עַבְטִיט
ʿabṭîṭ
weight of pledges
Strong's H5671NounHebrewTWOT 1555b

עַבְטִיט (ʿabṭîṭ) is a Hebrew noun meaning weight of pledges. It appears 1 time in 1 book of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5671).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1555b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1555b)weight of pledges, heavy debts; pledged, pawned goods; thick clay
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

עַבְטִיט noun, masculine, intens: weight of pledges, heavy debts

Strong's H5671 עַבְטִיט: something pledged, i.e. (collectively) pawned goods
KJV:thick clay (by a false etym.).

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1555: עָבַט ʿābaṭ — take, give a pledge; to take possession of a thing pledged; lend on pledge, interchange; pawn, lend, entangle; borrow, break, fetch

See it in Scripture

Habakkuk 2:6

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