Definition

something to loosen with, i.e. a redemption price (figuratively, atonement)

Etymology

from G3089 (λύω);

Word family

• λύω lýō

How the KJV renders it

• ransom

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.