ʻărâbôwn — H6162
H6162 · Hebrew — ערבון
Pronunciation: ar-aw-bone'
Definition
masculine noun
a pawn (given as security)
- pledge, security
Usually translated as
pledge
Origin
from H6148 (in the sense of exchange)
Greek equivalents
Occurrences
ʻărâbôwn occurs 3 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (3)
- Genesis 38:17 — And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge (עֵרָב֖וֹן), till thou send it?
- Genesis 38:18 — And he said, What pledge (הָֽעֵרָבוֹן֮) shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.
- Genesis 38:20 — And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge (הָעֵרָב֖וֹן) from the woman’s hand: but he found her not.