# עָבַט (avat)

Israeli respelling: a-vat. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H5670. 4 Old Testament occurrences.

to pawn; causatively, to lend (on security); figuratively, to entangle

King James renderings: borrow, break (ranks), fetch (a pledge), lend, [idiom] surely.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/avat-h5670

## Occurrences

- [Deuteronomy 15:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/15/6) — For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt r…
- [Deuteronomy 15:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/15/8) — But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.
- [Deuteronomy 24:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/24/10) — When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
- [Joel 2:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joel/2/7) — They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not b…