part of the purchase-money or property given in advance as s

, part payment in advance for security, a first instalment: , . (The word is found in cl. and was prob. brought to Greece by the Phœnicians (AR, ). It is found in with both spellings (v. Milligan, , 73). In MGr. is an ; v. MM, s.v.)† an earnest II Co 1:22 5:5 Eph 1:14 , 1:14 Eph. π. ἀρραβῶνα NTD engagement ring

a pledge, i.e. part of the purchase-money or property given in advance as security for the rest

earnest