Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift. 2. (n.) The property with which a woman is endowed 3. (n.) That which a woman brings to a husband in marriage; dowry. 4. (n.) That portion of the real estate of a man which his widow enjoys during her life, or to which a woman is entitled after the death of her husband.

Multi-Version Concordance Dower (4 Occurrences) Genesis 30:20 And Leah said, God hath endowed me with a good dower; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun. (WBS) Genesis 34:12 Ask me never so much dower and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say to me: but give me the damsel for a wife. (WBS) Exodus 22:17 If her father shall utterly refuse to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dower of virgins. (WBS) 1 Samuel 18:25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dower, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. (WBS)