GREEK · G7000
ἐγγύη
enguē — surety
a pledge put into the hand: surety, security , Lat. vadimonium, (Odyssey by Homer), attic (ML)
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Surety
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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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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עֲרֻבָּה
a.rub.bah — pledge
pledge, token, bond, surety, thing exchanged
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תַּעֲרֻבָה
ta.a.ru.vah — security
pledge, surety, hostage
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ἔγγυος
enguos — guarantor
ἔγγυος, -ου, ὁ, ἡ, [in LXX: Sir.29:15, 16 2Ma.10:28 * ;] a surety: Heb.7:22 (exx. from π., see MM, Exp., xi; cf. Cremer, 222).† (AS)
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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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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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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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One who becomes responsible for another. Christ is the surety of the better covenant (Heb. 7:22). In him we have the assurance that all its provisions will be fully and faithfully carried out. Solomon warns against incautiously becoming security for another (Prov. 6:1-5; 11:15; 17:18; 20:16).
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.