Avot עֲבוֹט

Avot (Hebrew עֲבוֹט, Strong's H5667) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “pledge”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Avot, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 24:10
  When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.When you lend anything to your neighbor, do not enter his house to collect security.
• Deuteronomy 24:11
  Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.You are to stand outside while the man to whom you are lending brings the security out to you.
• Deuteronomy 24:12
  And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession;
• Deuteronomy 24:13
  In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the Lord thy God.be sure to return it to him by sunset, so that he may sleep in his own cloak and bless you, and this will be credited to you as righteousness before the LORD your God.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).