Dowry
זֶ֫בֶדStrong’s H2065zeved (ze-ved)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Zeved is the Hebrew word usually translated “endowment”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.”
Meaning
- Endowment, gift
How it's translated
- an endowment 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 1
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
זֶ֫בֶד zeved · dowry
endowment, gift
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “dowry” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DOWRY, noun
[See Dower. This word differs not from dower. It is the same word differently written, and the distinction made between them is arbitrary.]
- The money, goods or estate which a woman brings to her husband in marriage; the portion given with a wife.
- The reward paid for a wife.
- A gift; a fortune, given.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.