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To redeem

ἐξαγοράζωStrong’s G1805

exagorazō

Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament

In short

Exagorazō is the Greek word usually translated “redeeming”, “redeemed” and “may redeem”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.

“Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:”
Galatians 3:13 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “redeeming”, “redeemed” and “may redeem”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • redeeming 2
  • redeemed 1
  • he may redeem 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Galatians 2
  • Ephesians 1
  • Colossians 1

3 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

ἐξαγοράζω exagorazō · to redeem

ἐξ-αγοράζω [in LXX: καιρόν ὑμεῖς ἐξαγοράζετε (זְבַן), Dan LXX TH Dan.2:8 * ;] 1. to redeem, ransom (esp. of slaves): metaphorically, Gal.3:13 4:5. 2. to buy up; mid., to buy up for oneself: τ. καιρόν, Eph.5:16, Col.4:5 (Cremer, 60).† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “redeem” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

REDEE'M, verb transitive

[Latin redimo; red, re, and emo, to obtain or purchase.]

  1. To purchase back; to ransom; to liberate or rescue from captivity or bondage, or from any obligation or liability to suffer or to be forfeited, by paying an equivalent; as, to redeem prisoners or captured goods; to redeem a pledge.
  2. To repurchase what has been sold; to regain possession of a thing alienated, by repaying the value of it to the possessor.“If a man [shall] sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold” Leviticus 25:29
  3. To rescue; to recover; to deliver from.“Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles” Psalms 25:22
  4. To compensate; to make amends for.
All definitions
  1. To free by making atonement.
  2. To pay the penalty of.
  3. To save.
  4. To perform what has been promised; to make good by performance.
  5. In law, to recall an estate, or to obtain the right to re-enter upon a mortgaged estate by paying to the mortgagee his principal, interest, and expenses or costs.
  6. In theology, to rescue and deliver from the bondage of sin and the penalties of God's violated law, by obedience and suffering in the place of the sinner, or by doing and suffering that which is accepted in lieu of the sinner's obedience.“Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us” Galatians 3:13
  7. In commerce, to purchase or pay the value in specie, of any promissory note, bill or other evidence of debt, given by the state, by a company or corporation, or by an individual.

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.