Exodus 21:30
If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.
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Ransom
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1 Timothy 2:6
Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
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כֹּפֶר
kôpher · ko'-fer
8 times translated as this KJV form17 total Strong's occurrences
properly, a cover, i.e. (literally) a village (as covered in); (specifically) bitumen (as used for coating), and the henna plant (as used for dyeing); figuratively, a redemption-price
Strong's KJV usage: bribe, camphire, pitch, ransom, satisfaction, sum of money, village.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 30:12Strong's last: Isaiah 43:3
Open full H3724 profile →λύτρον
lýtron · loo'-tron
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
something to loosen with, i.e. a redemption price (figuratively, atonement)
Strong's KJV usage: :--ransom.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 20:28Strong's last: Mark 10:45
Open full G3083 profile →ἀντίλυτρον
antílytron · an-til'-oo-tron
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
a redemption-price
Strong's KJV usage: :--ransom.
Strong's first: 1 Timothy 2:6Strong's last: 1 Timothy 2:6
Open full G487 profile →פָּדָה
pâdâh · paw-daw'
1 times translated as this KJV form59 total Strong's occurrences
to sever, i.e. ransom; generally to release, preserve
Strong's KJV usage: × at all, deliver, × by any means, ransom, (that are to be, let be) redeem(-ed), rescue, × surely.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Hosea 13:14Strong's last: Hosea 13:14
Open full H6299 profile →פִּדְיוֹם
pidyôwm · pid-yome'
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
a ransom
Strong's KJV usage: ransom, that were redeemed, redemption.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 21:30Strong's last: Exodus 21:30
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H3724
He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
H3724
The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
H3724
The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
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ransom
RAN'SOM, noun
1. The money or price paid for the redemption of a prisoner or slave, or for goods captured by an enemy; that which procures the release of a prisoner or captive, or of captured property, and restores the one to liberty and the other to the original owner.
By his captivity in Austria, and the heavy ransom he paid for his liberty, Richard was hindered from pursuing the conquest of Ireland.
2. Release from captivity, bondage or the possession of an enemy. They were unable to procure the ransom of the prisoners.
3. In law, a sum paid for the pardon of some great offense and the discharge of the offender; or a fine paid in lieu of corporal punishment.
4. In Scripture, the price paid for a forfeited life, or for delivery or release from capital punishment.
Then he shall give for the ransom of his life, whatever is laid upon him. Exodus 21:30.
5. The price paid for procuring the pardon of sins and the redemption of the sinner from punishment.
Deliver him from going down to the pit; I have found a ransom Job 33:24.
The Son of man came - to give his life a ransom for many. Matthew 20:28. Mark 10:45.
RAN'SOM, verb transitive
1. To redeem from captivity or punishment by paying an equivalent; applied to persons; as, to ransom prisoners from an enemy.
2. To redeem from the possession of an enemy by paying a price deemed equivalent; applied to goods or property.
3. In Scripture, to redeem from the bondage of sin, and from the punishment to which sinners are subjected by the divine law.
The ransomed of the Lord shall return. Isaiah 35:10.
4. To rescue; to deliver. Hosea 13.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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