'Engaged' in the Bible

“If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged, and lies with her, he must pay a dowry for her to be his wife.

And who is the man that is engaged to a woman and has not married her? Let him depart and return to his house, otherwise he might die in the battle and another man would marry her.’

“If there is a girl who is a virgin engaged to a man, and another man finds her in the city and lies with her,

“But if in the field the man finds the girl who is engaged, and the man forces her and lies with her, then only the man who lies with her shall die.

When he found her in the field, the engaged girl cried out, but there was no one to save her.

“If a man finds a girl who is a virgin, who is not engaged, and seizes her and lies with her and they are discovered,

Now these are the singers, heads of fathers’ households of the Levites, who lived in the chambers of the temple free from other service; for they were engaged in their work day and night.

“I set a snare for you and you were also caught, O Babylon,While you yourself were not aware;You have been found and also seizedBecause you have engaged in conflict with the Lord.”

to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the descendants of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.

in order to register along with Mary, who was engaged to him, and was with child.

“While so engaged as I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests,

And although you were formerly alienated and hostile in mind, engaged in evil deeds,