# H781 אָרַשׂ

אָרַשׂ (ʼâras), Strong’s H781: to engage for matrimony KJV: betroth, espouse.. Occurs 11 times.

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*ʼâras* — to engage for matrimony

KJV: betroth, espouse.

Occurs 11 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [אָרַשׂ] vb. betroth
- Pi. betroth (subj. man) obj. woman
- Pu. be betrothed

## Where it occurs
- [Exodus 22:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/22?v=15) — “If a man entices a virgin who isn’t pledged to be married, and lies with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to…
- [Deuteronomy 20:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/20?v=7) — What man is there who has pledged to be married to a wife, and has not taken her? Let him go and return to his house…
- [Deuteronomy 22:23](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/22?v=23) — If there is a young lady who is a virgin pledged to be married to a husband, and a man finds her in the city, and lies…
- [Deuteronomy 22:25](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/22?v=25) — But if the man finds the lady who is pledged to be married in the field, and the man forces her and lies with her, then…
- [Deuteronomy 22:27](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/22?v=27) — for he found her in the field, the pledged to be married lady cried, and there was no one to save her.
- [Deuteronomy 22:28](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/22?v=28) — If a man finds a lady who is a virgin, who is not pledged to be married, grabs her and lies with her, and they are…
- [Deuteronomy 28:30](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/28?v=30) — You will betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her. You will build a house, and you won’t dwell in it. You…
- [2 Samuel 3:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/3?v=14) — David sent messengers to Ishbosheth, Saul’s son, saying, “Deliver me my wife Michal, whom I was given to marry for one…
- [Hosea 2:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/hosea/2?v=21) — I will betroth you to me forever. Yes, I will betroth you to me in righteousness, in justice, in loving kindness, and…
- [Hosea 2:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/hosea/2?v=22) — I will even betroth you to me in faithfulness; and you shall know the LORD.