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Ransom

λύτρονStrong’s G3083

lutron

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Lutron is the Greek word usually translated “ransom”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.”
Matthew 20:28 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “ransom”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • a ransom 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Matthew 1
  • Mark 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

λύτρον lutron · ransom

λύτρον, -ον, τό (λύω), [in LXX (Pent. .15 Pr .2, Isa .1) for פִּדְיוֹם and cogn. forms, גְּאֻלָּה, כֹּפֶר, מְחִיר ;] a ransom (as for a life, Exo.21:30; for slaves, Lev.19:20; for captives, Isa.45:13): ἀντὶ πολλῶν, Mat.20:28, Mrk.10:45 (see Swete, in l, and for discussion of λ. and its cognates, Westc., He., 295 f.; Deiss., LAE, 331 f.; cf. also ἀντί-λύτρον).† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “ransom” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

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.
  2. Release from captivity, bondage or the possession of an enemy.
  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
All definitions and other forms of “ransom”
  1. 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

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.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.