Words the Bible translates as pledge
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 10 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- ḥavalחָבַלto take or hold something as a pledge: to seize a borrower's property as security for a debt
+2 more meanings
- to ruin or destroy: to do violent harm, spoil, or act corruptly
- to writhe in labor: to conceive or be gripped by the pangs of giving birth
- aravעָרַבto stand surety: to put yourself or your property up as the guarantee for someone else's debt or safety
+1 more meaning
- to mingle: to mix yourself in with others, joining or associating so that you become part of them
- esarאִסָּרa binding pledge of self-denial: an obligation a person ties onto their own life before God, normally a promise to go without something otherwise allowed
- arrabōnἀρραβώνa down payment: a first installment paid in advance that is a real part of the full amount and secures the promise that the rest will follow
- ḥavolחֲבֹלpledgenot studied yet
- avotעֲבוֹטpledgenot studied yet
- aravonעֵרָבוֹןpledgenot studied yet
- eperōtēmaἐπερώτημαpledgenot studied yet
- arubbahעֲרֻבָּהsomething handed over as a guarantee: security put up to back a promise, or a token brought back as proof
- masoretמָסֹרֶתpledgenot studied yet
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