KJV dictionary & concordance
Pledged land, vineyards, houses, or other property as security for a debt or borrowed provision, placing the property under claim until repayment.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Nehemiah 5:3
Complete exact-word concordance
Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.
Some also there were that saide, We haue morgaged our landes, vineyards and houses, that we might buy corne, because of the dearth.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Conveyed in fee as security for the payment of money.
