UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Sense 1: to be engaged, to be promised in marriage

Semantic entry: 34.74

Semantic domains: Association

Subdomains: Marriage, Divorce

Definition: to promise a person for marriage

Notes: It may be important to note in the margin of a text that in biblical times the act of betrothal was regarded as binding, so that the breaking of a betrothal was legally equivalent to divorce.

Forms: μνηστεύομαι

MAT 1:18: RV MAT 1:18 · LV MAT 1:18 · Read together MAT 1:18

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OET-RV MAT 1:18

18 Now this is how the birth of Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) came about: Maria (Mary; Heb. Miryam; Grk. Maria /Mariam) his mother was engaged to Yosef (Joseph). But before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the work of the holy spirit.

OET-LV MAT 1:18

18 And the birth the of_Yaʸsous chosen _one /messiah was thus:
Maria the mother of _him, having _been _betrothed to_ the _Yōsaʸf, before or/than them to _come _together, she _was _found having in womb by the_ holy _spirit.

LUK 1:27: RV LUK 1:27 · LV LUK 1:27 · Read together LUK 1:27

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OET-RV LUK 1:27

27 Gavriel went to a young woman named Maria (Mary; Heb. Miryam; Grk. Maria /Mariam) who was engaged to be married to Yosef (Joseph), a descendant of King David,

OET-LV LUK 1:27

27 to a_virgin having _been _betrothed to_a_man, whose name was Yōsaʸf/(Yōşēf), of the_house of _Dawid/(Dāvid), and the name of _the virgin was Maria/(Miryām).

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 1:18 · LV MAT 1:18 · Read together MAT 1:18

LUK: RV LUK 1:27 · RV LUK 2:5 · LV LUK 1:27 · LV LUK 2:5 · Read together LUK 1:27 · Read together LUK 2:5

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

μνηστεύω

Form 1

Sense 1: to be engaged, to be promised in marriage