STRONGS G718:
ἁρμόζω, Attic
ἁρμόττω: 1 aorist middle
ἡρμοσάμην; (
ἁρμός, which see);
1. to join, to fit together; so in Homer of carpenters, fastening together beams and planks to build houses, ships, etc.
2. of marriage:
ἁρμόζειν τινὶ τὴν θυγατέρα (Herodotus 9, 108)
to betroth a daughter to anyone; passive
ἁρμόζεται γυνὴ ἀνδρί,
Sept. Proverbs 19:14; middle
ἁρμόσασθαι τὴν θυγατέρα τινός (Herodotus 5, 32; 47; 6, 65)
to join to oneself,
i. e. to marry, the daughter of anyone;
ἁρμόσασθαί τινί τινα to betroth, to give one in marriage to anyone:
2 Corinthians 11:2, and often in Philo, cf.
Loesner at the passage; the middle cannot be said to be used actively, but refers to him to whom the care of betrothing has been committed; [cf. Buttmann, 193 (167); per contra Meyer at the passage; Winer's Grammar, 258 (242)].
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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Proverbs
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19:14
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2 Corinthians
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11:2