Converse of object

• become: Failure to do so is grounds for the relationship to be ended and the girl to become betrothed to someone else.

Adjective modifier

• virgin: Luke refers to Mary as " a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph " ( Lk 1:27 ).

Modifies a noun

• couple: Betrothed couples would give small items to others in the village to share same good luck, that was expected to last a year.

• lover: The bride did not keep her betrothed lover waiting before she put in appearance.

• girl: For the Essenes, according to a scroll fragment, a betrothed girl who committed adultery had committed a capital crime.

• woman: And the unmarried or betrothed woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to be holy in body and spirit.