פִּדְיוֹם

pidyom · ransom

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6306 · appears 3 times in the Bible

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What it means

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

  1. 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,