King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H5670
Transliteration: abat
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-bat')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to take or give a pledge
Meaning: to pawn, to lend, to entangle
Word Summary
abat: to take or give a pledge
Original Word: עָבַטTransliteration: abat
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-bat')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to take or give a pledge
Meaning: to pawn, to lend, to entangle
Strong's Concordance
borrow, break ranks, fetch a pledge, lend, surely A primitive root; to pawn; causatively, to lend (on security); figuratively, to entangle -- borrow, break (ranks), fetch (a pledge), lend, X surely.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H5670. abat
[עָבַט] verb denominative take or give a pledge; —
Qal Infinitive construct לַעֲבֹט Deuteronomy 24:10 to take possession of a thing pledged (with accusative of congnate meaning with verb); Imperfect2masculine singular give a pledge תַּעֲבֹט 15:6 (i.e. borrow).
Hiph`il Perfect2masculine singular רַבִּים גּוֺיִם וְהַעֲבַטְתָּ֫ Deuteronomy 15:6 and thou shalt cause many nations to give pledges (i.e. lend to them); Imperfect3masculine singular suffix + Infinitive absolute תַּעֲבִיטֶנּוּ הַעֲבֵט 15:8 thou shalt surely lend to him (literally as above).
Pi`el Imperfect יְעַבְּטוּן Joel 2:7 hardly makes sense (lend on pledge = interchange ?); most read יְעַבְּתוּן; יְעַוְּתוּן We, compare Now Dr GASm; Gr. יַטוּן.
עבל (√ of following; compare possibly Arabic be bulky, stout; Punic proper name עבל Lzb335).