noun · masculine

arrabōnos

Greekἀρραβών (arrabōn)

Strong’sG728

an earnest, earnest-money

stem arrabōn-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

down payment2×guarantee1×

What it means

ἀρραβών (T, ἀραβ-: II Co 1:22 5:5), -ώνος, ὁ,

[in LXX: Ge 38:17, 18, 20 (עֵרָבוֹן)*;]

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

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G728 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidar-hrab-ohn'

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

Fromof Hebrew origin ();

King Jamesearnest.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	arrabōnos1×ἀρραβὼν	arrabōnois
object accusative	arrabōnon2×ἀρραβῶνα	arrabōnoin
direct address vocative	arrabōnor	arrabōnoir
of, belonging to genitive	arrabōnou	arrabōnoiu
to, for dative	arrabōno	arrabōnoi

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

arrabōnstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

arrabōno is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

arrabōnos“down payment”subjectnominative singular1×

Ephesians 1:14“down payment”hem atō arrabōnos tau klēronomiau nu, eis apolutrōsian tau peripoiēsiau, eis epainon tau doxau autou.who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.

arrabōnon“guarantee”objectaccusative singular2×

2 Corinthians 1:22“down payment”tos kai sfragizeratos nin kai dōaratos ton arrabōnon teu pneumeu en tai kardiai nu.placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come.

2 Corinthians 5:5“guarantee”tos de katergazeratos nin eis autem houtem theos, tos dōaratos ni ton arrabōnon teu pneumeu.And it is God who has prepared us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a pledge of what is to come.