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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.