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Hostage

Easton's Bible Dictionary

A person delivered into the hands of another as a security for the performance of some promise, etc. (2 Kgs 14:14; 2 Chr 25:24).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

hos'-taj.

See WAR.

Kilde: Easton's Bible Dictionary (M.G. Easton, 1897) og International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (red. James Orr, 1915/1939), public domain. Translated into Danish with AI and not yet proofread (fully or partially). Links to people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0).