ΑΡΑΒΩΝΑ, αραβωνα
ARABŌNA, arabōna
Sounds Like: ah-rha-BOHN-ah
Translations: earnest, pledge, down payment, security, a down payment
From the root: ΑΡΡΑΒΩΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to an earnest, a pledge, or a down payment. It signifies a part of a payment or a gift given in advance as a guarantee that the full payment or the rest of the gift will follow. It serves as a security or a binding promise for a future transaction or fulfillment.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G728 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΡΡΑΒΩΝ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΣΣΑΡΩΝΑΣ — pledge, down payment, guarantee, earnest money, first installment
- ΑΡΡΑΒΙΑΣ — of a pledge, of an earnest, of a down payment, of a guarantee
- ΑΡΡΑΒΩΝ — pledge, earnest, down payment, guarantee, a pledge, an earnest
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