H5667 עֲבוֹט (ʻăbôwṭ) ab-ote'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

pledge

Strong's Definition

a pawn

Derivation: or עֲבֹט; from H5670 (עָבַט);

KJV Usage: pledge.

TWOT Reference: 1555a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) pledge, a thing given as security, article pledged as security for debt

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עֲבוֹט (a.vot) — pledge. pledge, a thing given as security, article pledged as security for debt

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

עֲבֹוט (H5667)

noun m · עבט

Objects

pledge = object taken in pledge for a loan

DEU 24:10 · DEU 24:11 · DEU 24:12 · DEU 24:13

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עֲבוֹט n.[m.] pledge, article pledged as security for debt base

Bible Occurrences (4)

24:10 24:11 24:12 24:13

Deuteronomy 24:10

When you lend anything... to your neighbor, do not enter... his house to collect security.

Deuteronomy 24:11

You are to stand outside while the man to whom you are lending brings the security out to you.

Deuteronomy 24:12

If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security {in your possession};

Deuteronomy 24:13

be sure to return... [it] to him by sunset..., so that he may sleep in his own cloak and bless you, and this will be credited to you as righteousness... before the LORD your God.