פִּדְיוֹם
pidyôwm · pid-yome'
a ransom
Lexicon
Derivation: or פִּדְיֹם; also פִּדְיוֹן; or פִּדְיֹן; from H6299 (פָּדָה);
a ransom
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: ransom, that were redeemed, redemption.
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › the doorway, the way in › the hand that works › to fasten and establish › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To speak, the word of the doorway, the way in of the hand that works that works to fasten and establish of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פִּדְיוֹם 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
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- for the ransom1 · 25%
- the redemption1 · 25%
- of them that were redeemed1 · 25%
- for the redemption1 · 25%
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.