noun · neuter
lutrem
Strong’sG3083
a ransom, an offering of expiation
stem lutr-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books0 of 6 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
λύτρον, -ον, τό
(< λύω), [in LXX (Pent.15, Pr2, Isa1) for פִּדְיוֹם and cogn. forms, גְּאֻלָּה, כֹּפֶר, מְחִיר;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3083 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidloo'-tron
something to loosen with, i.e. a redemption price (figuratively, atonement)
Fromfrom G3089;
King Jamesransom.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(λύω) price of release:
1 ransom, mostly in plural (later singular, Refs 1st c.BC+ the tithe of the ransom-money, Refs 5th c.BC+; Ἕκτορος λύτρα, title of Refs 8th c.BC+ and of play by Aeschylus; λύτρα λαβεῖν τινος receive as ransom for.., Refs 5th c.BC+; λύτρα ἀποδιδόναι, καταθεῖναι, pay ransom, Refs 4th c.BC+; εἰσενεγκεῖν εἰς λύτρα contribute towards it, Refs; ἀφιέναι ἄνευ λύτρων release without ransom, Refs 5th c.BC+; δώσουσιν ἕκαστος λύτρα τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ Κυρίῳ a ransom of his soul, LXX+NT; plural, sum paid for manumission of a slave, Refs 1st c.AD+
1.b sum paid for redemption of a pledge, in plural, Refs 2nd c.BC+
2 atonement, τί γὰρ λ. πεσόντος αἵματο; (so Canter for λυγρόν) Refs 4th c.BC+; of blood-money, LXX
3 generally, recompense, λύτρον καμάτων for toil, Refs 5th c.BC+
II a plant, ={λυσιμάχειος}, Ps.-Refs 1st c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | lutrem | lutreim |
| of, belonging to genitive | lutreu | lutreiu |
| to, for dative | lutre | lutrei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
lutre is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
lutrem2×
Matthew 20:28… diakonara kai dōara tan psuchan autou lutrem anti polloiu.… to give His life as a ransom for many.”
Mark 10:45… diakonara kai dōara tan psuchan autou lutrem anti polloiu.… to give His life as a ransom for many.”