָשָׂה Deut 22:23, where affirmed of נער בתולה (followed by ל of husband) Deut 22:25 Deut 22:27 (in both subject הַנַּעֲרָ֯ ).


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אָרש (Gh-ras"')

Deuteronomy 20:7

KJV: 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.
EHCC: that hath betrothed a wife,

2 Samuel 3:14

KJV: And David sent messengers to Ish–bosheth Saul’s son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.
EHCC: which chien to me .

Hosea 9:19

EHCC: 91 . And 7 will betroth thee unto me for

Deuteronomy 28:30

KJV: Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.gather…: Heb. profane, or, use it as common meat
EHCC: Thou shalt betroth a wife,

Exodus 22:16

KJV: And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.
EHCC: (15). that is not betrothed,

Deuteronomy 22:28

KJV: 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;
EHCC: which és not betrothed,
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