Strong's Lexicon apolutrósis: Redemption Original Word: ἀπολύτρωσις Word Origin: Derived from ἀπολύω (apolúō), meaning "to release" or "to set free." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H1353 (גְּאֻלָּה, ge'ullah): Refers to redemption or the right of redemption. - H6306 (פְּדוּת, peduth): Refers to ransom or redemption. Usage: The term "apolutrósis" primarily refers to the act of redeeming or the state of being redeemed. In the New Testament, it is used to describe the deliverance from sin and its consequences through the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ. It conveys the idea of liberation or release, often with the implication of a ransom being paid. Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, "apolutrósis" was commonly used in the context of freeing a slave or a prisoner, often involving the payment of a ransom. This concept was familiar to early Christians, who understood Christ's sacrificial death as the ultimate ransom that secured their freedom from the bondage of sin and death. The Jewish tradition of redemption, particularly the redemption of the firstborn and the concept of the kinsman-redeemer, also provides a rich backdrop for understanding this term. HELPS Word-studies 629 apolýtrōsis(from 575 /apó, "from" and 3084 /lytróō, "redeem") – properly, redemption – literally, "buying back from, re-purchasing (winning back) what was previously forfeited (lost)." 629 /apolýtrōsis ("redemption, re-purchase") emphasizes the distance ("safety-margin") that results between the rescued person, and what previously enslaved them. For the believer, the prefix (575 /apó) looks back to God's effective work of grace, purchasing them from the debt of sin and bringing them to their new status (being in Christ). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom apolutroó (to release on payment of ransom) Definition a release effected by payment of ransom NASB Translation redemption (9), release (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 629: ἀπολύτρωσιςἀπολύτρωσις, ἀπολυτρώσεως, ἡ (from ἀπολυτρόω signifying a. to redeem one by paying the price, cf. λύτρον: Plutarch, Pomp. 24; the Sept. Exodus 21:8; Zephaniah 3:1; b. to let one go free on receiving the price: Plato, legg. 11, p. 919a.; Polybius 22, 21, 8; (cf.) Diodorus 13, 24), "a releasing effected by payment of ransom; redemption, deliverance, liberation procured by the payment of a ransom"; 1. properly: πόλεων αἰχμαλώτων, Plutarch, Pomp. 24 (the only passage in secular writings where the word has as yet been noted; (add, Josephus, Antiquities 12, 2, 3; Diodorus fragment l. xxxvii. 5, 3, p. 149, 6 Dindorf; Philo, quod omn. prob. book § 17)). 2. everywhere in the N. T. metaphorically, viz. deliverance effected through the death of Christ from the retributive wrath of a holy God and the merited penalty of sin: Romans 3:24; Ephesians 1:7; Colossians 1:14 (cf. ἐξαγοράζω, ἀγοράζω, λυτρόω, etc. (and Trench, § lxxvii.)); ἀπολύτρωσιν τῶν ... παραβάσεων deliverance from the penalty of transgressions, effected through their expiation, Hebrews 9:15 (cf. Delitzsch at the passage and Fritzsche on Romans, vol. ii., p. 178); ἡμέρα ἀπολυτρώσεως, the last day, when consummate liberation is experienced from the sin still lingering even in the regenerate, and from all the ills and troubles of this life, Ephesians 4:30; in the same sense the word is apparently to be taken in 1 Corinthians 1:30 (where Christ himself is said to be redemption, i. e. the author of redemption, the one without whom we could have none), and is to be taken in the phrase ἀπολύτρωσιν τῆς περιποιήσεως, Ephesians 1:14, the redemption which will come to his possession, or to the men who are God's own through Christ (cf. Meyer at the passage); τοῦ σώματος, deliverance of the body from frailty and mortality, Romans 8:23 (Winer's Grammar, 187 (176)); deliverance from the hatred and persecutions of enemies by the return of Christ from heaven, Luke 21:28, cf. Luke 18:7f; deliverance or release from torture, Hebrews 11:35. From a compound of apo and lutron; (the act) ransom in full, i.e. (figuratively) riddance, or (specially) Christian salvation -- deliverance, redemption. see GREEK apo see GREEK lutron Englishman's Concordance Luke 21:28 N-NFSGRK: ἐγγίζει ἡ ἀπολύτρωσις ὑμῶν NAS: because your redemption is drawing near. KJV: for your redemption draweth nigh. INT: draws near the redemption of you Romans 3:24 N-GFS Romans 8:23 N-AFS 1 Corinthians 1:30 N-NFS Ephesians 1:7 N-AFS Ephesians 1:14 N-AFS Ephesians 4:30 N-GFS Colossians 1:14 N-AFS Hebrews 9:15 N-AFS Hebrews 11:35 N-AFS Strong's Greek 629 |
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