Word Study · Strong's H6161 · Hebrew
עֲרֻבָּה
arubbah
ar-oob-baw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻărubbâh
“something given as security, i.e. (literally) a token (of safety) or (metaphorically) a bondsman”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
something given as security, i.e. (literally) a token (of safety) or (metaphorically) a bondsman
Rendered in the KJV as
pledge, surety.
- 2occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- עֲ֝רֻבָּ֗ה1
- עֲרֻבָּתָ֖ם1
How it is rendered · 2
- a pledge1
- pledge their1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · feminine singular1
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfsa · 1
- HNcfsc/Sp3mp · 1
All 2, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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