ne.der denotes a stated commitment, often made to the LORD and expected to be carried out through the promised act or offering.

The term consistently denotes a stated commitment: it may be made conditionally in response to a hoped-for outcome, remain subject to confirmation or cancellation in specified circumstances, and be fulfilled through the action or offering promised. The verses also place such commitments alongside sacrifices, freewill offerings, and public payment.

1. A stated commitment to be fulfilled · dominant

   The noun names a commitment made in a spoken declaration and carried into action. In Genesis 28:20 the APB renders Jacob's conditional declaration, “If God will be with me,” while Judges 11:30 similarly introduces Jephthah's condition; in 2 Samuel 15:7 the commitment is something Absalom says he must fulfill. Numbers 30:8 places it among words “bound upon her soul” and describes it as breakable by her husband, while Leviticus 22:21 and Psalm 116:14 show fulfillment through a sacrifice or public payment.

   Genesis 28:20Judges 11:302 Samuel 15:7Numbers 30:8Leviticus 22:21Psalm 116:14

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term with “vow” or “vows,” including “vowed a vow,” “fulfill my vow,” and “pay your vows.” In offering contexts it also uses phrases such as “vowed offerings”; These renderings describe the clauses rather than establish separate meanings.