Quick Definition
to ransom
Strong's Definition
to sever, i.e. ransom; gener. to release, preserve
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: [idiom] at all, deliver, [idiom] by any means, ransom, (that are to be, let be) redeem(-ed), rescue, [idiom] surely.
TWOT Reference: 1734
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
פָּדָה (pa.dah) — to ransom. 1) to ransom, redeem, rescue, deliver 1a) (Qal) to ransom 1b) (Niphal) to be ransomed 1c) (Hiphil) to allow one to be ransomed 1d) (Hophal) redeemed
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · פְּדוּיִם · פְּדוּת · פִּדְיֹום · פִּדְיֹון · פְּדָהאֵל · פָּדֹון · פְּדָיָה · פְּדָיָהוּ · פְּדָהצוּר
Exchange | verb qal, verb nif, verb hof
to ransom, to redeem = causative action by which humans exchange animals or other humans by substituting them with money or with an(other) animal, ► as a result of which they will escape death or slavery
EXO 13:13 · EXO 13:13 · EXO 13:13 · EXO 13:15 · EXO 34:20 · EXO 34:20 · EXO 34:20 · LEV 19:20 · LEV 19:20 · LEV 27:27 · LEV 27:29 · NUM 18:15 · NUM 18:15 · NUM 18:15 · NUM 18:16 · NUM 18:17 · PSA 49:8 · PSA 49:8
Exchange | verb hif
to have (someone) redeemed, to have (someone) ransomed = causative action by which humans cause other humans to be exchanged by substituting them with money, ► as a result of which they will escape slavery
Safe | verb qal, verb nif | ≈ גאל · מלט · נצל
to redeem, to save, to deliver literally: to redeem, ransom; hence: = causative action by which humans or deities help (other) humans out of a dangerous, life-threatening, or otherwise difficult situation
DEU 7:8 · DEU 9:26 · DEU 13:6 · DEU 15:15 · DEU 21:8 · DEU 24:18 · 1SA 14:45 · 2SA 4:9 · 2SA 7:23 · 2SA 7:23 · 1KI 1:29 · 1CH 17:21 · 1CH 17:21 · NEH 1:10 · JOB 5:20 · JOB 6:23 · JOB 33:28 · PSA 25:22 · PSA 26:11 · PSA 31:6 · PSA 34:23 · PSA 44:27 · PSA 49:16 · PSA 55:19 · PSA 69:19 · PSA 71:23 · PSA 78:42 · PSA 119:134 · PSA 130:8 · ISA 1:27 · ISA 29:22 · ISA 35:10 · ISA 51:11 · JER 15:21 · JER 31:11 · HOS 7:13 · HOS 13:14 · MIC 6:4 · ZEC 10:8
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
פָּדָה vb. ransom Qal ransom
Niph. she hath not been at all ransomed (from bondage)
Hiph. he shall let her be ransomed.
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