עָרַב arav
Hebrew word for “to pledge” · Strong’s H6148 · used 22 times in 22 verses
Meaning
1) to pledge, exchange, mortgage, engage, occupy, undertake for, give pledges, be or become surety, take on pledge, give in pledge;
How it is translated
Glosses given for arav in context, with how often each is used:
- stand surety for 3
- stood surety for 2
- make a wager 2
- stands surety for 2
- will stand surety for 1
- have mixed themselves 1
- mortgaging 1
- mixed themselves 1
- have stood surety 1
- shares 1
- pledging 1
- will get involved 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proverbs | 9 | 1.3 | |
| Genesis | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Psalms | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Isaiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Ezekiel | 2 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ezra | 1 | 0.3 | |
| Nehemiah | 1 | 0.2 | |
| Job | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 |
Chapters where it is used most
Proverbs 20 (2), Ezekiel 27 (2), Genesis 43 (1), Genesis 44 (1), 2 Kings 18 (1), Ezra 9 (1), Nehemiah 5 (1), Job 17 (1), Psalms 106 (1), Psalms 119 (1)
Forms
- ערב 7
- התערב 2
- ערבני 2
- תתערב 2
- אערבנו 1
- והתערבו 1
- ערבים 1
- ויתערבו 1
- ערבת 1
- יתערב 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with arav more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- תָּקַע taqa “to blow” 5
- זוּר zur “be a stranger” 5
- מַלָּח mallach “mariner” 2
- אִם im “if” 5
- מַעֲרָב maarav “merchandise” 2
- בֶּדֶק bedeq “breach” 2
- סוּס sus “horse” 3
- לֵב lev “heart” 4
- כַּף kaph “palm” 3
- חָבַל chaval “to pledge” 2
- נׇכְרִי nokhri “foreign” 2
- נָא na “please” 3
Key verses
The verses using arav that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 43:9 — I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:
- Ezra 9:2 — For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea,…
- Job 17:3 — Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
- Psalms 106:35 — But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.
- Proverbs 6:1 — My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
- Proverbs 14:10 — The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
- Proverbs 20:16 — Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
- Proverbs 20:19 — He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
- Proverbs 24:21 — My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
- Isaiah 36:8 — Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders…
- Isaiah 38:14 — Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
- Jeremiah 30:21 — And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto…
See all 22 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.