Quick Definition
to pledge
Strong's Definition
to braid, i.e. intermix; technically, to traffic (as if by barter); also or give to be security (as a kind of exchange)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: engage, (inter-) meddle (with), mingle (self), mortgage, occupy, give pledges, be(-come, put in) surety, undertake.
TWOT Reference: 1686
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עָרַב (a.rav) — to pledge. 1) to pledge, exchange, mortgage, engage, occupy, undertake for, give pledges, be or become surety, take on pledge, give in pledge 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to take on pledge, go surety for 1a2) to give in pledge 1a3) to exchange 1a4) to pledge 1b) (Hithpael) 1b1) to exchange pledges 1b2) to have fellowship with, share
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מַעֲרָב · עֲרֻבָּה · עֵרָבֹון · תַּעֲרוּבָה
Bear | verb qal | ≈ תקע
to pledge, to promise, to put up security = action by which humans or deities take responsibility for someone else, taking upon themselves that person's obligations or vouching for that person's security
GEN 43:9 · GEN 44:32 · JOB 17:3 · PSA 119:122 · PRO 6:1 · PRO 11:15 · PRO 17:18 · PRO 20:16 · PRO 22:26 · PRO 27:13 · ISA 38:14
Confident | verb qal
Collocation: ערב לֵב
to dare literally: to pledge the heart; hence: = action by which humans agree to perform an event that is considered dangerous and perhaps foolish, as if they had to set aside their heart's desire
Exchange | verb qal
Collocation: ערב מַעֲרָב
to deal, to trade, to barter, to do business = action by which persons or groups engage in the exchange of merchandise or services, as in the business of buying and selling
Non-Possess | verb qal
to mortgage, to pawn = action by which humans pledge property as security for a debt
verb · עֵרֶב · עָרֹב
Mixed | verb pa, verb hitpa'al
to be mixed = state in which different substances are combined to form a single mass
Associate | verb hit, verb hitpa'al
to mix, to mingle = action by which humans join in or associate other humans; used to describe the combinations of different groups of peoples, suggesting social and religious confusion
EZR 9:2 · PSA 106:35 · PRO 20:19 · PRO 24:21 · DAN 2:43
Engage | verb hit
to share = action by which a person experiences an event with another participant or other participants
verb · עָרֵב
verb · עֶרֶב
Time | verb qal
to become evening = process by which day comes to end, becoming late afternoon and evening; associated especially with the fading of daylight towards night
Complete | verb qal
to grow dark, to fade > to end literally: to grow dark, become evening; hence = process by which an event comes to an end ◄ as the day comes to an end when daylight fades
Happen | verb hif | ≈ שׁכם
to do at evening = action which is performed late in the day or in the evening
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
עָרַב vb. take on pledge, give in pledge, exchange Qal c. acc. pers. take on pledge, i.e. go surety for
give in pledge
exchange (in trade)
Hithp. recipr. exchange pledges (make a bargain) with my lord
have fellowship with
share in
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