פְּדוּת

pedut · redemption; distinction

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6304 · appears 4 times in the Bible

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What it means

pedut (פְּדוּת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “redemption; distinction”.

Redemption, deliverance. In Exodus 8:23, the separation that keeps safe.

How to say it

pe·dut

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. What is paid to free someone.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • Redemption ×2
  • ransom ×2

Where it appears

  • Exodus 8:23

    I will put a ransom between my people and your people. Tomorrow this sign will take place.”’”

  • Psalms 111:9

    Redemption he has sent to his people; he has commanded his covenant forever; holy and awesome is his name.

  • Psalms 130:7

    Let Israel await YHWH, for with YHWH is loyal love, and abundant with him is redemption.

  • Isaiah 50:2

    Why did I come, and there was no one; I called, and there was no one to answer? Is my hand really too short to ransom? Or is there no power in me to deliver? Look, by my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness; their fish stink for lack of water, and die of thirst.