Meaning of BETROTH
| Pronunciation: | | bi'trowdh
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| | Definition: | | [v] give to, in marriage |
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| | Synonyms: | | affiance, engage, plight |
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| | See Also: | | vow | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Be*troth"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Betrothed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Betrothing}.] [Pref. be- + troth, i. e., truth. See
{Truth}.]
1. To contract to any one for a marriage; to engage or
promise in order to marriage; to affiance; -- used esp. of
a woman.
He, in the first flower of my freshest age,
Betrothed me unto the only heir. --Spenser.
Ay, and we are betrothed. --Shak.
2. To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight one's
troth to.
What man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and
hath not taken her? --Deut. xx. 7.
3. To nominate to a bishopric, in order to consecration.
--Ayliffe.
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| Easton Bible Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | 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). |
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