Apolutrōsis ἀπολύτρωσις

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Apolutrōsis
ἀπολύτρωσις
Transliterationapolutrōsis
Strong's numberG629
LanguageGreek
Part of speechfeminine noun
Glossredemption
Occurrences10 in 10 verses
Most frequent inEphesians (3)

Apolutrōsis (Greek ἀπολύτρωσις, Strong's G629) is a Greek feminine noun meaning “redemption”. It occurs 10 times in 10 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

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 the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVredemption (9), deliverance (1)
BSBredemption (8), redeem (1), release (1)

Topics

Verses

Every verse with Apolutrōsis, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Luke

Romans

1 Corinthians

Ephesians

Colossians

Hebrews

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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