עֲרֻבָּה
aruba · pledge, token
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6161 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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aruba (עֲרֻבָּה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “pledge, token”.
Something handed over as a guarantee or as proof that someone is well.
How to say it
a·ru·ba
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Something brought back as proof that someone is well.
- To make oneself answerable to another for a third person's debt.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- becoming surety ×1
- pledge from them ×1
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 1 Samuel 17:18
And these ten cheeses bring to the commander of the thousand; and look after the welfare of your brothers, and take a pledge from them.
- Proverbs 17:18
A man lacking in sense strikes the palm, becoming surety before his neighbor.