Hebrew verb · H6148
עָרַב
arabaw-rab'
to pledge
22 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻârab
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6148is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 10 of 39Old Testament books
- 19spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6148
to braid, i.e. intermix; technically, to traffic (as if by barter); also or give to be security (as a kind of exchange)
The King James renders it: engage, (inter-) meddle (with), mingle (self), mortgage, occupy, give pledges, be(-come, put in) surety, undertake.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
arab is rendered "to pledge". It stands 22 times in the Hebrew text, across ten books.
- Nine of the uses stand in Proverbs, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 43:9I 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.
- The Greek text spells it nineteen different ways.
The first use
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.
Genesis 43:9אֶֽעֶרְבֶ֔נּוּ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- he stands surety for2
- he stood surety for2
- make a wager2
- stand surety for me2
- among the stand surety for1
- and they have mixed themselves1
- and they mixed themselves1
- and traders of1
- has he pledged1
- he shares1
- I will stand surety for him1
- mortgaging1
and 6 more, 22 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| עָרַךְ | arak | to arrange | Uses74 |
| עָרַץ | arats | to tremble | Uses15 |
| עָרַם | aram | be shrewd | Uses6 |
| עָרַף | araph | to break the neck | Uses6 |
| עָרַב | arab | to grow dark | Uses3 |
| עָרַג | arag | to long for | Uses3 |
| עָרַף | araph | to drop | Uses2 |
| עָרַק | araq | to gnaw | Uses2 |
| עָרַם | aram | to pile up | Uses1 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 22, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
19 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- עָ֣רַב3
- הִתְעָ֣רֶב2
- אֶֽעֶרְבֶ֔נּוּ1
- בַּ֝עֹרְבִ֗ים1
- וְהִתְעָֽרְבוּ֙1
- וַיִּתְעָרְב֥וּ1
- וְֽעֹרְבֵ֣י1
- יִתְעָ֥רַב1
- לַעֲרֹ֖ב1
- עֲרֹ֣ב1
- עָרַ֣ב1
- עָרַ֧ב1
and 7 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular5HVqp3ms
- verb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine singular2HVtv2ms
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Vqrmpc
- Hc/Vtq3cp1Hc/Vtq3cp
- Hc/Vtw3mp1Hc/Vtw3mp
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)1HR/Vqcc
- preposition with the article + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural1HRd/Vqrmpa
- verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HVqcc/Sp1bs
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HVqi1cs/Sp3ms
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singular1HVqp2ms
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural1HVqrmpa
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular1HVqrmsa
Genesis
two uses
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.
- אֶֽעֶרְבֶ֔נּוּʾeervenuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: I will stand surety for him
Indeed, 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.’
- עָרַ֣בʾaravverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he stood surety for
2 Kings
one use
Now, 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!
- הִתְעָ֣רֶבhitarevverb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: make a wager
Ezra
one use
Indeed, 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!”
- וְהִתְעָֽרְבוּ֙vehitarevuHc/Vtq3cptagged: and they have mixed themselves
Nehemiah
one use
Others were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our homes to get grain during the famine.”
- עֹרְבִ֑יםʾorevimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: mortgaging
Job
one use
Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?
- עָרְבֵ֣נִיʾareveniverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: stand surety for me
Psalms
two uses
but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.
- וַיִּתְעָרְב֥וּvaiyitarevuHc/Vtw3mptagged: and they mixed themselves
Ensure Your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me.
- עֲרֹ֣בaroverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: stand surety for
Proverbs
nine uses
My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,
- עָרַ֣בְתָּʾaravtaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have stood surety
He who puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer, but the one who hates indebtedness is secure.
- עָ֣רַבʾaravverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he stood surety for
The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares in its joy.
- יִתְעָ֥רַבyitaravverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he shares
A man lacking judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.
- עֹרֵ֥בʾorevverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: pledging
Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
- עָ֣רַבʾaravverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he stands surety for
He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.
- תִתְעָרָֽב׃titaravverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will get involved
Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
- בַּ֝עֹרְבִ֗יםbaorevimpreposition with the article + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: among the stand surety for
My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.
- תִּתְעָרָֽב׃titaravverb · reflexive (hithpael), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you get involved
Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
- עָ֣רַבʾaravverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he stands surety for
Isaiah
two uses
Now, 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!
- הִתְעָ֣רֶבhitarevverb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: make a wager
I 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.”
- עָרְבֵֽנִי׃ʾareveniverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: stand surety for me
Jeremiah
one use
Their 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.
- עָרַ֧בʾaravverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: has he pledged
Ezekiel
two uses
The 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.
- לַעֲרֹ֖בlaaropreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to trade
Your 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.
- וְֽעֹרְבֵ֣יveoreveiconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and traders of
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
