arrabón
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arrabón: an earnest (a part payment in advance for security)
Original Word: ἀρραβών, ῶνος, ὁ
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: arrabón
Phonetic Spelling: (ar-hrab-ohn')
Short Definition: an earnest, earnest-money
Definition: an earnest, earnest-money, a large part of the payment, given in advance as a security that the whole will be paid afterwards.

728 arrhabṓn – properly, an installment; a deposit ("down-payment") which guarantees the balance (the full purchase-price).

728 /arrhabṓn ("down-payment pledge") is the regular term in NT times for "earnest-money," i.e. advance-payment that guarantees the rest will be given. 728 (arrhabṓn) then represents full security backed by the purchaser who supplies sufficient proof they will fulfill the entire pledge (promise).

[728 (arrhabṓn) is common in the papyri for "down payment/earnest money" and hence frequent in business documents and agreements.]

Word Origin
of Hebrew origin erabon
Definition
an earnest (a part payment in advance for security)
NASB Word Usage
given as a pledge (1), pledge (2).

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earnest.

Of Hebrew origin (arabown); a pledge, i.e. Part of the purchase-money or property given in advance as security for the rest -- earnest.

see HEBREW arabown

ἁρπάζειν — 2 Occ.
ἁρπάζοντες — 1 Occ.
ἁρπάζουσιν — 1 Occ.
ἡρπάγη — 1 Occ.
ἥρπασεν — 1 Occ.
ἡρπάσθη — 1 Occ.
ἅρπαγες — 3 Occ.
ἅρπαξ — 1 Occ.
ἅρπαξιν — 1 Occ.
ἀρραβὼν — 1 Occ.
ἄραφος — 1 Occ.
ἄρσεν — 5 Occ.
ἄρσενα — 1 Occ.
ἄρσενες — 2 Occ.
ἄρσεσιν — 1 Occ.
ἄρρητα — 1 Occ.
ἄρρωστοι — 1 Occ.
ἀρρώστοις — 1 Occ.
ἀρρώστους — 3 Occ.
ἀρσενοκοῖται — 1 Occ.


Strong's Greek 728
3 Occurrences


ἀρραβὼν — 1 Occ.
ἀρραβῶνα — 2 Occ.

2 Corinthians 1:22 N-AMS
BIB: δοὺς τὸν ἀρραβῶνα τοῦ πνεύματος
NAS: in our hearts as a pledge.
KJV: and given the earnest of the Spirit in
INT: having given the pledge of the Spirit

2 Corinthians 5:5 N-AMS
BIB: ἡμῖν τὸν ἀρραβῶνα τοῦ πνεύματος
NAS: who gave to us the Spirit as a pledge.
KJV: unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
INT: to us the pledge of the Spirit

Ephesians 1:14 N-NMS
BIB: ὅ ἐστιν ἀρραβὼν τῆς κληρονομίας
NAS: who is given as a pledge of our inheritance,
KJV: is the earnest of our
INT: who is [the] guarantee of the inheritance

3 Occurrences


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