עָרַב (a.rav) means “to pledge” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: aw-rab' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
עָרַב · a.rav · to pledge
1) to pledge, exchange, mortgage, engage, occupy, undertake for, give pledges, be or become surety, take on pledge, give in pledge 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to take on pledge, go surety for 1a2) to give in pledge 1a3) to exchange 1a4) to pledge 1b) (Hithpael) 1b1) to exchange pledges 1b2) to have fellowship with, share
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a primitive root; to braid, i.e. intermix; technically, to traffic (as if by barter); also or give to be security (as a kind of exchange)
KJV glosses: engage, (inter-) meddle (with), mingle (self), mortgage, occupy, give pledges, be(-come, put in) surety, undertake.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| make a bargain | 2 |
| and puts up security | 1 |
| are mortgaging | 1 |
| associate | 1 |
| avoid | 1 |
| be my security | 1 |
| but they mingled | 1 |
| ensure | 1 |
| guaranteed | 1 |
| has been mixed | 1 |
| he who puts up security | 1 |
| posts security | 1 |
| shares | 1 |
| the pledge | 1 |
| to barter for | 1 |
| who posts security | 1 |
| who puts up security | 1 |
| will guarantee his safety | 1 |
| would dare | 1 |
| you have put up security | 1 |
| your merchants | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| that is surety | 2 |
| and the occupiers | 1 |
| be surety | 1 |
| became surety | 1 |
| becometh | 1 |
| but were mingled | 1 |
| doth not intermeddle | 1 |
| have mingled | 1 |
| he that is surety | 1 |
| i will be surety | 1 |
| if thou be surety | 1 |
| meddle | 1 |
| now put me in a surety | 1 |
| now therefore give pledges | 1 |
| now therefore i pray thee give pledges | 1 |
| of them that are sureties | 1 |
| therefore meddle | 1 |
| this that engaged | 1 |
| undertake | 1 |
| we have mortgaged | 1 |
| were in thee to occupy | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 22 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
I will guarantee his safety. You may hold me personally responsible. If I do not bring him back and set him before you, then may I bear the guilt before you all my life.
Read word by wordIndeed, your servant guaranteed the boy’s safety to my father, saying, ‘If I do not return him to you, I will bear the guilt before you, my father, all my life.’
Read word by wordNow, therefore, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you two thousand horses—if you can put riders on them!
Read word by wordIndeed, the Israelites have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the people of the land. And the leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness!”
Read word by wordOthers were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our homes to get grain during the famine.”
Read word by wordGive me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?
Read word by wordbut they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.
Read word by wordEnsure Your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.
Read word by wordMy son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,
Read word by wordHe who puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer, but the one who hates indebtedness is secure.
Read word by wordThe heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares in its joy.
Read word by wordA man lacking judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.
Read word by wordTake the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
Read word by wordHe who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.
Read word by wordDo not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
Read word by wordMy son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.
Read word by wordTake the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
Read word by wordNow, therefore, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you two thousand horses—if you can put riders on them!
Read word by wordI chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”
Read word by wordTheir leader will be one of their own, and their ruler will arise from their midst. And I will bring him near, and he will approach Me, for who would dare on his own to approach Me?” declares the LORD.
Read word by wordThe elders of Gebal were aboard as shipwrights, repairing your leaks. All the ships of the sea and their sailors came alongside to barter for your merchandise.
Read word by wordYour wealth, wares, and merchandise, your sailors, captains, and shipwrights, your merchants and all the warriors within you, with all the other people on board, will sink into the heart of the sea on the day of your downfall.
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