פִּדְיוֹם
pidyom · ransom
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6306 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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pidyom (פִּדְיוֹם) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “ransom”.
What is paid to set a life free.
How to say it
pid·yom
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
- What is paid to set a life free.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
Where it appears
- Exodus 21:30
If a compensation is imposed on him, he shall give as the ransom for his life whatever is imposed on him.
- Numbers 3:49
So Moses took the ransom silver from those in excess beyond those ransomed by the Levites.
- Psalms 49:8
for costly is the ransom of their soul, and it ceases forever,