Security
תַּעֲרֻבָהStrong’s H8594taaruvah (ta-a-ru-vah)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Taaruvah is the Hebrew word usually translated “pledges”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria.”
Meaning
- Pledge, surety, hostage
How it's translated
- the pledges 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Kings 1
- 2 Chronicles 1
2 books in all.
Hebrew dictionary
תַּעֲרֻבָה taaruvah · security
pledge, surety, hostage
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “security” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SECU'RITY, noun.
[Latin securitas.]
- Protection; effectual defense or saftey from danger of any kind; as a chain of forts erected for the security of the frontiers.
- That which protects or guards from danger.
- Freedom from fear or apprehension; confidence of safety; whence, negligence in providing means of defense.
- Safety; certainty.
All definitions
- Anything given or deposited to secure the payment of a debt, or the performance of a contract; as a bond with surety, a mortgage, the indorsement of a responsible man, a pledge, etc.
- Something given or done to secure peace or good behavior.
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.