espoused <2SA3 -14> And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver [me] my wife Michal, which I {espoused} to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines. espoused Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was {espoused} to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. espoused To a virgin {espoused} to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was] Mary. espoused To be taxed with Mary his {espoused} wife, being great with child. espoused <2CO11 -2> For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have {espoused} you to one husband, that I may present you as] a chaste virgin to Christ. ~~~~~~