Strong H3724H3724Aכֹּפֶר
ransom
One of the 4 senses of Strong H3724
- Transliteration
- kôpher
- Pronunciation
- ko'-fer
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
Definition
price of a life, ransom, bribe
General definition
From H3722; properly a {cover} that {is} (literally) a village (as covered in); (specifically) bitumen (as used for {coating }) and the henna plant (as used for dyeing); figuratively a redemption price: - {bribe} {camphire} {pitch} {ransom} {satisfaction} sum of {money} village.
In the Bible
Strong H3724A appears in 13 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- ransom8
- bribe2
- satisfaction2
- money1
First verses
- Exodus 21:30If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.
- Exodus 30:12When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the Lord, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.
- Numbers 35:31Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.
- Numbers 35:32And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.
- 1 Samuel 12:3Behold, here I am: witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
- Job 33:24Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
- Job 36:18Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
- Psalms 49:7None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
- Proverbs 6:35He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
- Proverbs 13:8The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
- Proverbs 21:18The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
- Isaiah 43:3For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
- Amos 5:12For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.