STRONGS G3083:
λύτρον,
λύτρου,
τό (
λύω), the
Sept. passim for
כֹּפֶר,
גְּאֻלָּה,
פִּדְיון, etc.;
the price for redeeming, ransom (paid for slaves,
Leviticus 19:20; for captives,
Isaiah 45:13; for the ransom of a life,
Exodus 21:30;
Numbers 35:31f):
ἀντί πολλῶν, to liberate many from the misery and penalty of their sins,
Matthew 20:28;
Mark 10:45. (
Pindar,
Aeschylus,
Xenophon,
Plato, others.)
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