Redemption
ἀπολύτρωσιςStrong’s G0629apolutrōsis
Appears in 10 verses of the New Testament
In short
Apolutrōsis is the Greek word usually translated “redemption” and “release”. It appears in 10 verses of the New Testament.
“And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.”
Meaning
Usually translated “redemption” and “release”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- redemption 8
- of redemption 1
- release 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ephesians 3
- Romans 2
- Hebrews 2
- Luke 1
- 1 Corinthians 1
- Colossians 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Romans 3:24Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
- Romans 8:23And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
- 1 Corinthians 1:30But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
- Ephesians 1:7In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
- Ephesians 1:14Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
- Ephesians 4:30And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
Greek dictionary
ἀπολύτρωσις apolutrōsis · redemption
ἀπο-λύτρωσις, -εως, ἡ (ἀπολυτρόω, to release on payment of ransom, cf. λύτρον), [in LXX: Da (LXX) Dan.4:30 with * ;] release effected by payment of ransom, redemption, deliverance; metaphorically, Heb.11:35; of deliverance thr. Christ from evil and the consequences of sin: Luk.21:28, Rom.3:24 (Vau., in l) 8:23, 1Co.1:30, Eph.1:7, 14 4:30, Col.1:14, Heb.9:15. (On the extent to WH. the word retains the sense of ransom, see ICC, Rom.3:24, Westc., He., 297 ff.; see also ICC, Eph., 11; DCG, ii, 605; Cremer, 410; Deiss., LAE, 331; Lft., Notes, 271, 316; Tr., Syn., § 77.)† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “redemption” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
REDEMP'TION, noun
[Latin redemptio. See Redeem.]
- Repurchase of captured goods or prisoners; the act of procuring the deliverance of persons or things from the possession and power of captors by the payment of an equivalent; ransom; release; as the redemption of prisoners taken in war; the redemption of a ship and cargo.
- Deliverance from bondage, distress, or from liability to any evil or forfeiture, either by money, labor or other means.
- Repurchase, as of lands alienated. Leviticus 25:24Jeremiah 32:7
- The liberation of an estate from a mortgage; or the purchase of the right to re-enter upon it by paying the principal sum for which it was mortgaged with interest and cost; also, the right of redeeming and re-entering.
All definitions
- Repurchase of notes, bills or other evidence of debt by paying their value in specie to their holders.
- In theology, the purchase of God's favor by the death and sufferings of Christ; the ransom or deliverance of sinners from the bondage of sin and the penalties of God's violated law by the atonement of Christ.“In whom we have redemption through his blood” Ephesians 1:7
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.