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paid, in consideration of which he is set free. The original owner receives back his alienated and lost possession because he has bought it back “with a price.” This price or ransom (Gr. lutron) is always said to be Christ, his blood, his death. He secures our redemption by the payment of a ransom. (See REDEMPTION.)
•RAPHA tall. (1.) A Benjamite, the son of Binea (1 Chronicles 8:2, 37), a descendant of Saul. (2.) Margin of 1 Chronicles 20:4, 6, where “giant” is given in the text.