ΜΝΗΣΤΕΥΣΑΣΘΑΙ, μνηστευσασθαι
MNĒSTEUSASTHAI, mnēsteusasthai
Sounds Like: mnays-TEF-sas-thai
Translations: to betroth, to espouse, to promise in marriage
From the root: ΜΝΗΣΤΕΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to betroth' or 'to espouse'. It refers to the act of formally engaging a person for marriage. It is often used in the context of a man betrothing a woman, or a woman being betrothed to a man. It implies a formal agreement or promise of marriage.
Inflection: Aorist, Middle Voice, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G3423 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 5 — 8:286
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΝΗΣΤΕΥΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΜΝΗΣΤΕΥΜΕΝΗ — betrothed, engaged, a betrothed woman, an engaged woman
- ἘΜΝΗΣΤΕΥΜΕΝΗΝ — betrothed, engaged, a betrothed one, an engaged one
- ἘΜΝΗΣΤΕΥΣΕΝ — betrothed, engaged, was betrothed, was engaged
- ΕΜΝΗΣΤΕΥΜΕΝΗ — betrothed, engaged, espoused, a betrothed woman, an engaged woman
- ΕΜΝΗΣΤΕΥΜΕΝΗΝ — betrothed, engaged, pledged in marriage
- ΜΕΜΝΗΣΤΕΥΜΕΝΗ — betrothed, engaged, a betrothed woman, an engaged woman
- ΜΕΜΝΗΣΤΕΥΜΕΝΗΝ — betrothed, a betrothed woman, an engaged woman
- ΜΕΜΝΗΣΤΕΥΜΕΝΟΣ — betrothed, engaged, having been betrothed, one who is betrothed
- ΜΕΜΝΗΣΤΕΥΤΑΙ — has been betrothed, is betrothed, was betrothed
- ΜΝΗΣΣΤΕΥΘΙΣΗΣ — betrothed, having been betrothed, engaged, having been engaged
- ΜΝΗΣΤΕΥ — to betroth, to espouse, to promise in marriage
- ΜΝΗΣΤΕΥΕΙΝ — to betroth, to espouse, to promise in marriage
- ΜΝΗΣΤΕΥΕΣΘΑΙ — to be betrothed, to be engaged, to be promised in marriage
- ΜΝΗΣΤΕΥΘΕΙΣΗΣ — betrothed, engaged, pledged in marriage
- ΜΝΗΣΤΕΥΟΜΕΝΗ — betrothed, engaged, a betrothed woman, an engaged woman
- ΜΝΗΣΤΕΥΟΜΕΝΟΙΣ — betrothing, espousing, engaged, those who are betrothing, those who are engaged
- ΜΝΗΣΤΕΥΟΜΕΝΟΝ — betrothed, engaged, pledged, promised in marriage
- ΜΝΗΣΤΕΥΟΜΕΝΟΣ — betrothed, engaged, one who is betrothed, a betrothed man
- ΜΝΗΣΤΕΥΟΜΕΝΟΥΣ — betrothing, espousing, being betrothed, being engaged
- ΜΝΗΣΤΕΥΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having betrothed, having espoused, having promised in marriage
- ΜΝΗΣΤΕΥΣΑΜΕΝΟΥΣ — having been betrothed, having been engaged, having been promised in marriage
- ΜΝΗΣΤΕΥΣΕΣΘΑΙ — to be betrothed, to be engaged, to marry
- ΜΝΗΣΤΕΥΣΟΜΑΙ — I will betroth, I will espouse, I will pledge myself (to marriage)
- ΜΝΗΣΤΕΥΣΟΜΕΘΑ — we will be betrothed, we will be engaged, we will be promised in marriage
- ΜΝΗΣΤΕΥΣΟΜΕΝΟΝ — about to be betrothed, about to be engaged, about to marry
- ΜΝΗΣΤΕΥΩ — to betroth, to promise in marriage, to espouse
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