אָרַשׂ
ʼâras · aw-ras'
to engage for matrimony
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to engage for matrimony
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: betroth, espouse.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the head, the highest › to consume, to destroy
Strength, the leader of the head, the highest that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אָרַשׂ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- that is not betrothed1 · 9%
- is there that hath betrothed1 · 9%
- be betrothed1 · 9%
- a betrothed1 · 9%
- and the betrothed1 · 9%
- which is not betrothed1 · 9%
- thou shalt betroth1 · 9%
- which i espoused1 · 9%
- and i will betroth1 · 9%
- yea, i will betroth1 · 9%
- i will even betroth1 · 9%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.