Strong's G1450: ἔγγυος (éngyos) Meaning

Quick Definition

ἔγγυος, ου, ὁ, ἡ Adj a surety, security

Strong's Definition

pledged (as if articulated by a member), i.e. a bondsman

Derivation: from G1722 (ἐν) and (a limb);

KJV Usage: surety

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἔγγυος (G1450)

adjc. | -ον | ἐν + γύη

70.8 · Real, Unreal

the guarantee, guarantor one who guarantees the reality of something

HEB 7:22

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἔγγυος, ἐγγύου, ὁ, ἡ, a surety, (Cicero and Vulg. sponsor): κρείττονος διαθήκης ἔγγυος, he by whom we get full assurance of the more excellent covenant made by God with us, and of the truth and stability of the promises connected with it, Heb_7:22. (2Ma_10:28; Sir. xxix., 15f Xenophon, vect. 4, 20; Aeschines Epistles 11, 12, p. 128 a.; Aristotle, oec. 2, 22 (vol. ii., p. 1350{a} , 19), Polybius, Diodorus, others.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἔγγυος engyos 1x

a guarantee, sponsor, Heb. 7:22*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

** ἔγγυος, -ου, ὁ, ἡ,

[in LXX: Si 29:15, 16, II Mac 10:28 * ;]

a surety: He 7:22 (exx. from π., v. MM, Exp., xi; cf. Cremer, 222).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἔγγυος. This NT ἅπ. εἰρ. (Heb 722) is common in legal and other documents, e.g. P Petr III. 41 vecto® εἰ ot πρότερον ὑπάρΧουσιν] ἔγγυοι, χρημάτισον ’A. krd., “if there are the former sureties, pay to A.,” etc., P Grenf I. 182% (B.c. 132) ἔγγυοι ἀλ[λ]ήλων εἰς ἔκτεισιν τῶν διὰ τοῦ δανείου πάντων οἱ δεδανεισμένοι, and so 2015 (B.c. 127), P Oxy I. 388 (A.p. 49-50) (= Selections, p. 52) δι ἐνγύου ἐμοῦ, ‘on my secunity,” P Gen I. 248 (A.D. 96) ὁμολογοῦσι Πετεσοῦχις . . kal ZataBots . . ἀλλήλων ἔγγυοι [els ἔκτισιν. An early example of the fem. noun may be seen in P Eleph 27°® (B.c. 223-2) πρὸς ἐγγύην, ἣν ἐνεγυησάμεθα εἰς ἔκτισιν. For Instances of the verb cf. P Oxy II. 2597 (Α.Ὁ. 23) ὃν evyeyonpar . . . ἐκ [τ]ῖς πολιτικῆς φυλα[κ]ῆς, ‘whom I bailed out of the common prison” (Edd.), 26. VI. 90517 (A.D. 170) (= Selections, p. 87) 6 πατὴρ. .. εὐδοκεῖ τῷ [te] γάμῳ kal ἐνγυᾶται cis ἔκτισιν τὴν προκειμένην φερνήν, “the father assents to the marriage, and is surety for the payment of the aforesaid dowry,” and for ἐγγυητής such a passage as P Oxy XII. 148378 (ii/iii A.D.) τὸν ἐγγυητήν σου κατέχω ἕως ἂν τ[ε]λῇς μοι τὴν τιμὴν τῶν ζητουμένων, ‘1 hold your surety, until you pay me the value of the claims.” On “‘Pfandrechtliches” in ancient Egypt, see Manigk in | Archiv vi. p. 114 ff. *"Eyyvos is probably derived from an old word for “hand” (cf. γύαλον, Lat. τοία, Av. gava), like ἀμφίγυος and ὑπόγνος, so = ‘what is put in the hand.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἔγγυος (enguos) — guarantor. ἔγγυος, ον, (ἐγγύη, compare ἀμφίγυος) secured, under good security, μνᾶς.. ἐγγύους ἐπὶτόκῳδεδανεις μένας [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. reliable, in comparative, ὅπλα -ώτερα [Refs 4th c.AD+]

II. substantive, ={ἐγγυητής, ἔγγυον παρέχειν} [NT+6th c.BC+]; ἔ. τῆς προξενίας giving security for.., [Refs 4th c.BC+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ἔγγυος, -ου, ὁ, ἡ, [in LXX: Sir.29:15, 16 2Ma.10:28 * ;] a surety: Heb.7:22 (exx. from π., see MM, Exp., xi; cf. Cremer, 222).† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (1)

7:22

G1450 ἔγγυος (éngyos)