KJV dictionary & concordance

betrothed

Meaning of “betrothed”

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of betroth, meaning to bind by promise of marriage; to affiance.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesCawdrey 1604Webster 1828

9 occurrences9 verses3 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Exodus 21:8

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Every verse containing “betrothed”

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Exodus 21:8

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If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Exodus 21:8 · retained source text

If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himselfe, then shall he let her be redeemed: To sell her vnto a strange nation hee shall haue no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.

1611 marginal noteHebr. be euill in the eyes of, &c.

Exodus 21:9

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And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.

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And if he haue betrothed her vnto his sonne, he shall deale with her after the maner of daughters.

Exodus 22:16

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¶ And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.

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1611 witness · Exodus 22:16 · retained source text

¶ And if a man entice a maide that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 22.28.

Leviticus 19:20

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¶ And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.

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1611 witness · Leviticus 19:20 · retained source text

¶ And whosoeuer lieth carnally with a woman that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedome given her, she shall be scourged: they shall not be put to death, because she was not free:

1611 marginal noteOr, abused by any. Heb. reproched by [or for] man.

1611 marginal noteOr, they. Heb. there shall bee a scourging.

Deuteronomy 20:7

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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.

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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 20:7 · retained source text

And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him goe and returne vnto his house, lest he die in battell, and another man take her.

1611 marginal noteChap. 24.5.

Deuteronomy 22:23

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