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ἀπολύτρωσις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀπολύτρωσις

Structure: ἀπολυτρωσι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: from a)polutro/w

Sense

  1. a ransoming, redemption by payment of ransom

Examples

  • ἐὰν μὴ εὐαρεστήσῃ τῷ κυρίῳ αὐτῆσ ἣν αὐτῷ καθωμολογήσατο, ἀπολυτρώσει αὐτήν. ἔθνει δὲ ἀλλοτρίῳ οὐ κύριόσ ἐστι πωλεῖν αὐτήν, ὅτι ἠθέτησεν ἐν αὐτῇ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 21:8)

Synonyms

  1. a ransoming

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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