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Lexicon :: Strong's G3083 - lytron

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λύτρον
Transliteration
lytron (Key)
Pronunciation
loo'-tron
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
2x in 1 unique form(s) TR
2x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
21x in 7 unique form(s)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:328 & 4:340

Strong’s Definitions

λύτρον lýtron, loo'-tron; from G3089; something to loosen with, i.e. a redemption price (figuratively, atonement):—ransom.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G3083 in the following manner: ransom (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G3083 in the following manner: ransom (2x).

  1. the price for redeeming, ransom

    1. paid for slaves, captives

    2. for the ransom of life

  2. to liberate many from misery and the penalty of their sins

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
λύτρον lýtron, loo'-tron; from G3089; something to loosen with, i.e. a redemption price (figuratively, atonement):—ransom.
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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
21:30
Leviticus
19:20
Numbers
35:31
Isaiah
45:13
Matthew
20:28
Mark
10:45

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3083 matches the Greek λύτρον (lytron),
which occurs 21 times in 20 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:30 - However, if payment is demanded, the owner may redeem his life by the payment of whatever is demanded.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:12 - “When you take a census of the Israelites to count them, each one must pay the LORD a ransom for his life at the time he is counted. Then no plague will come on them when you number them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:20 - “ ‘If a man sleeps with a female slave who is promised to another man but who has not been ransomed or given her freedom, there must be due punishment.[fn] Yet they are not to be put to death, because she had not been freed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:24 - Throughout the land that you hold as a possession, you must provide for the redemption of the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:26 - If, however, there is no one to redeem it for them but later on they prosper and acquire sufficient means to redeem it themselves,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:51 - If many years remain, they must pay for their redemption a larger share of the price paid for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:52 - If only a few years remain until the Year of Jubilee, they are to compute that and pay for their redemption accordingly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:31 - Whoever would redeem any of their tithe must add a fifth of the value to it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:12 - “I have taken the Levites from among the Israelites in place of the first male offspring of every Israelite woman. The Levites are mine,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:46 - To redeem the 273 firstborn Israelites who exceed the number of the Levites,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:48

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:48 - Give the money for the redemption of the additional Israelites to Aaron and his sons.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:49

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:49 - So Moses collected the redemption money from those who exceeded the number redeemed by the Levites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:51

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:51 - Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons, as he was commanded by the word of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:15 - The first offspring of every womb, both human and animal, that is offered to the LORD is yours. But you must redeem every firstborn son and every firstborn male of unclean animals.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:31 - “ ‘Do not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer, who deserves to die. They are to be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:32 - “ ‘Do not accept a ransom for anyone who has fled to a city of refuge and so allow them to go back and live on their own land before the death of the high priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:27 - They demolished the sacred stone of Baal and tore down the temple of Baal, and people have used it for a latrine to this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:35 - He will not accept any compensation; he will refuse a bribe, however great it is.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:8 - A person’s riches may ransom their life, but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:13 - I will raise up Cyrus[fn] in my righteousness: I will make all his ways straight. He will rebuild my city and set my exiles free, but not for a price or reward, says the LORD Almighty.”
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