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פָּדוּי

𐤐𐤃𐤅𐤉

pâdûwy

H6302 noun

SILEX Entry

Root פדה to redeem, to ransom, to release, to buy out

Definition

One who has been ransomed, released, or set free, especially as a result of payment or intervention; in plural, those who are redeemed or ransom itself (as an abstract concept). The term refers specifically to the state of having experienced redemption, emphasizing the completion of the act, whether that refers to persons (such as those liberated from captivity, danger, or obligation) or, in special contexts, the price paid for such liberation.

Semantic Range

one who has been ransomed, person delivered by redemption, the redeemed (collective), abstractly the state of being redeemed, ransom (the price paid), release from obligation, deliverance from danger or captivity

Root / Etymology

Derived from the verb פָּדָה (padah), which means 'to redeem, ransom, rescue, release.' פָּדוּי is a passive participle in form, signifying 'one who has been ransomed' or 'one released,' and sometimes used substantively as 'the redeemed.' The root פּ-ד-ה expresses the idea of effecting a transfer of ownership, securing release (especially by payment).

Historical & Contextual Notes

פָּדוּי occurs primarily in poetic and prophetic literature to denote individuals or groups who have experienced deliverance—often from threat, servitude, or exile—and sometimes refers to abstract notions of release or the state of being ransomed. In contexts of Israelite law and cult, redemption could be economic (release from debt or servitude), familial (reclaiming kin through payment), or national (collective liberation). In exilic and post-exilic texts, the plural is used for Israelites/Judahites delivered from foreign captivity. In English translations, 'redeemed' or 'ransomed' may obscure the social, legal, or cultic dynamics implied by the original Hebrew, which often involves contractual or kin-based obligations. The term is distinct from other roots for 'deliver' or 'save' (e.g., נצל), and especially emphasizes an act of paying or effecting release via a redeeming agent. Although later English Bibles sometimes render the participle as 'the ransomed' or 'the redeemed,' it is important to recognize these are not specifically religious titles in the biblical text but reflect a literal state of having been freed through redemption. In Second Temple and later periods, 'redeemed' could take on more abstract spiritual senses, but in biblical usage, the focus remains concrete, legal, or social.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

passive participle of פָּדָה. ransomed (and so occurring under פָּדָה); as abstractly (in plural masculine) a ransom; (that are) to be (that were) redeemed.

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Root Family

פדה (p-d-h) — to redeem, to ransom, to release, to buy out

Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
H3301 יִפְדְּיָה and Yah redeems
H6299 פָּדָה I will redeem
H6300 פְּדַהְאֵל El-has-ransomed
H6303 פָּדוֹן Ransomed-one
H6304 פְּדוּת redemption

Word Forms

2 distinct forms

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 Occurrences
H6302-02 פְּדוּיֵ֣י peduyey HNcmpc the redeemed ransomed ones of 3
H6302-01 הַ/פְּדֻיִ֛ם hapeduyim HTd/Ncmpa of the redeemed the ransomed ones 1

Occurrences in Scripture

4 total occurrences

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1
H6302-02 Numbers 3:46 פְּדוּיֵ֣י peduyey HNcmpc to be redeemed ransomed ones of
H6302-02 Numbers 3:48 פְּדוּיֵ֕י peduyey HNcmpc the redemption of ransomed ones of
H6302-02 Numbers 3:49 פְּדוּיֵ֥י peduyey HNcmpc the redeemed ransomed ones of
H6302-01 Numbers 3:51 הַ/פְּדֻיִ֛ם hapeduyim HTd/Ncmpa of the redeemed the ransomed ones
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