bride price in English

noun
1
a sum of money or quantity of goods given to a bride's family by that of the groom, especially in tribal societies.
payments of bride price from the husband's kin

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1. As Salome's bride-price, I ask for his freedom.

2. After that, the bride-price was returned to us in the same envelope.

3. During bride-price negotiations, he said he would accept whatever they could afford.

4. The bride’s spokesman enumerates the bride-price items so all can verify that they are there.

5. Greed for a high bride-price has overtaken some Christians and has led to tragic consequences.

6. Some imitate the world by showing off the payment or the receipt of a large bride-price.

7. I have given you as the bride-price of your daughter Miphtahiah (a sum of) 5 shekels. . . .’

8. Joseph also agreed that his son-in-law Peter pay a bride-price well below what could reasonably be accepted.

9. This may involve the full payment and acceptance of a bride-price, by which the couple are legally and Scripturally married.

10. The word Arras is Spanish, meaning " earnest money " (arrhae, plural of arrha), " bride price ", or " bride wealth "

11. A man would betroth a woman or contract for future marriage by paying her father or guardians the bride-price, or purchase money.

12. + 17 If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, he is to pay the money at the rate of the bride-price.

13. Even when my family presented the bride-price to them, their spokesperson asked: ‘Do you want to take this girl as a wife or as a daughter?’

14. In some areas, members of the extended family generally expect to be paid a large amount of money in advance of negotiations about the actual bride-price.

15. For this reason, even a marriage contracted in a church or in the government registry would not be recognized in the local community unless the bride price was paid.”

16. (1 Timothy 3:3, 8) A Christian who greedily and unrepentantly extorts a high bride-price may even be disfellowshipped from the congregation.—1 Corinthians 5:11, 13; 6:9, 10.

17. So the payment of a bride-price served to compensate the woman’s family for the loss of her services and for the effort and expense required of her family in caring for her.

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