חָבַל

cha.val
to pledge
Strong’s H2254aVerb12 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

you will take as pledge2
hold in pledge2
certainly if1
anyone will take as pledge1
is taking as pledge1
you have held in pledge1
they take as pledge1
they take pledges1

In the text

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[חָבַל] vb. bind, pledge
Qal
1. bind
2. bind by taking a pledge of
Niph. Impf. becometh pledged to it
Pi. writhe, twist, hence travail

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.