Strong H2254H2254Aחָבַל
to pledge
One of the 3 senses of Strong H2254
- Transliteration
- châbal
- Pronunciation
- khaw-bal'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
1) to bind
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to bind
2) to take a pledge, lay to pledge
2a) (Qal) to hold by a pledge, take in pledge, hold in pledge
2b) (Niphal) to give a pledge, become pledged
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to bind
2) to take a pledge, lay to pledge
2a) (Qal) to hold by a pledge, take in pledge, hold in pledge
2b) (Niphal) to give a pledge, become pledged
General definition
A primitive root; to wind tightly (as a {rope}) that {is} to bind; specifically by a pledge; figuratively to {pervert} destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of parturition): - X at {all} {band} bring {forth} (deal) corrupt (-ly) {destroy} {offend} lay to (take a) {pledge} {spoil} {travail} X {very} withhold.
In the Bible
Strong H2254A appears in 10 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- take7
- pledge4
- withholden1
First verses
- Exodus 22:26If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:
- Deuteronomy 24:6No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.
- Deuteronomy 24:17Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:
- Job 22:6For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
- Job 24:3They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
- Job 24:9They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
- Proverbs 20:16Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
- Proverbs 27:13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
- Ezekiel 18:16Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,
- Amos 2:8And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.