Strong's Concordance mnésteuó: to espouse, betroth Original Word: μνηστεύωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: mnésteuó Phonetic Spelling: (mnace-tyoo'-o) Short Definition: I ask in marriage Definition: I ask in marriage; pass: I am betrothed. HELPS Word-studies 3423 mnēsteúō – originally, "to woo and win; espouse, then to promise in marriage, betroth" (Abbott-Smith); to espouse; betroth. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3423: μνηστεύωμνηστεύω: passive, perfect participle μεμνηστευμενος (R G) and ἐμνηστευμενος (L T Tr WH) (cf. Winers Grammar, § 12, 10; Veitch, under the word; Tdf. Proleg., p. 121); 1 aorist participle μνηστευθεις; (μνηστός betrothed, espoused); from Homer down; the Sept. for אֵרֵשׂ; τινα (γυναῖκα), to woo her and ask her in marriage; passive to be promised in marriage, be betrothed: τίνι, Matthew 1:18; Luke 1:27; Luke 2:5. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance espouse. From a derivative of mnaomai; to give a souvenir (engagement present), i.e. Betroth -- espouse. see GREEK mnaomai Forms and Transliterations εμνηστευμενη ἐμνηστευμένῃ εμνηστευμενην ἐμνηστευμένην μεμνηστευμένη μεμνηστευμένην μεμνήστευται Μνηστευθεισης Μνηστευθείσης μνηστεύσομαί emnesteumene emnēsteumenē emnesteuménei emnēsteuménēi emnesteumenen emnesteuménen emnēsteumenēn emnēsteuménēn Mnesteutheises Mnesteutheíses Mnēsteutheisēs MnēsteutheísēsLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 34233 Occurrences ἐμνηστευμένῃ — 1 Occ. ἐμνηστευμένην — 1 Occ. Μνηστευθείσης — 1 Occ. Matthew 1:18 V-APP-GFS GRK: οὕτως ἦν Μνηστευθείσης τῆς μητρὸς NAS: Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, KJV: Mary was espoused to Joseph, INT: thus came about having been betrothed the mother Luke 1:27 V-RPM/P-AFS Luke 2:5 V-RPM/P-DFS |
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