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Pledge

Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term

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GREEK · G1906

ἐπερώτημα

eperōtēma — pledge

ἐπ-ερώτημα, -τος, τό [in LXX: Da TH Dan.4:14 (שְׁאֵלָא), Sir.33:3 * ;] 1. a question, au inquiry (Hdt., Thuc.). 2. a demand: 1Pe.3:21 (see ICC, in l).† (AS)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1285

בְּרִית

be.rit — covenant

1) covenant, alliance, pledge 1a) between men 1a1) treaty, alliance, league (man to man) 1a2) constitution, ordinance (monarch to subjects) 1a3) agreement, pledge (man to man) 1a4) alliance (of friendship) 1a5) alliance (of marriage) 1b) between God and man 1b1) alliance (of friendship) 1b2) covenant (divine ordinance with signs or pledges) 2) (phrases) 2a) covenant making 2b) covenant keeping 2c) covenant violation

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GREEK · G4102

πίστις

pistis — faith

πίστις, -εως, ἡ (πείθω), [in LXX chiefly for אֱמוּנָה ;] 1. in active sense, faith, belief, trust, confidence, in NT always of religious faith in God or Christ or spiritual things: Mat.8:10, Luk.5:20, Act.14:9, Rom.1:8, 1Co.2:5, 2Co.1:24, 1Ti.1:5, al.; with genitive obj., Mrk.11:22, Act.3:16, Rom.3:22, Gal.2:16, Eph.3:12, Jas.2:1, al.; with prep., ἐν, Rom.3:25, Gal.3:26, Eph.1:15, Col.1:24, 1Ti.1:14 3:13, 2Ti.1:13 3:15, 2Pe.1:1; εἰς, Act.20:21 24:24 26:18, Col.2:5, 1Pe.1:21; πρός, 1Th.1:8, Phm 5; ἐπί, with accusative Heb.6:1; ἐν τῇ π. στήκειν (εἶναι, μένειν), 1Co.16:13, 1Co.13:5, 1Ti.2:15; ὑπακοὴ τῆς π., Rom.1:5 16:26; ὁ ἐκ π., Rom.3:26 4:16, Gal.3:12; διὰ (τῆς) π., Rom.3:30, Gal.2:16, Php.3:9. By meton., objectively, that which is the object or content of belief, the faith: Act.6:7 14:22, Gal.1:23 3:23 6:10, Php.1:26, 27 Ju 3, 20, and perh. also Act.13:8 16:5, Rom.1:5 and 16:26 (see supr.), 1Co.16:13, Col.1:23, 2Th.3:2 (Lft., Notes, 125), 1Ti.1:19 3:9 4:1, 6 5:8 6:10, 12, 2Ti.3:8 4:7 Tit.1:4, 13 3:15, 1Pe.5:9. 2. In passive sense, (a) fidelity, faithfulness: Mat.23:23, Gal.5:22; ἡ π. τοῦ θεοῦ, Rom.3:3; (b) objectively, plighted faith, a pledge of fidelity: 1Ti.5:12. (On the various shades of meaning in which the word is used in NT, see esp. ICC on Rom.1:17, pp. 31ff.; Lft., Ga., 154ff.; Stevens, Th. NT, 422, 515ff.; DB, i, 830ff.; Cremer, see word) (AS)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8628

תָּקַע

ta.qa — to blow

1) to blow, clap, strike, sound, thrust, give a blow, blast 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to thrust, drive (of weapon) 1a2) to give a blast, give a blow 1a3) to strike or clap hands 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be blown, blast (of horn) 1b2) to strike or pledge oneself

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2254

חָבַל

cha.val — to pledge

1) to bind 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bind 2) to take a pledge, lay to pledge 2a) (Qal) to hold by a pledge, take in pledge, hold in pledge 2b) (Niphal) to give a pledge, become pledged

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6148

עָרַב

a.rav — to pledge

1) to pledge, exchange, mortgage, engage, occupy, undertake for, give pledges, be or become surety, take on pledge, give in pledge 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to take on pledge, go surety for 1a2) to give in pledge 1a3) to exchange 1a4) to pledge 1b) (Hithpael) 1b1) to exchange pledges 1b2) to have fellowship with, share

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5670

עָבַט

a.vat — to lend

1) to take a pledge, give a pledge (for a debt) 1a) (Qal) to take a pledge, give a pledge (for a debt) 1b)(Piel) to interchange 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to give a pledge

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GREEK · G1400

δοῦλον

doulon — slave

servant, slave; in the NT a person owned as a possession for various lengths of times (Hebrew slaves no more than seven years, Gentile slaves without time limit), of lower social status than free persons or masters; slaves could earn or purchase their freedom a male slave, or servant, of various degrees, Mt. 8:9, and frequently ; a servitor, person of mean condition, Phil. 2:7; feminine δούλη, a female slave; a handmaiden, Lk. 1:38, 48; Acts 2:18; δοῦλος, used figuratively, in a bad sense, one involved in moral or spiritual thraldom, Jn. 8:34; Rom. 6:17, 20; 1Cor. 7:23; 2Pet. 2:19; in a good sense, a devoted servant or minister, Acts 16:17; Rom. 1:1; one pledged or bound to serve, 1Cor. 7:22; 2Cor. 4:5

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GREEK · G6999

ἐγγυάω

enguaō — to guarantee a loan

1. to give or hand over as a pledge , Lat. spondere, and in Mid. to have a thing pledged to one, accept as a surety , (Odyssey by Homer) 2. of a father to give his daughter in marriage, to plight, betroth , (Herdotus Historicus):—;Mid. to have a woman betrothed to one , (Demosthenes Orator) 3. Mid. also to pledge oneself, give security , (Plato Philosophus), etc.: with accusative et infinitive future to promise or engage that . . , (Aristophanes Comicus) 4. with accusative rei, to answer for , (Demosthenes Orator) (ML)

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GREEK · G7000

ἐγγύη

enguē — surety

a pledge put into the hand: surety, security , Lat. vadimonium, (Odyssey by Homer), attic (ML)

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GREEK · G7236

ἐνεχυράζω

enechurazō — to take for security

1. to take a pledge from one, τινός Lex quoted in (Demosthenes Orator) 2. with accusative rei, to take in pledge , (Demosthenes Orator):—;Pass. to have one's goods seized for debt , (Aristophanes Comicus):—;Mid. to have security given one, take it for oneself , (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)

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GREEK · G7239

ἐνέχυρον

enechuron — a security

a pledge, surety, security , (Herdotus Historicus); ἐν. τιθέναι τι to make a thing a pledge, put it in pawn , (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)

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GREEK · G8505

ὅμηρος

homēros — a security treaty

1. a pledge for the maintenance of unity, a surety, a hostage , (Herdotus Historicus), attic 2. of things, a pledge, security , τὴν γῆν ὅμηρον ἔχειν (Thucydides) derivation uncertain (ML)

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GREEK · G9259

σύμβολον

sumbolon — a symbol

1. a sign or token by which one infers a thing, [variant datesTragica Adespota; λαμπάδος τὸ σύμβολον the token of the beacon-fire, (Aeschulus Tragicus):—;often in plural, of marks on the body, (Euripides); of omens , (Aeschulus Tragicus) 2. a pledge or pawn , on which money was advanced, (Lysias Orator) 3. in plural tallies , Lat. tesserae hospitales, i.e. the halves of a bone or coin, which two persons broke between them, each keeping one piece, (Herdotus Historicus), etc. 4. at Athens, a ticket, counter , Lat. tessera, such as were given to the dicasts, on presenting which they received their fee, (Demosthenes Orator) 5. a permit or licence to reside, given to aliens , (Aristophanes Comicus); a ticket given by each person who joined in a picnic, to be presented for payment at the end (compare συμβολή IV), (Aristophanes Comicus) 6. in Eccl. the distinctive mark of Christians, a confession of faith, a creed , Lat. symbolum. 7. in legal phrase, σύμβολα were covenants between two states for protection of commerce , (Demosthenes Orator), etc.; σύμβολα ποιεῖσθαι πρὸς πόλιν to make a commercial treaty with a state, τὰ ς. συγχέειν to violate such treaty , (Demosthenes Orator) (ML)

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GREEK · G9576

ὑπόκειμαι

hupokeimai — to lay in place of

1. to lie under or beneath , (Iliad by Homer); with dative, (Plato Philosophus) 2. in various metaphorically senses, 3. to be put under the eyes or mind, i. e. to be submitted or proposed to one , (Pindar); αἱ ὑποκείμεναι ἐλπίδες one's present hopes, (Demosthenes Orator); ὑπόκειταί μοι ὅτι . . I have laid down the rule , that . ., (Herdotus Historicus) 4. to be laid down or assumed as an hypothesis , (Plato Philosophus), etc.; τούτων ὑποκειμένων = Lat. his positis, (Plato Philosophus); impersonal, ὑπόκειται a rule is laid down , (Demosthenes Orator); ὑποκείσθω ὅτι . . let it be granted that . ., (Aristotle Philosopher) 5. to be suggested , (Herdotus Historicus) 6. to be left at bottom, left remaining , (Thucydides) 7. to be subject to, submit to , τινι (Plato Philosophus): absolute to be submissive , (Plato Philosophus) 8. to be left behind in pledge, to be pledged or mortgaged , τινος for a certain sum, (Demosthenes Orator), etc.; ὑποκείμενοι, of persons, bound for payment of a sum of money, (Demosthenes Orator) 9. to underlie , as a substratum, (Plato Philosophus), etc. 10. to be subordinate , (Plato Philosophus) (ML)

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Historical dictionary entry

See LOAN.

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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