ʻârab — H6148

Definition

verb

to braid, i.e. intermix; technically, to traffic (as if by barter); also or give to be security (as a kind of exchange)

1. to pledge, exchange, mortgage, engage, occupy, undertake for, give pledges, be or become surety, take on pledge, give in pledge
1. (Qal)
1. to take on pledge, go surety for
2. to give in pledge
3. to exchange
4. to pledge
2. (Hithpael)
1. to exchange pledges
2. to have fellowship with, share

Usually translated as

surety, meddle, intermeddle, engage, mingle, mortgage, occupy, give pledges, be, become, undertake

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• aréskō (G700)
• dídōmi (G1325)
• ekdéchomai (G1551)
• endéchetai (G1735)
• enédra (G1747)
• hespéra (G2073)
• echthrós (G2190)
• hēdéōs (G2234)
• thēreúō (G2340)
• koinōnéō (G2841)
• mígnymi (G3396)
• parágō (G3855)
• paúō (G3973)

Occurrences

ʻârab occurs 18 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (1), Job (1), Psalms (2), Proverbs (9), Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (1)

• Genesis 43:9 — I will be surety (אֶֽעֶרְבֶ֔נּוּ) for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:
• Genesis 44:32 — For thy servant became surety (עָרַ֣ב) for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.
• Ezra 9:2 — For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves (וְהִתְעָֽרְבוּ֙) with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.
• Nehemiah 5:3 — Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged (עֹרְבִ֑ים) our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.
• Job 17:3 — Lay down now, put me in a surety (עָרְבֵ֣נִי) with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
• Psalms 106:35 — But were mingled (וַיִּתְעָרְב֥וּ) among the heathen, and learned their works.
• Psalms 119:122 — Be surety (עֲרֹ֣ב) for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
• Proverbs 6:1 — My son, if thou be surety (עָרַ֣בְתָּ) for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
• Proverbs 11:15 — He that is surety (עָ֣רַב) for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
• Proverbs 14:10 — The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle (יִתְעָ֥רַב) with his joy.
• Proverbs 17:18 — A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh (עֹרֵ֥ב) surety in the presence of his friend.
• Proverbs 20:16 — Take his garment that is surety (עָ֣רַב) for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
• Proverbs 20:19 — He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle (תִתְעָרָֽב) not with him that flattereth with his lips.
• Proverbs 22:26 — Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties (בַּ֝עֹרְבִ֗ים) for debts.
• Proverbs 24:21 — My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle (תִּתְעָרָֽב) not with them that are given to change:
• Proverbs 27:13 — Take his garment that is surety (עָ֣רַב) for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
• Jeremiah 30:21 — And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged (עָרַ֧ב) his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD.
• Ezekiel 27:27 — Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers (וְֽעֹרְבֵ֣י) of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin.