Lexical Definition

‎עֲרָבוֹן‎ ʻărâbôwn (ar-aw-bone') pledge ^H:N-M
from ‎עָרַב‎ (in the sense of exchange)

pledge.

• a pawn (given as security)

1) pledge, security

See Greek: ἀῤῥαβών

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עֵרָבוֺן‎ noun [masculine] pledge; — ‎׳‎‎נָתַן ע‎ give a pledge Gen 38:17; Gen 38:18, ‎׳‎‎לָקַח ע‎ vGen 38:20 (all J), receive (back) a pledge (when condition is fulfilled). — Job 17:3 read perhaps ‎עֶרְבֹנִי‎ (for ᵑ0 ‎עָרְבֵנִי‎), as object of ‎שֹׂימָה‎ set my pledge (a surety for me), so Beer Bu and others

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