ʻâbaṭ — H5670

Definition

verb

to pawn; causatively, to lend (on security); figuratively, to entangle

1. to take a pledge, give a pledge (for a debt)
1. (Qal) to take a pledge, give a pledge (for a debt)
2. (Piel) to interchange
3. (Hiphil) to cause to give a pledge

Usually translated as

lend, borrow, break, fetch, surely

Origin

a primitive root

Occurrences

ʻâbaṭ occurs 6 times in 4 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Deuteronomy (3), Joel (1)

• Deuteronomy 15:6 — For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend (וְהַֽעֲבַטְתָּ֞) unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.
• Deuteronomy 15:6 — For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow (תַעֲבֹ֔ט); and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.
• Deuteronomy 15:8 — But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend (תַּעֲבִיטֶ֔נּוּ) him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.
• Deuteronomy 15:8 — But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend (וְהַעֲבֵט֙) him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.
• Deuteronomy 24:10 — When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch (לַעֲבֹ֥ט) his pledge.
• Joel 2:7 — They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break (יְעַבְּט֖וּן) their ranks: