Debtor
חוֹבStrong’s H2326chov
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Chov is the Hebrew word usually translated “debt”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;”
Meaning
- A debt, debtor
How it's translated
- a debt 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 1
1 book in all.
Related words
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Hebrew dictionary
חוֹב chov · debtor
a debt, debtor
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “debtor” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DEBT'OR, noun
det'tor.
- The person who owes another either money, goods or services.
- One who is under obligation to do something.“He is a debtor to do the whole law” Galatians 5:3
- The side of an account in which debts are charged.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.