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Ransom
Feature Pages(4)
- FeatureThe Ransom — Mark 10:45One sentence carries the whole Gospel: a life given as a release-price, in the place of many.
- FeatureLambda (Λλ) — the Greek letterThe letter that opens John's Gospel — the Word.
- FeaturePe (פ) — the Hebrew letterThe mouth — and the letter that marks off the Hebrew Bible's own paragraphs.
- FeatureMark — the Study GuideThe fastest Gospel: the sprint structure, the Son-of-God inclusio, the torn heavens and torn veil, and the ransom at its center.
Verses(5+)
- VerseProverbs 13:8Riches may ransom a man’s life, but a poor man hears no threat.
- VerseProverbs 6:35He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.
- VerseProverbs 21:18The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright.
- VersePsalms 49:7No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.
- VersePsalms 69:18Draw near to my soul and redeem me; ransom me because of my foes.
Words (Strong's)(5+)
- WordH6299 פָּדָה · pâdâh (Hebrew)to sever, i.e. ransom
- WordH6306 פִּדְיוֹם · pidyôwm (Hebrew)a ransom
- WordG3083 λύτρον · lýtron (Greek)something to loosen with, i.e. a redemption price (figuratively, atonement)
- WordG487 ἀντίλυτρον · antílytron (Greek)a redemption-price
- WordH1350 גָּאַל · gâʼal (Hebrew)to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)
Themes(2)
- ThemeRedemptionRedemption is the Bible's word for rescue that costs something. Two Hebrew verbs carry the weight: *ga'al*, the act of a near kinsman (*go'el*) who buys back land, a person, or…
- ThemeResurrectionThe hope of resurrection surfaces gradually across the Old Testament before it becomes explicit. Job — likely the oldest book in the canon — already confesses a living Redeemer…
Topics(1)
Authors(5)
- AuthorHilary of ArlesHilary was born about 403 into a wealthy Gallo-Roman family and was headed for a career in public life. His kinsman Honoratus, who had founded the monastery on the island of…
- AuthorMagnus Felix EnnodiusMagnus Felix Ennodius was born in 473 or 474, probably at Arles in southern Gaul, into a Roman family of rank that had lost most of its money. Orphaned young, he was raised in…
- AuthorAugustine of HippoAugustine was born on 13 November 354 at Thagaste in Roman North Africa — Souk Ahras, in modern Algeria. His father Patricius was a pagan town councillor of modest means…
- AuthorRichard WurmbrandRichard Wurmbrand (March 24, 1909 – February 17, 2001) was a Romanian Lutheran minister, evangelist, and writer of Jewish heritage who founded the international ministry *Voice…
- AuthorEugippiusEugippius was abbot of a monastery at Castellum Lucullanum, just outside Naples, in the early sixth century. The community had an unusual origin: it had been formed around the…
Apocrypha (study resources)(1)
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H6299פָּדָה pâdâh — to sever, i.e. ransomH6306פִּדְיוֹם pidyôwm — a ransomG3083λύτρον lýtron — something to loosen with, i.e. a redemption price
(figuratively, atonement)G487ἀντίλυτρον antílytron — a redemption-priceH1350גָּאַל gâʼal — to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)H3724כֹּפֶר kôpher — properly, a cover, i.e. (literally) a village (as covered in)