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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - μνηστεύω
μνηστεύω
G3423
Transliteration: mnēsteúō
Pronunciation: mnace-tyoo'-o
Definition: espouse
- Original: μνηστεύω - Transliteration: Mnesteuo - Phonetic: mnace-tyoo'-o
- Definition:
1. to woo her and ask her in marriage
2. to be promised in marriage, be betrothed
- Origin: from a derivative of G3415" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3415 - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From a derivative of G3415" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3415; to give a souvenir (engagement present) that is betroth: - espouse.