Strongs Number: H5670
- Hebrew Word
- עָבַט
- Transliteration
- ʻâbaṭ
- Phonetic
- aw-bat'
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
to pawn; causatively to lend (on security); figuratively to entangle
- BDB Definition
-
1. to take a pledge, give a pledge (for a debt)
a. (Qal) to take a pledge, give a pledge (for a debt)
b. (Piel) to interchange
c. (Hiphil) to cause to give a pledge
- Origin
- A primitive root
- Bible Usage
- {borrow} break {[ranks]} fetch [a {pledge]} {lend} X-(idiom) surely.