אָרַשׂ aras

Hebrew word for “to betroth” · Strong’s H781 · used 11 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

1) to betroth, engage; 1a) (Piel) to betroth (man or woman); 1b) (Pual) to be betrothed

How it is translated

Glosses given for aras in context, with how often each is used:

• betrothed 6
• will betroth 4
• has betrothed 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Deuteronomy 22 (4), Hosea 2 (2), Exodus 22 (1), Deuteronomy 20 (1), Deuteronomy 28 (1), 2 Samuel 3 (1)

Forms

• וארשׂתיך 3
• ארשׂה 2
• המארשׂה 2
• ארשׂ 1
• מארשׂה 1
• תארשׂ 1
• ארשׂתי 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with aras more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• נַעֲרָה naarah “maiden” 4
• שָׁכַב shakhav “to lie down” 5
• בְּתוּלָה betulah “virgin” 3
• מָצָא matsa “to find” 4
• אִשָּׁה ishshah “woman” 4
• עִם im “with” 4
• נִי ni “me” 3
• אַחֵר acher “another” 2
• שָׂדֶה sadeh “land” 2
• הָ ha “her” 2
• מוּת mut “to die” 2

Key verses

The verses using aras that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 22:16 — And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.
• Deuteronomy 20:7 — 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…
• Deuteronomy 22:23 — If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;
• Deuteronomy 22:25 — But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die:
• Deuteronomy 22:27 — For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.
• Deuteronomy 22:28 — 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;
• Deuteronomy 28:30 — 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…
• 2 Samuel 3:14 — 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.
• Hosea 2:19 — And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.
• Hosea 2:20 — I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.