כֹּפֶר
ko.pher
ransom
Lexicon Entry
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Occurrences in Scripture
13 total occurrences across the text
If a ransom is imposed on him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is imposed.
Exodus 30:12“When you take a census of the children of Israel, according to those who are counted among them, then each man shall give a ransom for his soul to Yahweh, when you count them; that there be no plague among them when you count them.
Numbers 35:31“ ‘Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death. He shall surely be put to death.
Numbers 35:32“ ‘You shall take no ransom for him who has fled to his city of refuge, that he may come again to dwell in the land before the death of the priest.
1 Samuel 12:3Here I am. Witness against me before Yahweh, and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Of whose hand have I taken a bribe to make me blind my eyes? I will restore it to you.”
Job 33:24then God is gracious to him, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.’
Job 36:18Don’t let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.
Psalms 49:7none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him.
Proverbs 6:35He won’t regard any ransom, neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts.
Proverbs 13:8The ransom of a man’s life is his riches, but the poor hear no threats.
Proverbs 21:18The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, the treacherous for the upright.
Isaiah 43:3For I am Yahweh your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I have given Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place.
Amos 5:12For I know how many your offenses, and how great are your sins— you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn away the needy in the courts.