5 occurrences

'Wives' in the Bible

and take their daughters to them for wives, and their daughters have given to their sons, and they serve their gods;

and to Gideon there have been seventy sons, coming out of his loin, for he had many wives;

Verse ConceptsPolygamySeventiesgideon

what do we do for them -- for those who are left -- for wives, and we -- we have sworn by Jehovah not to give to them of our daughters for wives?'

Verse ConceptsWives For Benjamin

And the elders of the company say, 'What do we do to the remnant for wives -- for the women have been destroyed out of Benjamin?'

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersWives For Benjamin

and we -- we are not able to give to them wives out of our daughters, for the sons of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed is he who is giving a wife to Benjamin.'

Verse ConceptsCursing The Ungodly

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נשׁין 
Nashiyn (Aramaic) 
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