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RANSOM

A price paid to release a captive or seized property, or the act of procuring release in this manner. Heb. kōper (from kpr, “to cover”; cf. Akk. kapāru, “wipe off”) is most often used in the positive sense of ransom money (e.g., Exod. 21:30; Num. 35:31-32; Isa. 43:3; cf. Ps. 49:7-8[MT 8-9]). Negatively, the term can refer to a “bribe” (so NRSV, 1 Sam. 12:3; Amos 5:12). Though among the Greeks Gk. lýtron could refer to the redemption of a slave, in NT usage it specifies also “atonement money.” Matt. 20:28 = Mark 10:45 clarify the substitutionary nature of Christ’s atonement as “a ransom for many” (cf. Isa. 53:4-12; cf. 1 Tim. 2:6).

See Redemption.

Michael Spence






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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