King James Version
Exodus 22:17 in the King James Version says “If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins. pay: Heb. weigh” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins. pay: Heb. weigh”
Exodus 22:17 · KJV
But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.
And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.
If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins. pay: Heb. weigh
Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.
KJV Study — Public Domain
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“If her father”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
“to give”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
“of virgins”
H1330a virgin (from her privacy); sometimes (by continuation) a bride; also (figuratively) a city or state
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