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)