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( ãָּáָø , dabar, lit. a word or matter; Gr. ὀöåßëù , to owe). For "duty of marriage" ( òåֹðָä , onah', dwelling together, Exo_21:10; used in the Talmud for connubial right; i.q., ἡ ὀöåéëïìÝíç åὔíïéá , "due benevolence," 1Co_7:3), SEE COHABITATION. For "the duty of a husband's brother" ( éָáִñ , yabas', Deu_25:5; Deu_25:7, to marry a deceased brother's childless wife, Gen_38:8), SEE LEVIRATE LAW. SEE ETHICS.