7 occurrences in 10 translations

'Engaged' in the Bible

Has any man become engaged to a woman and not married her? Let him leave and return home. Otherwise he may die in battle and another man marry her.’

Verse ConceptsBattlesBetrothalMarriage, Customs ConcerningSinglenessEngagementPossibility Of DeathMarriage Between Man And Woman

If there is a young woman who is a virgin engaged to a man, and another man encounters her in the city and has sex with her,

Verse ConceptsLaws Of Sexual UnionDeath Penalty For Sexual SinSex Before MarriageSexual Purityvirginity

then the two must be brought to the city gate and there they must be stoned to death the girl because she was in a city but did not cry out for help, and the man who abused a woman who was engaged to another man. By doing this you are to remove this evil from among you.

Verse ConceptsComing To GatesInstructions About Stoning

But if the man encounters an engaged woman in the open country, and he seizes and rapes her, only the man who raped her must die.

Verse ConceptsCapital Punishment

When he found her in the field, the engaged woman cried out, but there was no one to rescue her.

Verse ConceptsRescue

If a man encounters a young woman, a virgin who is not engaged, takes hold of her and rapes her, and they are discovered,

Verse ConceptsRapeLaws Of Sexual UnionYoung MarriageMarriage Kjvvirginity

You will become engaged to a woman, but another man will rape her. You will build a house but not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but not enjoy its fruit.

Verse ConceptsEnjoyment, Lack OfVineyardPlanting VineyardsEngagementRelationship TroublesMarriage KjvBuilding Relationshipsmatrimony

Bible Theasaurus

Absorb (1 instance)
Betrothed (19 instances)
Charter (1 instance)
Employ (8 instances)
Engage (51 instances)
Engaged (62 instances)
Enlist (3 instances)
Lease (2 instances)
Meshed (1 instance)
Occupied (48 instances)
Occupy (45 instances)
Operate (4 instances)
Pledged (33 instances)
Plight (5 instances)
Prosecute (9 instances)
Pursue (143 instances)

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