Bible Dictionaries
Dowry
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
The suitor's payment to the father for the wife (Genesis 24:53, Isaac; Genesis 29:18, Jacob; Genesis 34:12, Shechem).
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Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Dowry'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fbd/d/dowry.html. 1949.