- Original: ארשׂ - Transliteration: 'aras - Phonetic: aw-ras' - Definition: 1. to betroth, engage a. (Piel) to betroth (man or woman) b. (Pual) to be betrothed - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 170 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to engage for matrimony: - betroth espouse. Total KJV Occurrences: 11 • betroth, 4 Deuteronomy 28:30; Hosea 2:19(2); Hosea 2:20 • betrothed, 6 Exodus 22:16; Deuteronomy 20:7; Deuteronomy 22:23; Deuteronomy 22:25; Deuteronomy 22:27; Deuteronomy 22:28 • espoused, 1 2 Samuel 3:14