ἈΠΟΛΎΤΡΩΣΙΣ

ἈΠΟΛΎΤΡΩΣΙΣ: † ἀπο-λύτρωσις, -εως, ἡ [ (< ἀπολυτρόω, to release on payment of ransom, cf. λύτρον), [in LXX: Da (LXX) 4:30c*;] ] release effected by payment of ransom, redemption, deliverance; metaph., He 11:35; of deliverance thr. Christ from evil and the consequences of sin: Lk 21:28, Ro 3:24 (Vau., in l.) 8:23, I Co 1:30, Eph 1:7, 14 4:30, Col 1:14, He 9:15. (On the extent to wh. the word retains the sense of ransom, v. ICC, Ro., 3:24, Westc., He., 297 ff.; v. also ICC, Eph., 11; DCG, ii, 605; Cremer, 410; Deiss., LAE, 331; Lft., Notes, 271, 316; Tr., Syn., § lxxvii.)†