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The meaning of Mortgage in the Bible
(From International Standard Bible Encyclopedia)mor'-gaj (arabh): To give or be security as a part of bartering, give pledges, become surety. In time of great need for food, "Some also there were that said, We are mortgaging (the King James Version "have mortgaged") our fields," etc. (Nehemiah 5:3).
See SURETY.
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