עֲרָבוֹן
aravon · pledge
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6162 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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aravon (עֲרָבוֹן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “pledge”.
An object left as a guarantee of payment.
How to say it
a·ra·von
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
- An object left as security until payment.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Genesis 38:17
He said, “I will send a young goat from the flock.” She said, “If you give me a pledge until you send it.”
- Genesis 38:18
He said, “What is the pledge that I shall give you?” She said, “Your seal, your cord, and your staff that is in your hand.” So he gave them to her and went in to her, and she conceived by him.
- Genesis 38:20
Judah sent the young goat by the hand of his friend the Adullamite to take the pledge from the hand of the woman, but he did not find her.