Quick Definition
ἔγγυος, ου, ὁ, ἡ Adj a surety, security
Strong's Definition
from 1722 and guion (a limb); pledged (as if articulated by a member), i.e. a bondsman
KJV Usage: surety
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ον | ἐν + γύη
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἔγγυος engyos 1x
a guarantee, sponsor, Heb. 7:22*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ἔγγυος, -ου, ὁ, ἡ,
[in LXX: Si 29:15, 16, II Mac 10:28 * ;]
a surety: He 7:22 (exx. from π., v. MM, Exp., xi; cf. Cremer, 222).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἔγγυος. This NT ἅπ. εἰρ. (Heb 722) is common in legal and other documents, e.g. P Petr III. 41 vecto® εἰ ot πρότερον ὑπάρΧουσιν] ἔγγυοι, χρημάτισον ’A. krd., “if there are the former sureties, pay to A.,” etc., P Grenf I. 182% (B.c. 132) ἔγγυοι ἀλ[λ]ήλων εἰς ἔκτεισιν τῶν διὰ τοῦ δανείου πάντων οἱ δεδανεισμένοι, and so 2015 (B.c. 127), P Oxy I. 388 (A.p. 49-50) (= Selections, p. 52) δι ἐνγύου ἐμοῦ, ‘on my secunity,” P Gen I. 248 (A.D. 96) ὁμολογοῦσι Πετεσοῦχις . . kal ZataBots . . ἀλλήλων ἔγγυοι [els ἔκτισιν. An early example of the fem. noun may be seen in P Eleph 27°® (B.c. 223-2) πρὸς ἐγγύην, ἣν ἐνεγυησάμεθα εἰς ἔκτισιν. For Instances of the verb cf. P Oxy II. 2597 (Α.Ὁ. 23) ὃν evyeyonpar . . . ἐκ [τ]ῖς πολιτικῆς φυλα[κ]ῆς, ‘whom I bailed out of the common prison” (Edd.), 26. VI. 90517 (A.D. 170) (= Selections, p. 87) 6 πατὴρ. .. εὐδοκεῖ τῷ [te] γάμῳ kal ἐνγυᾶται cis 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. 148378 (ii/iii A.D.) τὸν ἐγγυητήν σου κατέχω ἕως ἂν τ[ε]λῇς μοι τὴν τιμὴν τῶν ζητουμένων, ‘1 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. *"Eyyvos is probably derived from an old word for “hand” (cf. γύαλον, Lat. τοία, Av. gava), like ἀμφίγυος and ὑπόγνος, so = ‘what is put in the hand.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἔγγυος (enguos) — guarantor. ἔγγυος, ον, (ἐγγύη, compare ἀμφίγυος) secured, under good security, μνᾶς.. ἐγγύους ἐπὶτόκῳδεδανεις μένας [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. reliable, in comparative, ὅπλα -ώτερα [Refs 4th c.AD+]
II. substantive, ={ἐγγυητής, ἔγγυον παρέχειν} [NT+6th c.BC+]; ἔ. τῆς προξενίας giving security for.., [Refs 4th c.BC+]