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redeem

Meaning of “redeem”

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

Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
56 occurrences40 verses15 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Exodus 6:6

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Numbers 18:15
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Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the Lord, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 18:15 · retained source text

Euery thing that openeth the matrice in all flesh, which they bring vnto the LORD, whether it bee of men or beasts, shall be thine: Neuertheles the first borne of man shalt thou surely redeeme, and the firstling of vncleane beasts shalt thou redeeme.

1611 marginal noteExod. 13.2. & 22.29. leuit. 27.26. chap. 3.13.

Numbers 18:16
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And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 18:16 · retained source text

And those that are to be redeemed, from a moneth old shalt thou redeeme according to thine estimation, for the money of fiue shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuary, which is twentie gerahs.

1611 marginal noteExod. 30.13. leuit. 27.25. chap. 3.47. ezek. 45.12.

Numbers 18:17
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But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 18:17 · retained source text

But the firstling of a cowe, or the firstling of a sheepe, or the firstling of a goat thou shalt not redeeme, they are holy: thou shalt sprinckle their blood vpon the Altar, and shalt burne their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet sauour vnto the LORD.

Complete reference index — all 40 verses
Exodus 6:6Exodus 13:13Exodus 13:15Exodus 34:20Leviticus 25:25Leviticus 25:26Leviticus 25:29Leviticus 25:32Leviticus 25:48Leviticus 25:49Leviticus 27:13Leviticus 27:15Leviticus 27:19Leviticus 27:20Leviticus 27:27Leviticus 27:31Numbers 18:15Numbers 18:16Numbers 18:17Ruth 4:4Ruth 4:62 Samuel 7:231 Chronicles 17:21Nehemiah 5:5Job 5:20Job 6:23Psalms 25:22Psalms 26:11Psalms 44:26Psalms 49:7Psalms 49:15Psalms 69:18Psalms 72:14Psalms 130:8Isaiah 50:2Jeremiah 15:21Hosea 13:14Micah 4:10Galatians 4:5Titus 2:14

Where “redeem” appears

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Exodus8 occurrences
4 versesLeviticus17 occurrences
12 versesNumbers4 occurrences
3 versesRuth8 occurrences
2 verses2 Samuel1 occurrence
1 verse1 Chronicles1 occurrence
1 verseNehemiah1 occurrence
1 verseJob2 occurrences
2 versesPsalms8 occurrences
8 versesIsaiah1 occurrence
1 verseJeremiah1 occurrence
1 verseHosea1 occurrence
1 verseMicah1 occurrence
1 verseGalatians1 occurrence
1 verseTitus1 occurrence
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Definition evidence

1 · Direct Scripture definition

Psalms 49:7

None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:

Jeremiah 15:21

And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.

Titus 2:14

Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Webster 1828

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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.

volume 2, leaves 437-438 (transitive verb entry, senses 1-3)

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