Aras אָרַשׂ

Aras (Hebrew אָרַשׂ, Strong's H781) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to betroth”. It occurs 11 times in 10 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Aras, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Exodus

• Exodus 22:16
  And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.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.

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 20:7
  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.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.”
• Deuteronomy 22:23
  If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;If there is a virgin pledged in marriage to a man, and another man encounters her in the city and sleeps with her,
• Deuteronomy 22:25
  But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die: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.
• Deuteronomy 22:27
  For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.When he found her in the field, the betrothed woman cried out, but there was no one to save her.
• Deuteronomy 22:28
  If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;If a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered,
• Deuteronomy 28:30
  Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.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.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 3:14
  And David sent messengers to Ish–bosheth Saul’s son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.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.”

Hosea

• Hosea 2:19
  And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion.
• Hosea 2:20
  I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the Lord.And I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will know the LORD.”

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).