ἀραβών
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (LSJ)
v. ἀρραβών.
Spanish (DGE)
v. ἀρραβών.
English (Thayer)
(ἀρραβών) (Tdf. ἀραβών: WH s Appendix, p. 148; cf. Winer's Grammar, 48 (47f); Buttmann, 32 (28f), cf. Rho), ἀρραβωνος, ὁ (Hebrew עֵרָבון עָרַב to pledge; a word which seems to have passed from the Phoenicians to the Greeks, and thence into Latin), an earnest, i. e. money which in purchases is given as a pledge that the full amount will subsequently be paid (Suidas under the word ἀραβών), (cf. (obs. English earlespenny; caution-money), German Kaufschilling, Haftpfennig): τόν ἀρραβῶνα τοῦ πνεύματος i. e. τό πνεῦμα ὡς ἀρραβῶνα namely, τῆς κληρονομίας, as is expressed in full in Winer's Grammar, § 59,8a.; Buttmann, 78 (68)); for the gift of the Holy Spirit, comprising as it does the δυνάμεις τοῦ μέλλοντος αἰῶνος (ἀπαρχή, c. (B. D. under the word Smith's Bible Dictionary, Earnest.) (Isaeus, 8,23 (p. 210, Reiske edition); Aristotle, pol. 1,4, 5 (p. 1259{a}, 12); others.)
Frisk Etymological English
1. ῶνος
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: caution-money (Antiph.).
Derivatives: ἀρραβωνίζεται ἀρραβῶνι δίδοται H.
Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Semitic loan word, cf. Hebr. `ērābōn id.; s. Lewy Fremdw. 120, Schwyzer 153, 316. But the Semit. caracter of the word is not certain, and perhaps the word is a loan from elsewhere, Cohen, GLECS 8, 1958, 13. Egypt. has `rb. Cf. Masson, Emprunt sémit. 30ff. Cf. Lat. arrabo, arra.
Frisk Etymology German
ἀραβών: -ῶνος
{ar(r)abṓn}
Grammar: m.
Meaning: Handgeld, Unterpfand (Antiph., Is. usw.).
Derivative: Davon ἀρραβωνίζεται· ἀρραβῶνι δίδοται H.
Etymology: Semitisches LW, vgl. hebr. ‘ērābōn Unterpfand; näheres bei Lewy Fremdw. 120, s. auch Schwyzer 153, 316. — H. glossiert ἀρραβών auch mit ἄγκιστρον. Unwahrscheinlicher Erklärungsversuch bei Lewy Fremdw. 130.
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