KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: A price or payment for release or deliverance. Sense 2: As a verb, to redeem, rescue, or deliver.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Exodus 21:30
Complete exact-word concordance
He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
He will not regard any ransome; neither will hee rest content, though thou giuest many giftes.
1611 marginal noteHebr. he will not accept the face of any ransome.
The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
The ransome of a mans life are his riches: but the poore heareth not rebuke.
The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
The wicked shalbe a ransome for the righteous; and the transgressour for the vpright.
1611 marginal noteChap. 11.18.
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Historical English dictionary sources
To redeem or deliver from captivity, punishment, an enemy, or death.
A price paid or means given for release, redemption, or deliverance from captivity, penalty, or a forfeited life.
