λύτρον, -ον, τό
(< λύω), [in LXX (Pent.15, Pr2, Isa1) for פִּדְיוֹם and cogn. forms, גְּאֻלָּה, כֹּפֶר, מְחִיר;]
a ransom (as for a life, Ex 21:30; for slaves, Le 19:20; for captives, Is 45:13): ἀντὶ πολλῶν, Mt 20:28, Mk 10:45 (v. Swete, in l., and for discussion of λ. and its cognates, Westc., He., 295 f.; Deiss., LAE, 331 f.; cf. also ἀντί-λύτρον).†