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especially the sacrifice by which expiation is effected, an offering of expiation.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>Cognate: 3083</b> <i>lýtron</i> (a neuter noun) – literally, the ransom-money (price) to free a slave. <a href="/greek/3083.htm">3083</a> (<i>lýtron</i>) is used in the NT of the ultimate "liberty-price" – the <i>blood of Christ</i> which <i>purchases</i> (ransoms) believers, freeing them from all slavery (bondage) to sin. <a href="/greek/3083.htm">3083</a> (<i>lýtron</i>) occurs twice in the NT (Mt 10:28; Mk 10:45), both times referring to this purchase (ransom-price) which Christ paid. <a href="/greek/3084.htm">See 3084</a> (<i>lytroō</i>).</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 3083: λύτρον</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">λύτρον</span></span>, <span class="greek2">λύτρου</span>, <span class="greek2">τό</span> (<span class="greek2">λύω</span>), the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span> passim for <span class="hebrew">כֹּפֶר</span>, <span class="hebrew">גְּאֻלָּה</span>, <span class="hebrew">פִּדְיון</span>, etc.; <span class="accented">the price for redeeming, ransom</span> (paid for slaves, <a href="/interlinear/leviticus/19-20.htm">Leviticus 19:20</a>; for captives, <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/45-13.htm">Isaiah 45:13</a>; for the ransom of a life, <a href="/interlinear/exodus/21-30.htm">Exodus 21:30</a>; <a href="/interlinear/numbers/35-31.htm">Numbers 35:31</a>f): <span class="greek2">ἀντί</span> <span class="greek2">πολλῶν</span>, to liberate many from the misery and penalty of their sins, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/20-28.htm">Matthew 20:28</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/10-45.htm">Mark 10:45</a>. (<span class="abbreviation">Pindar</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Aeschylus</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Xenophon</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Plato</span>, others.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>ransom. <p>From <a href="/greek/3089.htm">luo</a>; something to loosen with, i.e. A redemption price (figuratively, atonement) -- ransom. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/3089.htm">luo</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>λύτρα λύτροις λυτρον λύτρον λύτρου λύτρων lutron lytron lýtron<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/greek/3083.htm">Strong's Greek 3083</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_3083.htm">2 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/lutron_3083.htm">λύτρον — 2 Occ.</a><br><br><b><a href="/text/matthew/20-28.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 20:28</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular">N-ANS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/20.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ <b>λύτρον</b> ἀντὶ πολλῶν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/20.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> His life <span class="itali">a ransom</span> for many.<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/20.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> his life <span class="itali">a ransom</span> for many.<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/20-28.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> life of him <span class="itali">[as] a ransom</span> for many<p><b><a href="/text/mark/10-45.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 10:45</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular">N-ANS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/10.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ <b>λύτρον</b> ἀντὶ πολλῶν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/10.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> His life <span class="itali">a ransom</span> for many.<br><a href="/kjvs/mark/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> his life <span class="itali">a ransom</span> for many.<br><a href="/interlinear/mark/10-45.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> life of him <span class="itali">[as] a ransom</span> for many<p><b><a href="/greek/strongs_3083.htm">2 Occurrences</a></b><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/greek/3082.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="3082"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="3082" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/3084.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="3084"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="3084" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="/strongsleft.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="/strongsright.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>