What does "Ransom" mean in the Bible?
Ransom, the price paid to purchase the freedom of a captive or slave. Ransom appears in 10 verses across 7 books of the Bible.
What does the Bible say about Ransom?
RAN'SOM, the price paid to purchase the freedom of a captive or slave. Matt 20:28; Mark 10:45; 1 Cor 6:19-20; 1 Tim 2:6. Under the Levitieal law, an offering was required of every Israelite over twenty years of age at the time the census was taken. This offering is called a ransom or atonement-money. Ex 30:12-16. It amounted to half a shekel, or about twenty-five cents. It was to be made upon penalty of the plague; and every person, rich or poor, was required to give that sum, and neither more nor less. 1 Pet 1:18-19.
Definition text: Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible · 1898. Public domain.
Compiled by Protos: the verse list on this page. Where one name belongs to more than one person or place, each of them gets a separate entry.
What is the Hebrew word for Ransom?
Where does Ransom appear in the Bible?
Ransom is referenced in 10 verses across 7 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.
- Exodus 30:12
- Job 33:24
- Matthew 20:28
- Mark 10:45
- Numbers 35:31
- Numbers 35:32
- Proverbs 6:35
- Proverbs 13:8
- Proverbs 21:18
- Psalms 49:7
What else appears in these passages?
These turn up in the same passages as Ransom.
Common questions
How many times does the Bible mention Ransom?
Ransom appears in 10 verses across 7 books, most often in Proverbs, which accounts for 3 of them.
Which books of the Bible mention Ransom?
Proverbs, Numbers, Exodus, Job, Matthew, Mark, Psalms.
Where can I read every verse about Ransom?
This page lists 10 of them. Protos carries all 10, and opens this entry on the verse you are reading rather than in a separate tab.
