KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: To buy back, repurchase, recover, or release a person or thing by payment, substitute, or appointed valuation. Sense 2: To rescue, free, or deliver from bondage, captivity, danger, death, enemies, trouble, the curse of the law, or iniquity.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Exodus 6:6
Complete exact-word concordance
¶ If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold.
¶ If thy brother be waxen poore, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kinne come to redeeme it, then shall hee redeeme that which his brother sold.
And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it;
And if the man haue none to redeeme it, and himselfe bee able to redeeme it:
1611 marginal noteHebr. his hand hath attained, and found sufficiencie.
And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may he redeem it.
And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled citie, then he may redeeme it within a whole yeere after it is solde: within a full yeere may he redeeme it.
Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.
Notwithstanding, the cities of the Leuites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Leuites redeeme at any time.
After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him:
After that he is sold, hee may be redeemed againe: one of his brethren may redeeme him.
Either his uncle, or his uncle’s son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able, he may redeem himself.
Either his vncle, or his vncles sonne may redeeme him, or any that is nigh of kinne vnto him, of his family, may redeeme him: or if he be able, hee may redeeme himselfe.
But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy estimation.
But if hee will at all redeeme it, then he shall adde a fift part thereof vnto thy estimation.
And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be his.
And if he that sanctified it, will redeeme his house, then he shall adde the fift part of the money of thy estimation vnto it, and it shall be his.
And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be assured to him.
And if he that sanctified the field, will in any wise redeeme it, then he shal adde the fift part of the money of thy estimation vnto it, and it shall be assured to him.
And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more.
And if hee will not redeeme the field, or if he haue sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more.
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Source order
1 · Direct Scripture definition
None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.
Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
2 · KJV context and cross-references
Historical English dictionary sources
To purchase back; to ransom; to liberate or rescue from captivity or bondage, or from any obligation or liability to suffer or be forfeited, by paying an equivalent. To repurchase what has been sold; to regain possession of a thing alienated, by repaying the value of it to the possessor. To rescue; to recover; to deliver from.
