Quick Definition
a surety, security
Strong's Definition
pledged (as if articulated by a member), i.e. a bondsman
Derivation: from G1722 (ἐν) and (a limb);
KJV Usage: surety
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἔγγυος, ἐγγύου, ὁ, ἡ, a surety, (Cicero and Vulg. sponsor): κρείττονος διαθήκης ἔγγυος, he by whom we get full assurance of the more excellent covenant made by God with us, and of the truth and stability of the promises connected with it, Heb_7:22. (2Ma_10:28; Sir. xxix., 15f Xenophon, vect. 4, 20; Aeschines Epistles 11, 12, p. 128 a.; Aristotle, oec. 2, 22 (vol. ii., p. 1350{a} , 19), Polybius, Diodorus, others.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἔγγυος engyos 1x
a guarantee, sponsor, Heb_7:22
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ἔγγυος , -ον , ὁ , ἡ ,
[in LXX : Sir_29:15-16 , 2Ma_10:28 * ;]
a surety: Heb_7:22 ( exx . from., v . MM , Exp., xi; cf. Cremer , 222).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἔγγυος [page 179]
This NT ἅπ . εἰρ . ( Heb_7:22 ) is common in legal and other documents, e.g. P Petr III. 41 recto .8 εἰ οἱ πρότερον ῢ̣̣π̣α̣ρχου̣[σιν ] ἔγγυοι , χρημάτισον Ἀ . κτλ ., if there are the former sureties, pay to A., etc., P Grenf I. 18 .22 (B.C. 132) ἔγγυοι ἀλ [λ ]ήλων εἰς ἔκτεισιν τῶν διὰ τοῦ δανείου πάντων οἱ δεδανεισμένοι , and so 20 .15 (B.C. 127), P Oxy I. 38 .6 (A.D. 49 50) (= Selections , p. 52) δι᾽ ἐνγύου ἐμοῦ , on my security, P Gen I. 24 .8 (A.D. 96) ὁμολογοῦσι Πετεσοῦχις . . καὶ Σαταβοῦς . . ἀλλήλων ἔγγυοι [εἰς ἔ ]κτ [ισιν . An early example of the fem. noun may be seen in P Eleph 27 .9 (B.C. 223 2) πρὸς ἐγγύην , ἣν ἐνεγυησάμεθα εἰς ἔκτισιν . For instances of the verb cf. P Oxy II. 259 .7 (A.D. 23) ὃν ἐνγεγύημαι . . . ἐκ [τ ]ῆς πολιτικῆς φυλα [κ ]ῆς , whom I bailed out of the common prison (Edd.), ib. VI. 905 .17 (A.D. 170) (= Selections , p. 87) ὁ πατὴρ . . . εὐδοκεῖ τῷ [τ̣ε̣] γάμῳ καὶ ἐνγυᾶται εἰς ἔκτισιν τὴν προκειμένην φερνήν , the father assents to the marriage, and is surety for the payment of the aforesaid dowry, and for ἐγγυητής such a passage as P Oxy XII. 1483 .18 (ii/iii A.D.) τὸν ἐγγυητήν σου κατέχω ἕως ἂν τ̣[ε ]λ̣ῆ̣ς̣ μοι τὴν τιμὴν τῶν ζητουμένων , I hold your surety, until you pay me the value of the claims. On Pfandrechtliches in ancient Egypt, see Manigk in Archiv vi. p. 114 ff. Ἔγγυος is probably derived from an old word for hand (cf. γύαλον , Lat. vola , Av. gava ), like ἀμφίγυος and ὑπόγυος , so = what is put in the hand.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἔγγυος [Etym: ἐγγύη] "giving security", Theogn. , Xen.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἔγγυος, -ου, ὁ, ἡ,
[in LXX: Sir.29:15, 16 2Ma.10:28 * ;]
a surety: Heb.7:22 (exx. from π., see MM, Exp., xi; cf. Cremer, 222).†
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