STRONGS NUMBER G1450


Word Summary
engyos: under good security (adjective), guarantee (noun)
Original Word: ἔγγυος
Transliteration: engyos
Phonetic Spelling: (eng'-goo-os)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: under good security (adjective), guarantee (noun)
Meaning: under good security, guarantee (noun)
Strong's Concordance
surety.

From en and guion (a limb); pledged (as if articulated by a member), i.e. A bondsman -- surety.

see GREEK en

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1450: ἔγγυος

ἔγγυος, ἐγγύου, , , 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, Hebrews 7:22. (2 Macc. 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.)