Word

פָּדָה

pâdâh · H6299 · Hebrew · 59 occurrences

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Meanings

to ransom, to redeem

An action by which humans exchange animals or other humans by substituting money or another animal, so that they escape death or slavery

Examples
Exodus 13:13 “But every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, then you shall break its neck; and every firstborn among your sons you shall redeem.
Exodus 21:8 “If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who designated her for himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He does not have authority to sell her to a foreign people, because of his unfairness to her.
Exodus 13:15 ‘And it came about, when Pharaoh was stubborn about letting us go, that the LORD put to death every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from human firstborns to animal firstborns. Therefore, I sacrifice to the LORD the males, every firstborn of a womb, but every firstborn of my sons I redeem.’
to redeem, to save, to deliver

Literally: to redeem, ransom; hence: causative action by which humans or deities help (other) humans out of a dangerous, life-threatening, or otherwise difficult situation

Examples
Deuteronomy 7:8 but because the LORD loved you and kept the oath which He swore to your forefathers, the LORD brought you out by a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 9:26 “And I prayed to the LORD and said, ‘Lord GOD, do not destroy Your people, Your inheritance, whom You have redeemed through Your greatness, whom You have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand!
Deuteronomy 15:15 “And you are to remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you; therefore I am commanding this of you today.

How it’s used In 8 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

53 occurrences in 14 groups

Not stated: you (one person) 22
Not stated: he, she or it 11
Not stated: I 5
יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 4
Other words · 10 groups that occur once or twice (11) 11

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

40 occurrences in 15 groups

בְּכוֹרfirstborn 8
ךָּyou 7
נֶפֶשׁsoul, life 6
נִיme 5
הֶםthem 4
Other words · 10 groups that occur once or twice (12) 12

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

29 occurrences in 24 groups

מִןfrom+ יָדhand, power 4
מִןfrom+ בַּיִתhouse, household 3
מִןfrom+ צָרָהtrouble, distress 3
Other words · 21 groups that occur once or twice (25) 25

With adverbsAdverbs

7 occurrences in 2 groups

לֹאnot 6
אַךְonly 1

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

3 occurrences in 2 groups

יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 2
הוּhis 1

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 1

What it doesIt is the subject

2 occurrences in 1 groups

שׁוּבto return, to turn back 2

What is done to itIt is the object

3 occurrences in 2 groups

זָכַרto remember 2
פָּדָהto redeem, to ransom 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

λυτρόω lytróō · G3084 · to set free, to liberate, to deliver: Greek λυτρόω specifically denotes the act of ransoming or redeeming through payment of a price, serving as the primary LXX rendering of Hebrew פָּדָה's core sense of redemption/deliverance, particularly in contexts involving payment or substitutionary release.

Semantic domains 2 entries

Exchange002003002010: פָּדָה means to redeem, paying a price in exchange for release, as in the repeated law of redeeming the firstborn of a donkey with a lamb in Exodus 13:13, 13:15, and 34:20, and the redemption of a slave woman in Exodus 21:8 and Leviticus 19:20.
Safe002003003019: The word also carries the broader sense of delivering or rescuing from danger, the safety secured through redemption.

Word family 3 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

פָּדָהpâdâh · H6299פָּדוּי pâdûwy · H6302 · ransom, redemption money · 4×פִּדְיוֹם pidyôwm · H6306 · ransom, redemption money · 3×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6299. padah מָּדָה verb ransom (Late Hebrew in derivatives; Phoenician in proper name;…

H6299. padah
מָּדָה verb ransom (Late Hebrew in derivatives; Phoenician in proper name; Assyrian padû, id., Arabic ; Ethiopic ; Minaean פדית redeemed or purchased land MordtBeitr. 23); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular מָּדָה Lev 27:27 +; suffix מָּֽדְךָ Job 5:20; Job 5:2masculine singular מָּדִיתָ Deu 9:26 +, etc.; Imperfect יִפְדֶּה Psa 49:8 +, etc.; Imperative מְּדֵה Psa 25:22; suffix מְּדֵנִי Psa 26:11 Psa 26:3t.; Infinitive absolute מָּדֹה Num 18:15; Psa 49:8; construct לִפְדּוֺת 2Sa 7:23 = 1Ch 17:2; Participle active מּוֺדֶה Psalm 34:23; suffix מֹּדְךָ Deu 13:6; passive plural construct מְּדוּיֵּי Isa 35:10; Isa 51:11; Num 3:49; also absolute מְּדוּיִם Num 3:51 (Qr; Kt פדים), construct מְּדוּיֵי Num 3:46; suffix מְּדוּיָו Num 18:16 (all noun abstract according to Di Köii. 1, 138, see מִּדְיֹם מְּדוּיִם, below); — ransom:
1 for an assessed price Exo 13:13, Exo 13:15; Exo 34:20 (J), Lev 27:27; Num 3:46, Num 3:48, Num 3:49, Num 3:51; Num 18:15-16, Num 18:17 (P).
2 from violence and death 1Sa 14:45; Job 6:23; Psa 49:8.
3 God subject (underlying thought of payment):
a. from Egypt, with עֲבָדִים מִבֵּית מִן, Deu 7:8; Deu 13:6; Mic 6:4; מִנִּיצָֿר Psa 78:42; ממצרים 2Sa 7:23 (but strike out מָּדִיתָ GeiUrschr. 288 We Dr and others) = 1Ch 17:21; מִשָּׁם Deu 24:18; absolute Deu 9:26; Deu 15:15; Deu 21:8; Neh 1:10.
b. from exile, Jer 31:11; Zec 10:8; י ׳מְּדוּיֵּי יְשֻׁבוּן Isa 35:10 = Isa 51:11.
c. in General Hos 7:13; צָרוֺתָיו מִכֹּל Psa 25:22; עֲוֺנוֺתָיו מִכֹּל Psa 130:8.
d. with accusative individual Psa 26:11; Psa 31:6; Psalm 44:27; Psa 69:19; Abraham Isa 29:22; נפשׁ ׳פ Psalm 34:23; Psa 71:23; + צרה מכל 2Sa 4:9; 1Ki 1:29; בַּשָּׁ֑חַת מֵעֲבֹר Job 33:28; מִקְּרָבלִֿי Psa 55:19; מִמָּוֶת Job 5:20; שׁאול מיד Psa 49:16; Hos 13:14; אָדָם מֵעשֶׁק Psa 119:134; עָרִיצִים מִכַּף Jer 15:21.
Niph`al Perfect3feminine singular (+
Hoph`al Infinitive absolute) נִפְדָּ֑תָה לֹא הָפְדֵּה Lev 19:20 she hath not been at all ransomed (from bondage); Imperfect יִמָּדֶה Lev 27:29 (from ban); 3 feminine singular תִּמָּדֶ֑ה בְּמִשְׁמָּט צִיּוֺן Isa 1:27.
Hiph`il Perfect3masculine singular suffix וְהֶפְדָּהּ Exo 21:8 he shall let her be ransomed.
Hiph`il Infinitive absolute see
Niph`al

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Exchange18 occurrences Safe39 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0