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bē̇-troth´, bē̇-troÌ„th´ (×רשׂ, 'aÌ„ras): On betrothal as a social custom see MARRIAGE. Hosea, in his great parable of the prodigal wife, surpassed only by a greater Teacher's parable of the Prodigal Son, uses betrothal as the symbol of Yahweh's pledge of His love and favor to penitent Israel (, ). In , the Revised Version (British and American) renders “espouse†for the “betroth†of the King James Version, the context implying the actual marriage relation.