'Victim' in the Bible

"Whoever kidnaps a person, whether he has sold him or whether the victim is still in his possession, is certainly to be put to death.

He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering [transferring symbolically his guilt to the sacrifice], that it may be accepted for him to make atonement on his behalf.

Next the priest shall offer the sin offering and make atonement for the one to be cleansed from his uncleanness, and afterward kill the burnt offering.

If the killer shoved his victim out of hatred, or hurled something at him while waiting in ambush so that he died,

“If a murder victim is found lying in a field in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him,

your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the nearby cities.

The elders of the city nearest to the victim are to get a young cow that has not been yoked or used for work.

All the elders of the city nearest to the victim will wash their hands by the stream over the young cow whose neck has been broken.

Your hands were not bound,your feet not placed in bronze shackles.You fell like one who falls victim to criminals.And all the people wept over him even more.

“Indeed, you have now become like a dried-up stream,You see a terror [believing me to be a victim of the wrath of God] and are afraid [to be compassionate].

He becomes the victim of his own destructive plans and the violence he intended for others falls on his own head.

He waits in ambush near the villages; in hidden places he kills the innocent. His eyes look for some unfortunate victim.

The victim is crushed, and he sinks down; the helpless fall by their might.

You have taken notice, for you always see one who inflicts pain and suffering. The unfortunate victim entrusts his cause to you; you deliver the fatherless.

A tongue of deceit hates its victim, and a flattering mouth makes ruin.

For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter, for the oppression of the king is severe upon his victim.

House of David, this is what the Lord says:Administer justice every morning,and rescue the victim of robberyfrom the hand of his oppressor,or My anger will flare up like fireand burn unquenchablybecause of their evil deeds.

This is what the Lord says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Don’t exploit or brutalize the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Don’t shed innocent blood in this place.

I will certainly save you. You will not fall victim to violence. You will escape with your life because you trust in me. I, the Lord, affirm it!"'"

And he will come {into the beautiful land} and many will fall victim, but these will escape from his power: Edom and Moab and the best part of the {Ammonites}.

The company of priests is like a gang of robbers, lying in ambush to pounce on a victim. They commit murder on the road to Shechem; they have done heinous crimes!

Won't your debtors rise up suddenly, and wake up those who make you tremble, and you will be their victim?