Know the Word.

Hebrew word

ʼâras

aw-ras'

אָרַשׂ

What it means

to engage for matrimony

Where it comes from

a primitive root

How the King James translates it

  • betrothed6
  • betroth4
  • espoused1

Every place it appears 11

ʼâras — Hebrew word meaning “to engage for matrimony”