Strong’s
H5670Verb6 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Deuteronomy 15:6וְהַעֲבַטְתָּ
When the LORD your God blesses you as He has promised, you will lend to many nations but borrow from none; you will rule over many nations but be ruled by none.
- Joel 2:7יְעַבְּטוּן
They charge like mighty men; they scale the walls like men of war. Each one marches in formation, not swerving from the course.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
[עָבַט] vb. denom. take or give a pledge
Qal to take possession of a thing pledged
Hiph. and thou shalt cause many nations to give pledges
Pi. hardly makes sense (lend on pledge = interchange ?)
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.