פִּדְיוֹם
𐤐𐤃𐤉𐤅𐤌
pidyôwm
H6306 noun
SILEX Entry
Definition
The act or price of releasing someone or something from a state of obligation, forfeiture, or alienation, often through a specified payment or process. Refers both to the means (such as a sum of money or equivalent offering) by which release is secured and to the overall institution or process of securing such release. Used particularly for persons or items dedicated or claimed for sanctuary or sanctuary service, but also for general acts of release or liberation mediated through payment.
Semantic Range
ransom, redemption price, the act of redeeming, the means of emancipation, process of official release, ransom payment
Root / Etymology
Formed from the root פדה (p-d-h), meaning 'to redeem, deliver, release'. 'Pidyôm' or 'pidyōn' is a noun formation, denoting the means or act of redemption. The core root meaning ('to liberate, to buy back, to reclaim through payment') underlies the specific sense of this word as a technical or legal term for ransom or redemption.
Historical & Contextual Notes
פִּדְיוֹם occurs especially in legal and cultic texts, where it refers to set procedures for the redemption of persons, animals, or items dedicated to sanctuary use (see Leviticus 27; Numbers 3 and 18 regarding the 'redemption' of firstborn Israelites or Levites, distinct from regular market transactions). In later periods and rabbinic tradition, פִּדְיוֹן (pidyon) becomes a generalized term for the act of redeeming (such as 'pidyon haben', redemption of the firstborn son). English translations sometimes flatten distinctions between פָּדָה (verb, to redeem in general), כֹּפֶר (kofer, payment of compensation or bribe), and גְּאוּלָּה (ge'ullah, redemption via kinship), but פִּדְיוֹם specifically involves an official or prescribed ransom/redemption price set by legal or cultic stipulation. In post-biblical usage, the term broadens to include various forms of redemption (social, spiritual, economic).
Original Strong's Gloss (1890)
or פִּדְיֹם; also פִּדְיוֹן; or פִּדְיֹן; from פָּדָה; a ransom; ransom, that were redeemed, redemption.
Bantu Hebrew
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פדה (p-d-h) — redeem, release, deliver, buy back
| Strong's | Lemma | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|
| H3301 | יִפְדְּיָה | and Yah redeems |
| H6299 | פָּדָה | I will redeem |
| H6300 | פְּדַהְאֵל | El-has-ransomed |
| H6302 | פָּדוּי | the ransomed ones |
| H6303 | פָּדוֹן | Ransomed-one |
Word Forms
2 distinct forms
| SIDANCE | Surface | Transliteration | Morphology | Common | SIBI-P1 | SIBI-P2 | Occurrences |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
H6306-02 |
פִּדְיֹ֣ן | pideyon | HNcmsc |
redemption | ransom-price of | ransom-price | 2 |
H6306-01 |
הַ/פִּדְי֑וֹם | hapideyom | HTd/Ncmsa |
of the redemption | the redemption-price | the redemption-price | 1 |
Occurrences in Scripture
3 occurrences
| SIDANCE | Reference | Word | Transliteration | Morphology | Common | SIBI-P1 | SIBI-P2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
H6306-02 |
Exodus 21:30 | פִּדְיֹ֣ן | pideyon | HNcmsc |
redemption | ransom-price of | ransom-price of |
H6306-01 |
Numbers 3:49 | הַ/פִּדְי֑וֹם | hapideyom | HTd/Ncmsa |
of the redemption | the redemption-price | the redemption-price |
H6306-02 |
Psalms 49:9 | פִּדְי֥וֹן | pideyon | HNcmsc |
redemption | ransom-price of | ransom-price |