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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

  • δικαιούμενοι δωρεὰν τῇ αὐτοῦ χάριτι διὰ τῆσ ἀπολυτρώσεωσ τῆσ ἐν Χριστῷ Ιἠσοῦ· (PROS RWMAIOUS, chapter 1 95:1)
  • καὶ μὴ λυπεῖτε τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον τοῦ θεοῦ, ἐν ᾧ ἐσφραγίσθητε εἰσ ἡμέραν ἀπολυτρώσεωσ. (PROS EFESIOUS, chapter 1 109:1)
  • πλειόνων δ’ ἢ τετρακοσίων ταλάντων τῆσ ἀπολυτρώσεωσ γενήσεσθαι φαμένων ταῦτά τε συνεχώρει καὶ τὸ ἀντίγραφον τοῦ προστάγματοσ εἰσ δήλωσιν τῆσ τοῦ βασιλέωσ μεγαλοφροσύνησ ἔγνωσαν διαφυλάξαι. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 12 33:1)

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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