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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(gift). The consideration paid the
father
of the
bride
by the
bridegroom
(
Gen. 29:18; 34:12
18
And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. (Genesis 29:18)
12
Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife. (Genesis 34:12)
;
1 Sam. 18:25
25
And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. (1 Samuel 18:25)
;
Hos. 3:2
2
So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley: (Hosea 3:2)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
The sum paid by a
man
to the relatives of the
woman
who becomes his wife (
Gen. 34:12
12
Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife. (Genesis 34:12)
;
Ex. 22:16-17
16
And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.
17
If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins. (Exodus 22:16‑17)
;
1 Sam. 18:25
25
And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. (1 Samuel 18:25)
: Compare
Hos. 3:2
2
So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley: (Hosea 3:2)
).
Leah
, on having her sixth
son
, piously said, “
God
hath endued me with a good dowry” (
Gen. 30:20
20
And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun. (Genesis 30:20)
). The dowry which
Jacob
gave for his wives was
seven
years’ service for each (
Gen. 29:18,27
18
And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. (Genesis 29:18)
27
Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. (Genesis 29:27)
).
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