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
¶ And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it.
¶ And the kinseman said, I cannot redeeme it for my selfe, lest I marre mine owne inheritance: redeeme thou my right to thy selfe, for I cannot redeeme it.
And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?
And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, euen like Israel, whom God went to redeeme for a people to himselfe, & to make him a name, and to doe for you great things, and terrible, for thy lande, before thy people which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations, and their gods?
1611 marginal noteDeut. 4.7.
And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?
And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whome God went to redeeme to be his owne people, to make thee a name of greatnesse and terriblenesse, by driuing out nations from before thy people whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?
Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and loe, wee bring into bondage our sonnes and our daughters, to bee seruants, and some of our daughters are brought vnto bondage already, neither is it in our power to redeeme them: for other men haue our lands and vineyards.
In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
In famine he shall redeeme thee from death: and in warre from the power of the sword.
1611 marginal noteHeb. from the hands.
Or, Deliver me from the enemy’s hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
Or deliuer me from the enemies hand, or redeeme me from the hand of the mighty?
Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
Redeeme Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.
But as for mee, I will walke in mine integritie: redeeme me, and bee mercifull vnto me.
Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies’ sake.
Arise for our helpe, and redeeme vs for thy mercies sake.
1611 marginal noteHeb. a help for vs.
None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
None of them can by any meanes redeeme his brother, nor giue to God a ransome for him:
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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.
