מָהַר
mahar · pay the bride-price
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4117 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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mahar (מָהַר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “pay the bride-price”.
To take a woman as wife.
How to say it
ma·har
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To give the girl's father what is due in order to marry her.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Exodus 22:16
When a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed and lies with her, he shall surely pay the bride-price for her to make her his wife.
And 1 more times.