Genesis 15:13
And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
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Surety
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Hebrews 7:22
By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
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5 occurrences in 5 verses.
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עָרַב
ʻârab · aw-rab'
8 times translated as this KJV form22 total Strong's occurrences
to braid, i.e. intermix; technically, to traffic (as if by barter); also or give to be security (as a kind of exchange)
Strong's KJV usage: engage, (inter-) meddle (with), mingle (self), mortgage, occupy, give pledges, be(-come, put in) surety, undertake.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 43:9Strong's last: Proverbs 27:13
Open full H6148 profile →ἀληθῶς
alēthōs · al-ay-thoce'
1 times translated as this KJV form21 total Strong's occurrences
truly
Strong's KJV usage: :--indeed, surely, of a surety, truly, of a (in) truth, verily, very.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Acts 12:11Strong's last: Acts 12:11
Open full G230 profile →ἔγγυος
éngyos · eng'-goo-os
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
pledged (as if articulated by a member), i.e. a bondsman
Strong's KJV usage: :--surety.
Strong's first: Hebrews 7:22Strong's last: Hebrews 7:22
Open full G1450 profile →אַךְ
ʼak · ak
1 times translated as this KJV form22 total Strong's occurrences
a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only
Strong's KJV usage: also, in any wise, at least, but, certainly, even, howbeit, nevertheless, notwithstanding, only, save, surely, of a surety, truly, verily, wherefore, yet (but).
Strong's first: Genesis 26:9Strong's last: Genesis 26:9
Open full H389 profile →אֻמְנָם
ʼumnâm · oom-nawm'
1 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
Strong's KJV usage: in (very) deed; of a surety.
Strong's first: Genesis 18:13Strong's last: Genesis 18:13
Open full H552 profile →יָדַע
yâdaʻ · yaw-dah'
1 times translated as this KJV form941 total Strong's occurrences
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, × could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-) norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, be learned, lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, × prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), × will be, wist, wit, wot.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 15:13Strong's last: Genesis 15:13
Open full H3045 profile →עֲרֻבָּה
ʻărubbâh · ar-oob-baw'
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
something given as security, i.e. (literally) a token (of safety) or (metaphorically) a bondsman
Strong's KJV usage: pledge, surety.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 17:18Strong's last: Proverbs 17:18
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H6148
My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
H6148
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
H6161
A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
H6148
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
H6148
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
English meaning and historical usage.
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surety
SU'RETY, noun Certainty; indubitableness.
Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs-- Genesis 15:13.
1. Security; safety.
Yet for the more surety they looked round about.
2. Foundation of stability; support.
We our state
Hold, as you yours, while our obedience holds;
On other surety none.
3. Evidence; ratification; confirmation.
She call'd the saints to surety
That she would never put it from her finger,
Unless she gave it to yourself.
4. Security against loss or damage; security for payment.
There remains unpaid
A hundred thousand more, in surety of the which
One part of Aquitain is bound to us.
5. In law, one that is bound with and for another; one who enters into a bond or recognizance to answer for another's appearance in court, or for his payment of a debt or for the performance of some act, and who, in case of the principal debtor's failure, is compellable to pay the debt or damages; a bondsman; a bail.
He that is surety for a stranger, shall smart for it. Proverbs 11:15.
Thy servant became surety for the lad to my father. Genesis 44:32.
6. In Scripture, Christ is called 'the surety of a better testament.' Hebrews 7:22. He undertook to make atonement for the sins of men, and thus prepare the way to deliver them from the punishment to which they had rendered themselves liable.
7. A hostage.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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