"redemption, a deliverance, procured by the payment of a ransom; meton. the author of redemption, 1 Cor. 1:30; deliverance, simply, the idea of a ransom being excluded, Lk. 21:28; Heb. 11:35"
Definition and meaning
redemption, a deliverance, procured by the payment of a ransom; meton. the author of redemption, 1 Cor. 1:30; deliverance, simply, the idea of a ransom being excluded, Lk. 21:28; Heb. 11:35
In the original Greek the word is written: ἀπολύτρωσις
Historical context
Luke wrote as a historian addressing a Greek audience. He carefully interviewed eyewitnesses and arranged events in order. The social and economic realities he describes — Roman taxation, Jewish religious hierarchy, the marginalization of women and the poor — are consistent with first-century Judea under Roman administration.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of apolytrosis (G629) across the King James Bible.
And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
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Common questions
Strong's G629 (apolytrosis) is a Greek word that means: redemption, a deliverance, procured by the payment of a ransom; meton. the author of redemption, 1 Cor. 1:30; deliverance, simply, the idea of a ransom being excluded, Lk. 21:28; Heb. 11:35 It appears 10 times in the King James Bible.
The word apolytrosis (G629) appears 10 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G629 is apolytrosis, a Greek word defined as: redemption, a deliverance, procured by the payment of a ransom; meton. the author of redemption, 1 Cor. 1:30; deliverance, simply, the idea of a ranso. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
apolytrosis is a Greek word found in the New Testament.