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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
• Ransom
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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(1):

(n.) The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration; redemption; as, prisoners hopeless of ransom.

(2):

(n.) The money or price paid for the redemption of a prisoner, or for goods captured by an enemy; payment for freedom from restraint, penalty, or forfeit.

(3):

(n.) A sum paid for the pardon of some great offense and the discharge of the offender; also, a fine paid in lieu of corporal punishment.

(4):

(n.) To redeem from captivity, servitude, punishment, or forfeit, by paying a price; to buy out of servitude or penalty; to rescue; to deliver; as, to ransom prisoners from an enemy.

(5):

(n.) To exact a ransom for, or a payment on.