Strong’s H5670 · Hebrew
עָבַט
ʻâbaṭ · aw-bat'
Origin a primitive root;
Meaning to pawn; causatively, to lend (on security); figuratively, to entangle
In the King James Version borrow, break (ranks), fetch (a pledge), lend, [idiom] surely.
In 4 verses of the King James Version
- Deuteronomy 15:6For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.
- Deuteronomy 15:8But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.
- Deuteronomy 24:10When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
- Joel 2:7They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.