Lytron means “ransom” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H3083 — yehonathan (“Jonathan”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G3083 λύτρον (lutron) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. lutron (loo'-tron) n. 1. something to loosen with, i.e. a redemption price 2. (figuratively) atonement It has 21 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include ransom. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
lutron (loo'-tron) n. 1. something to loosen with, i.e. a redemption price 2. (figuratively) atonement [from G3089] KJV: ransom Root(s): G3089
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ransom
Usage: λύτρον, -ον, τό (λύω), [in LXX (Pent. .15 Pr .2, Isa .1) for פִּדְיוֹם and cogn. forms, גְּאֻלָּה, כֹּפֶר, מְחִיר ;] a ransom (as for a life, Exo.21:30; for slaves, Lev.19:20; for captives, Isa.45:13): ἀντὶ πολλῶν, Mat.20:28, Mrk.10:45 (see Swete, in l, and for discussion of λ. and its cognates, Westc., He., 295 f.; Deiss., LAE, 331 f.; cf. also ἀντί-λύτρον).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render lutron, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G3083 (λύτρον) appears 20 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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2 indexed usages in New Testament.
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
19 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And if a ransom should be imposed on him, he shall pay for the ransom of his soul as much as they shall lay upon him.
If thou take account of the children of Israel in the surveying of them, and they shall give every one a ransom for his soul to the Lord, then there shall not be among them a destruction in the visiting of them.
And if anyone lie carnally with a woman, and she should be a home servant kept for a man, and she has not been ransomed, and her freedom has not been given to her, they shall be visited with punishment; but they shall not die, because she was not set at liberty.
First 21 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3083.
And if a ransom should be imposed on him, he shall pay for the ransom of his soul as much as they shall lay upon him.
If thou take account of the children of Israel in the surveying of them, and they shall give every one a ransom for his soul to the Lord, then there shall not be among them a destruction in the visiting of them.
And if anyone lie carnally with a woman, and she should be a home servant kept for a man, and she has not been ransomed, and her freedom has not been given to her, they shall be visited with punishment; but they shall not die, because she was not set at liberty.
And in every land of your possession, ye shall allow ransoms for the land.
And if one have no near kinsman, and he prosper with his hand, and he find sufficient money, even his ransom;
And if any have a greater number of years than enough, according to these he shall pay his ransom out of his purchase money.
And if but a little time be left of the years to the year of release, then shall he reckon to him according to his years, and shall pay his ransom
And if a man should at all redeem his tithe, he shall add the fifth part to it, and it shall be his.
Behold, I have taken the Levites from the midst of the children of Israel, instead of every male that opens the womb from among the children of Israel: they shall be their ransom, and the Levites shall be mine.
And for the ransoms of the two hundred and seventy-three which exceed the Levites in number of the firstborn of the sons of Israel;
And thou shalt give the money to Aaron and to his sons, the ransom of those who exceed in number among them.
And Moses took the silver, the ransom of those that exceeded in number the redemption of the Levites.
And Moses gave the ransom of them that were over to Aaron and his sons, by the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.
And everything that opens the womb of all flesh, whatsoever they bring to the Lord, whether man or beast, shall be thine: only the firstborn of men shall be surely redeemed, and thou shalt redeem the firstborn of unclean cattle.
And ye shall not accept ransoms for life from a murderer who is worthy of death, for he shall be surely put to death.
Ye shall not accept a ransom to excuse his fleeing to the city of refuge, so that he should again dwell in the land, until the death of the high priest.
his enmity for any ransom: Neither will he be reconciled for many gifts.
A man’s own wealth is the ransom of his life: But the poor endures not threatening.
I have raised him up to be a king with righteousness, and all his ways are right: he shall build my city, and shall turn the captivity of my people, not for ransoms, nor for rewards, saith the Lord of hosts.
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3083, grouped by book.
Lytron (Strong's G3083) is a Greek word most simply glossed "ransom". lutron (loo'-tron) n. 1. something to loosen with, i.e. a redemption price 2. (figuratively) atonement
This page currently indexes 21 linked usages for Strong's G3083 across 7 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3083 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as ransom. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 19 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G3083, with linked reader references where each row is available.