Strong's Lexicon
G629 — ἀπολύτρωσις
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G629 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀπολύτρωσις |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from a compound of G575 and G3083 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 10 |
| Transliteration: | apolutrosis |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ap-ol-oo'-tro-sis |
| Meaning: | 1. (the act) ransom in full 2. (figuratively) riddance 3. (specially) Christian salvation |
| KJV Renderings: | deliverance, redemption |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀπολύτρωσις, ἀπολυτρώσεως, ἡ (from ἀπολυτρόω signifying a. to redeem one by paying the price, cf. λύτρον: Plutarch, Pomp. 24; the Sept. Exo 21:8; Zep 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: Rom 3:24; Eph 1:7; Col 1:14 (cf. ἐξαγοράζω, ἀγοράζω, λυτρόω, etc. (and Trench, § lxxvii.)); ἀπολύτρωσιν τῶν ... παραβάσεων deliverance from the penalty of transgressions, effected through their expiation, Heb 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, Eph 4:30; in the same sense the word is apparently to be taken in 1Co 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, Eph 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, Rom 8:23 (Winer’s Grammar, 187 (176)); deliverance from the hatred and persecutions of enemies by the return of Christ from heaven, Luk 21:28, cf. Luk 18:7 f; deliverance or release from torture, Heb 11:35.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀπολύτρωσις (deliverance)
Luke 21:28
- KJV: And when these things begin to come to pass then look up and lift up your heads for your redemption draweth nigh
- GK: αρχομένων δε τούτων γίνεσθαι ανακύψατε και επάρατε τας κεφαλάς υμών διότι εγγίζει η απολύτρωσις
Romans 3:24
- KJV: Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus
- GK: δικαιούμενοι δωρεάν τη αυτού χάριτι διά της απολυτρώσεως της εν χριστώ Ιησού
Romans 8:23
- KJV: And not only but ourselves also which have the firstfruits of the Spirit even we ourselves groan within ourselves waiting for the adoption the redemption of our body
- GK: ου μόνον δε αλλά και αυτοί την απαρχήν του πνεύματος έχοντες και ημείς αυτοί εν εαυτοίς στενάζομεν υιοθεσίαν απεκδεχόμενοι την απολύτρωσιν του σώματος ημών
1 Corinthians 1:30
- KJV: But of him are ye in Christ Jesus who of God is made unto us wisdom and righteousness and sanctification and redemption
- GK: εξ αυτού δε υμείς εστε εν χριστώ Ιησού ος εγενήθη ημίν σοφία από θεού δικαιοσύνη τε και αγιασμός και απολύτρωσις
Ephesians 1:7
- KJV: In whom we have redemption through his blood the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of his grace
- GK: εν ω έχομεν την απολύτρωσιν διά του αίματος αυτού την άφεσιν των παραπτωμάτων κατά τον πλούτον της χάριτος αυτού
Ephesians 1:14
- KJV: Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession unto the praise of his glory
- GK: ος εστιν αρραβών της κληρονομίας ημών εις απολύτρωσιν της περιποιήσεως εις έπαινον της δόξης αυτού
Ephesians 4:30
- KJV: And grieve not the holy Spirit of God whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption
- GK: και μη λυπείτε το πνεύμα το άγιον του θεού εν ω εσφραγίσθητε εις ημέραν απολυτρώσεως
Colossians 1:14
- KJV: In whom we have redemption through his blood the forgiveness of sins
- GK: εν ω έχομεν την απολύτρωσιν διά του αίματος αυτού την άφεσιν των αμαρτιών
Hebrews 9:15
- KJV: And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament that by means of death for the redemption of the transgressions under the first testament they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance
- GK: και διά τούτο διαθήκης καινής μεσίτης εστίν όπως θανάτου γενομένου εις απολύτρωσιν των επί τη πρώτη διαθήκη παραβάσεων την επαγγελίαν λάβωσιν οι κεκλημένοι της αιωνίου κληρονομίας
Hebrews 11:35
- KJV: Women received their dead raised to life again and others were tortured not accepting deliverance that they might obtain a better resurrection
- GK: έλαβον γυναίκες εξ αναστάσεως τους νεκρούς αυτών άλλοι δε ετυμπανίσθησαν ου προσδεξάμενοι την απολύτρωσιν ίνα κρείττονος αναστάσεως τύχωσιν
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