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H6161 עֲרֻבָּה (ʻărubbâh) ar-oob-baw'

Hebrew
Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

pledge

Strong's Definition

something given as security, i.e. (literally) a token (of safety) or (metaphorically) a bondsman

Derivation: feminine passive participle of H6048 (עֲנַמֶּלֶךְ) in the sense of a bargain or exchange;

KJV Usage: pledge, surety.

TWOT Reference: 1686a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) pledge, token, bond, surety, thing exchanged

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עֲרֻבָּה (a.rub.bah) — pledge. pledge, token, bond, surety, thing exchanged

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun f · ערב

Bear | verb qal

Collocation: ערב עֲרֻבָּה

security = action by which humans take responsibility for someone else, taking upon themselves that person's obligations

PRO 17:18

Objects

token = an object given as a guarantee that a certain event took place

1SA 17:18

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עֲרֻבָּה n.f. thing exchanged, pledge, token base

Bible Occurrences (2)

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