Word Summary
lytron: a ransom
Original Word: λύτρονTransliteration: lytron
Phonetic Spelling: (loo'-tron)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a ransom
Meaning: a ransom
Strong's Concordance
ransom.
From luo; something to loosen with, i.e. A redemption price (figuratively, atonement) -- ransom.
see GREEK luo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3083: λύτρονλύτρον,
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.)