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μνηστεύω

MainId: 003329000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: μ

StrongCodes: G3423

AlternateLemmas: μνηστεύομαι

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 003329001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: verb

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 003329001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 34.74

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Association

      LEXSubDomains: Marriage, Divorce

      LEXForms: μνηστεύομαι

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-12-09 13:21:54

         DefinitionShort: to promise a person for marriage

         Glosses: ['to be engaged', 'to be promised in marriage']

         Comments: 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.

      LEXReferences: MAT 1:18, LUKE 1:27, LUKE 2:5