עָבַט
ʻâbaṭ · aw-bat'
to pawn; causatively, to lend (on security); figuratively, to entangle
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to pawn; causatively, to lend (on security); figuratively, to entangle
- to pawn
- causatively, to lend (on security)
- figuratively, to entangle
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: borrow, break (ranks), fetch (a pledge), lend, [idiom] surely.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the house, what is within › to surround and contain
To see and know of the house, what is within that works to surround and contain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָבַט above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- thee: and thou shalt lend1 · 17%
- but thou shalt not borrow1 · 17%
- unto him, and shalt surely1 · 17%
- lend1 · 17%
- to fetch1 · 17%
- and they shall not break1 · 17%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.