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arrhabṓn

down payment, guarantee

Say it: ar-rah-BONE (approximate)

ἀρραβών

What it means

A deposit, the first installment of a payment, that guarantees the rest. It came into Greek from a Semitic word used in business deals. Paul says God gave "the Spirit in our hearts as a down payment" (1:22; 5:5), a pledge that more is coming.

Range of meaning

  • DepositFirst payment.
  • GuaranteeA pledge of what follows.

In 2 Corinthians

  • Chapter 1

    "Gave us the down payment of the Spirit" (1:22).

  • Chapter 5

    "Gave us the down payment of the Spirit" (5:5).

Every verse (2)

Verses where G0728 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources