Ransom Life Price

† I. כֹּפֶר n.m. the price of a life, a ransom (ποινή, wergeld);—כ׳ Ex 21:30 + 10 times; sf. כָּפְרְךָ Is 43:3; כָּפְרוֹ ψ 49:8;— 1. a price for ransom of a life Jb 33:24; 36:18; כ׳ עַל Ex 21:30 (Covt. code; ‖ פִּדְיֹן נַפְשׁוֹ); כ׳ נפשׁ Pr 13:8; כ׳ לְ ransom for Pr 6:35; 21:18; Nu 35:31, 32 (P); כָּפְרוֹ his ransom ψ 49:8 (‖ פדה); כָּפְרְךָ thy ransom Is 43:3 (‖ תַּחְתֶּיךָ); כֹּ֫פֶר alone 1 S 12:3 Am 5:12. 2. in the ritual of P כ׳ נַפְשׁוֹ Ex 30:12 is a half shekel of the sanctuary paid by each male above twenty years at the census in order that there might be no plague upon them. It was offered to Yahweh, לְכַפֵּר על to atone for them.

λύτρ-ον, τό, (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+

ἀντίλυτρ-ον, τό, ransom, NT __2 antidote, remedy, Refs 5th c.AD+