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Strong's G629 · Greek

ἀπολύτρωσις

apolutrosis · ap-ol-oo'-tro-sis

from a compound of 575 and 3083; (the act) ransom in full, i.e. (figuratively) riddance, or (specially) Christian salvation


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ἀπο-λύτρωσις (G629)

10 † ἀπο-λύτρωσις , -εως, ἡ ( ἀπολυτρόω , to release on payment of ransom , cf. λύτρον ), [in LXX: Da (LXX) 4:30 c *;] release effected by payment of ransom , redemption , deliverance ; metaph., He 11:35 ; of deliverance thr. Christ from evil and the consequences of sin: Lk 21:28 , Ro 3:24 (Vau., in l.) 8:23, I Co 1:30 , Eph 1:7 , 14 4:30 , Col 1:14 , He 9:15 . (On the extent to wh. the word retains the sense of ransom , v. ICC , Ro. , 3:24 , Westc., He. , 297 ff.; v. also ICC , Eph. , 11; DCG , ii, 605; Cremer, 410; Deiss., LAE , 331; Lft., Notes , 271, 316; Tr., Syn. , § lxxvii.)†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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