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Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Ransom
Thompson Chain Reference
• Ransom
Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
• Ransom for Soul
Dictionaries
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
• Ransom
Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
• Ransom
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Ransom
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Ransom
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Ransom
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Ransom (2)
• Ransom
King James Dictionary
• Ransomed
• Ransom
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Ransom
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Scapular of Our Lady of Ransom
• Our Lady of Ransom, Scapular of
• Our Lady of Ransom, Feast of
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Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Ransom
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Ransom
Wilson's Bible Types
• Ransom
Webster Dictionary
• Ransoming
• Ransomer
• Ransomed
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Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Ransom
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Ransom
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Cooper, James Ransom
• Copeland, William Ransom
• Ransom
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The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Feast of Our Lady of Ransom
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Ransom
Lexicons
• ἀντίλυτρον
• λύτρον
• גְּאולִּים , גָּאַל
• כֹּפֶר כֹּפֶר, כֹּפֶר, , כֹּפֶר
• פָּדָה
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Greek lutron , antilutron (1 Timothy 2:6). ("A price paid for freeing a captive".) Αnti implies vicarious, equivalent substitution, "a ransom for many" (Matthew 20:28; Ephesians 1:7; 1 Peter 1:18-19). Man was the slave of Satan, sold under sin. He was unable to ransom himself, because absolute obedience is due to God; therefore no act of ours can satisfy for the least offense. Leviticus 25:48 allowed one sold captive to be redeemed by one of his brethren. The Son of God therefore became man in order that as our elder brother He should redeem us (Hebrews 2:14-15). (See REDEEM.)