Pledge
עֲבוֹטStrong’s H5667avot (a-vot)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Avot is the Hebrew word usually translated “pledge” and “pledge his”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.”
Meaning
- Pledge, a thing given as security, article pledged as security for debt
How it's translated
- the pledge 2
- pledge his 1
- in pledge his 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Deuteronomy 4
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Deuteronomy 24:11Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.
- Deuteronomy 24:12And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
- Deuteronomy 24:13In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.
Hebrew dictionary
עֲבוֹט avot · pledge
pledge, a thing given as security, article pledged as security for debt
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “pledge” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PLEDGE, noun
[Latin plico.]
- Something put in pawn; that which is deposited with another as security for the repayment of money borrowed, or for the performance of some agreement or obligation; a pawn.
- Any thing given or considered as a security for the performance of an act.
- A surety; a hostage.
- In law, a gage or security real or personal, given for the repayment of money.
All definitions and other forms of “pledge”
- In law, bail; surety given for the prosecution of a suit, or for the appearance of a defendant, or for restoring goods taken in distress and replevied.
- A warrant to secure a person from injury in drinking.
PLEDGE, verb transitive
- To deposit in pawn; to deposit or leave in possession of a person something which is to secure the repayment of money borrowed, or the performance of some act. [This word is applied chiefly to the depositing of goods or personal property.
- To give as a warrant or security; as, to pledge one's word or honor; to pledge one's veracity.
- To secure by a pledge
- To invite to drink by accepting the cup or health after another.
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.