λύτρον [2 verses](noun sg neut nom/acc) "Ransom" is lutron, which "ransom," "the price paid for ransom," "the price paid for the freedom of a slave," "sum paid for redemption of a pledge," "atonement," and generally, "recompense."  - The word translated as "ransom" means the money paid for a ransom, but it also means the money paid to free a slave, or, more generally, "recompense."