{"query": "Pilgrim's Progress §11: In this plight, therefore, he went h", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_5ad964b9a051", "title": "Pilgrim's Progress §11: In this plight, therefore, he went home and refrained himself as long as he could, that...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "In this plight, therefore, he went home and refrained himself as long as he could, that his wife and children should not perceive his distress; but he could not be silent long, because that his troubl", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "John Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress (1678)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_f14ec788901a", "title": "Pilgrim's Progress §243: But as for Christian, he had some respite, and was remanded back to prison.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "But as for Christian, he had some respite, and was remanded back to prison. So he there remained for a space; but He that overrules all things, having the power of their rage in his own hand, so wroug", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "John Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress (1678)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_src_word_affiance", "title": "affiance", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "1. Plighted faith; marriage contract or promise. 2. Trust; reliance; faith; confidence. Such feelings promptly yielded to his habitual affiance in the divine love. Sir J. Stephen. Lancelot, my Lancelo", "authority_tier": "reference", "source": "webster-1913", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_src_word_betroth", "title": "betroth", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "1. To contract to any one for a marriage; to engage or promise in order to marriage; to affiance; -- used esp. of a woman. He, in the first flower of my freshest age, Betrothed me unto the only heir. 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This usually took place a year or more before marriage. From the time of betrothal the woman was regarde", "authority_tier": "reference", "source": "Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897, public domain)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_n_4557c03071b5", "title": "Easton: Betroth", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "To promise “by one’s truth.” Men and women were betrothed when they were engaged to be married. This usually took place a year or more before marriage. From the time of betrothal the woman was regarde", "authority_tier": "external_aligned", "source": "Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_src_lex_h781", "title": "H781 — אָרַשׂ (a.ra.s): to betroth", "shelf": "lexicon", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "אָרַשׂ (a.ra.s), Strong's H781: to betroth. 1) to betroth, engage 1a) (Piel) to betroth (man or woman) 1b) (Pual) to be betrothed", "authority_tier": "reference", "source": "STEPBible TBESH/TBESG — Extended Strong's lexicon (CC-BY, Tyndale House)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_src_lex_g3423", "title": "G3423 — μνηστεύω (mnēsteuō): to betroth", "shelf": "lexicon", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "μνηστεύω (mnēsteuō), Strong's G3423: to betroth. μνηστεύω [in LXX for אָרַשׂ pi., pu. ;] __1. to woo and win, espouse. __2. to promise in marriage, betroth ; pass., of the woman, to be be­trothed : wi", "authority_tier": "reference", "source": "STEPBible TBESH/TBESG — Extended Strong's lexicon (CC-BY, Tyndale House)", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_src_lex_g718", "title": "G718 — ἁρμόζω (harmozō): to betroth", "shelf": "lexicon", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "ἁρμόζω (harmozō), Strong's G718: to betroth. ἁρμόζω (ἁρμός), [in LXX for אמן, etc. ;] __1. to fit, join. __2. of marriage, to betroth. 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Which lies in keeping the marriage contract inviolable; Christ will never suffer his faithfulness to fail, nor break his covenant; as he is faithf", "authority_tier": "reference", "source": "John Gill's Exposition of the Old and New Testaments — Public Domain", "readable": false, "generated": false}, {"id": "card_c_54b6e0290341", "title": "Easton: Asnapper ↔ Easton: Betroth", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Both belong to dictionary · easton_person_a_d — a structural sibling link restored from 1.0's nesting (re-verified same section live). 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