ἀπολύτρωσις

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, Hebr 11,35 of deliverance thr. Christ from evil and the consequences of sin: Luk 21,28, Rom 3,24 (Vau., in l) 8:23, 1 Kor 1,30, Ef 1,7, 14; 4,30, Kol 1,14, Hebr 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.)†