Hebrew verb · H781
אָרַשׂ
arasaw-ras'
to betroth
11 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʼâras
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H781is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 8spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H781
to engage for matrimony
The King James renders it: betroth, espouse.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
aras is rendered "to betroth". It stands 11 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Six of the uses stand in Deuteronomy, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 22:16If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged in marriage and sleeps with her, he must pay the full dowry for her to be his wife.
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged in marriage and sleeps with her, he must pay the full dowry for her to be his wife.
Exodus 22:16אֹרָ֖שָׂה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Six of the word's eleven uses are in Deuteronomy.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and I will betroth you3
- the betrothed2
- betrothed1
- he has betrothed1
- I betrothed1
- she is betrothed1
- she was betrothed1
- you will betroth1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 11, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וְאֵרַשְׂתִּ֥יךְ3
- הַמְאֹ֣רָשָׂ֔ה2
- אֵרַ֤שׂ1
- אֹרָ֖שָׂה1
- אֹרָ֔שָׂה1
- אֵרַ֣שְׂתִּי1
- מְאֹרָשָׂ֖ה1
- תְאָרֵ֗שׂ1
The grammar of each form
- Hc/Vpq1cs/Sp2fs3Hc/Vpq1cs/Sp2fs
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · feminine singular2HTd/VPsfsa
- verb · intensive passive (pual), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular2HVPp3fs
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular1HVpi2ms
- verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular1HVpp1cs
- verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVpp3ms
- verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · feminine singular1HVPsfsa
Exodus
one use
If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged in marriage and sleeps with her, he must pay the full dowry for her to be his wife.
- אֹרָ֖שָׂהʾorasahverb · intensive passive (pual), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she was betrothed
Deuteronomy
six uses
Has any man become pledged to a woman and not married her? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man marry her.”
- אֵרַ֤שׂʾerasverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has betrothed
If there is a virgin pledged in marriage to a man, and another man encounters her in the city and sleeps with her,
- מְאֹרָשָׂ֖הmeorasahverb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · feminine singulartagged: betrothed
But if the man encounters a betrothed woman in the open country, and he overpowers her and lies with her, only the man who has done this must die.
- הַמְאֹ֣רָשָׂ֔הhamorasahthe definite article (“the”) + verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · feminine singulartagged: the betrothed
When he found her in the field, the betrothed woman cried out, but there was no one to save her.
- הַמְאֹ֣רָשָׂ֔הhamorasahthe definite article (“the”) + verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · feminine singulartagged: the betrothed
If a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered,
- אֹרָ֔שָׂהʾorasahverb · intensive passive (pual), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she is betrothed
You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.
- תְאָרֵ֗שׂtearesverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will betroth
2 Samuel
one use
Then David sent messengers to say to Ish-bosheth son of Saul, “Give me back my wife, Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for a hundred Philistine foreskins.”
- אֵרַ֣שְׂתִּיʾerastiverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I betrothed
Hosea
three uses
So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion.
- וְאֵרַשְׂתִּ֥יךְveerastikhHc/Vpq1cs/Sp2fstagged: and I will betroth you
- וְאֵרַשְׂתִּ֥יךְveerastikhHc/Vpq1cs/Sp2fstagged: and I will betroth you
And I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will know the LORD.”
- וְאֵרַשְׂתִּ֥יךְveerastikhHc/Vpq1cs/Sp2fstagged: and I will betroth you
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.