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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - λύτρον

λύτρον

G3083

Transliteration: lýtron

Pronunciation: loo'-tron

Definition: ransom


- Original: λύτρον

- Transliteration: Lutron

- Phonetic: loo'-tron

- Definition:

1. the price for redeeming, ransom

a. paid for slaves, captives

b. for the ransom of life

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

- Origin: from G3089" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3089

- TDNT entry: 4:328 & 4:340,543

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Neuter

- Strong's: From G3089" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3089; something to loosen with that is a redemption price (figuratively atonement): - ransom.


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