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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)
  • αὐλοὶ δὲ καὶ ψαλμοὶ καὶ μέθαι παρὰ πᾶσαν ἀκτὴν καὶ σωμάτων ἡγεμονικῶν ἁρπαγαὶ καὶ πόλεων αἰχμαλώτων ἀπολυτρώσεισ ὄνειδοσ ἦσαν τῆσ Ῥωμαίων ἡγεμονίασ, ἐγένοντο δ’ οὖν αἱ μὲν λῃστρίδεσ νῆεσ ὑπὲρ χιλίασ, αἱ δὲ ἁλοῦσαι πόλεισ ὑπ’ αὐτῶν τετρακόσιαι. (Plutarch, Pompey, chapter 24 4:1)
  • ἐγγίζει ἡ ἀπολύτρωσισ ὑμῶν. (, chapter 14 331:2)
  • δικαιούμενοι δωρεὰν τῇ αὐτοῦ χάριτι διὰ τῆσ ἀπολυτρώσεωσ τῆσ ἐν Χριστῷ Ιἠσοῦ· (PROS RWMAIOUS, chapter 1 95:1)
  • οὐ μόνον δέ, ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτοὶ τὴν ἀπαρχὴν τοῦ πνεύματοσ ἔχοντεσ [ἡμεῖσ] καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐν ἑαυτοῖσ στενάζομεν, υἱοθεσίαν ἀπεκδεχόμενοι τὴν ἀπολύτρωσιν τοῦ σώματοσ ἡμῶν. (PROS RWMAIOUS, chapter 1 231:1)

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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