Redemption
λύτρωσιςStrong’s G3085lutrōsis
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Lutrōsis is the Greek word usually translated “redemption”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,”
Meaning
Usually translated “redemption”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- redemption 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 2
- Hebrews 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 2:38And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.
- Hebrews 9:12Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
Greek dictionary
λύτρωσις lutrōsis · redemption
λύτρωσις, -εως, ἡ (λυτρόω), [in LXX: Lev.25:29, 48, Isa.63:4 גְּאֻלָּה), Num.18:16, Psa.49:8 111:9 130:7 (פָּדָה, פִּדְיוֹם, פְּדוּת), Jdg.1:15 * ;] a ransoming, redemption (αἰχμαλώτων, Plut., Arat., 11): of the mediatorial work of Christ, Heb.9:12; in general sense, deliverance(cf. Psa.4:8, l.with): Luk.1:68 2:38.† (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.