ἀπο-λύτρωσις, -εως, ἡ

(ἀπολυτρόω, to release on payment of ransom, cf. λύτρον), [in LXX: Da (LXX) Dan.4:30 with * ;]

release effected by pay­ment of ransom, redemption, deliverance; metaphorically, Heb.11:35; of deliverance thr. Christ from evil and the consequences of sin: Luk.21:28, Rom.3:24 (Vau. in l) 8:23, 1Co.1:30, Eph.1:7, 14 4:30, Col.1:14, Heb.9:15. (On the extent to WH. the word retains the sense of ransom, see ICC, Rom.3:24, Westc. He. 297 ff.; see also ICC, Eph. 11; DCG, ii, 605; Cremer, 410; Deiss. LAE, 331; Lft. Notes, 271, 316; Tr. Syn. § 77.)†

(AS)

release effected by payment of ransom; redemption; deliverance