פָּדָה
pâdâh · paw-daw'
to sever, i.e. ransom; gener. to release, preserve
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to sever, i.e. ransom; gener. to release, preserve
- to sever, i.e. ransom
- gener. to release, preserve
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] at all, deliver, [idiom] by any means, ransom, (that are to be, let be) redeem(-ed), rescue, [idiom] surely.
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › the doorway, the way in › to reveal, behold
To speak, the word of the doorway, the way in that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פָּדָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
59 occurrences · 59 OT · 0 NT · 48 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- redeem4 · 10%
- thou shalt redeem3 · 7%
- shalt thou redeem3 · 7%
- redeemed3 · 7%
- and redeemed3 · 7%
- whom thou hast redeemed3 · 7%
- shall be redeemed2 · 5%
- which thou hast redeemed2 · 5%
- to redeem2 · 5%
- and if thou wilt not redeem1 · 2%
- i redeem1 · 2%
- her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed1 · 2%
- and if thou redeem1 · 2%
- and not at all1 · 2%
- then he shall redeem1 · 2%
- shalt thou surely1 · 2%
- and those that are to be redeemed1 · 2%
- thou shalt not redeem1 · 2%
- rescued1 · 2%
- who hath redeemed1 · 2%
- which thou redeemedst1 · 2%
- that hath redeemed1 · 2%
- he shall redeem1 · 2%
- or, redeem1 · 2%
- he will deliver1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.