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H5670 עָבַט (ʻâbaṭ) aw-bat'

Hebrew
Verb (Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

to lend

Strong's Definition

to pawn; causatively, to lend (on security); figuratively, to entangle

Derivation: a primitive root;

KJV Usage: borrow, break (ranks), fetch (a pledge), lend, [idiom] surely.

TWOT Reference: 1555

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) to take a pledge, give a pledge (for a debt)
1a) (Qal) to take a pledge, give a pledge (for a debt)
1b)(Piel) to interchange
1c) (Hiphil) to cause to give a pledge

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עָבַט (a.vat) — to lend. 1) to take a pledge, give a pledge (for a debt) 1a) (Qal) to take a pledge, give a pledge (for a debt) 1b)(Piel) to interchange 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to give a pledge

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb · עֲבֹוט · עַבְטִיט

Possess | verb qal

to borrow = action by which humans borrow money or goods from other humans with a designated pledge as guarantee; ≈ the need to do this is associated with poverty

DEU 15:6

Possess | verb qal

Collocation: עבט עֲבֹוט

to seize a pledge = action by which humans take an object as a pledge for a loan; ≈ which is regarded as a shameful thing to do, as the person who borrows has the right to designate the pledge himself

DEU 24:10

Possess | verb hif

to lend = causative action by which humans lend out money to someone else with a designated pledge as guarantee; ≈ the ability to do this is associated with prosperity

DEU 15:6 · DEU 15:8 · DEU 15:8

verb

Move | verb pi | ≠ הלך בְּדֶרֶךְ

Collocation: עבט אֹרַח

to swerve from (one's) path = action by which swarms of locusts deviate from the course they have taken

JOL 2:7

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[עָבַט] vb. denom. take or give a pledge Qal to take possession of a thing pledged

Hiph. and thou shalt cause many nations to give pledges

Pi. hardly makes sense (lend on pledge = interchange ?)

base

Bible Occurrences (4)

2:7

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