ἔγγυος

éngyos

surety

One who provides a guarantee or assurance for another, especially by taking responsibility for another’s debt or obligation; in some contexts, a guarantor, surety, or pledge. In legal and financial language, indicates a person who stands as security for another’s commitment or obligation, at times entailing personal liability or risk. The term can also refer more generally to any form of guarantee or assurance offered on another’s behalf.

G1450

Hebrews 7:22 · Word #7

Lexicon G1450

Lemmaἔγγυος
Transliterationéngyos
Strong'sG1450
DefinitionOne who provides a guarantee or assurance for another, especially by taking responsibility for another’s debt or obligation; in some contexts, a guarantor, surety, or pledge. In legal and financial language, indicates a person who stands as security for another’s commitment or obligation, at times entailing personal liability or risk. The term can also refer more generally to any form of guarantee or assurance offered on another’s behalf.

Morphology ADJ.S NOM M SG All morphology codes

Part of Speech ADJ.S — Substantive Adjective — An adjective functioning as a noun
Case NOM — Nominative — The subject of the sentence
Gender M — Masculine — Grammatical masculine
Number SG — Singular — One

Common Translation

Phrasesurety
Literalsurety-NMS

Lexical Info

Lemmaἔγγυος
Strong'sG1450

SIBI-P1 Translation G1450-01

guarantor

Morphological NotesSubstantive adjective; nominative masculine singular (Gr,NS,,,,NMS) functioning as a noun, referring to one male guarantor.
Rendering Rationale"Guarantor" directly reflects the core sense of one who pledges or guarantees on behalf of another, assuming responsibility or liability. The nominative masculine singular form denotes a single male individual identified as such a surety.

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SILEX v2

SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)

guarantor

Same as P1Yes
RationaleP1 is already contextually accurate and matches the SILEX definition for one who acts as surety.
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