16 occurrences in 10 translations

'Pledges' in the Bible

"When a young woman makes a vow to the LORD or pledges herself to an obligation while she still lives in her father's house,

Verse ConceptsRules About Young PeopleFathers And Daughters

But if her father disapproves of her [making her vow] on the day that he hears about it, none of her vows or her pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand; and the Lord will forgive her because her father has disapproved of her [making the vow].

Verse ConceptsGod Will Forgive

"If she has a husband and she makes a vow that is binding on herself, or if she makes a hasty vow with her mouth that she pledges herself to fulfill,

Verse ConceptsLipsimpulsiveness

"Everything that a widow or a divorced woman pledges herself to fulfill are to be binding on her.

Verse Conceptsdivorce, in OTUnfaithfulness, To PeopleDivorce

But if her husband says nothing to her [concerning the matter] from day to day, then he confirms all her vows or all her pledges which are on her. He has confirmed them because he said nothing to her on the day he heard them.

and hath taken all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that are found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the house of the king, and the sons of the pledges, and turneth back to Samaria.

Verse ConceptsGoldStoringMoney For The TempleTaking Mixed Metals

Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.

Verse ConceptsBackNegotiationTwo ThousandRiding Horses

and taketh all the gold, and the silver, and all the vessels that are found in the house of God with Obed-Edom, and the treasures of the house of the king, and the sons of the pledges, and turneth back to Samaria.

Verse ConceptsSacrilegeTwelve Beings

“For you have taken pledges of your brothers without cause,And stripped men naked.

Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyGuaranteeFalse AccusationsPeople Stripping Peoplelent

A man lacking in sense pledgesAnd becomes guarantor in the presence of his neighbor.

Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyBeing In DebtPledgesSecurityShaking HandsDebt

Do not be among those who give pledges,Among those who become guarantors for debts.

Verse ConceptsCreditBeing In DebtShaking HandsDebtResponsibility

Most certainly [Lord] You have abandoned your people, the house of Jacob,Because they are filled with influences from the east,And they are soothsayers [who foretell] like the Philistines;Also they strike bargains with the children of foreigners (pagans).

Verse ConceptsAbandoning FriendsAbandonmentDivination, Practiced ByJacob, The PatriarchPagansSyncretismOut Of The EastRelations With ForeignersAliens

Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.

Verse ConceptsBackNegotiationTwo ThousandRiding Horses

“On garments taken as pledges they stretch out beside every altar,And in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.

Verse ConceptsCreditGuaranteeDrinking WineAccused Of DrunkennessFine As PenaltyInterlopers In The Temple

Do not these -- all of them -- against him a simile taken up, And a moral of acute sayings for him, And say, Woe to him who is multiplying what is not his? Till when also is he multiplying to himself heavy pledges?

Verse ConceptsFraudCovenant breakersPainRidicule, Nature OfRiches, Description OfGuileSocial SelfishnessTransient WealthDo Not StealWoe To The WickedMorality

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
חבל 
Chabal 
Usage: 30

חבלה חבל 
Chabol 
Usage: 4

עבט עבוט 
`abowt 
Usage: 4

ערבּה 
`arubbah 
Usage: 2

ערבון 
`arabown 
Usage: 3

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