Easton’s Bible Dictionary

Hostage

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

Hostage in Nave’s Topical Bible2 references, arranged by theme

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain. Text via Theographic Bible Metadata, CC BY-SA 4.0.