Word Summary
lytrōsis: a ransoming, a redemption
Original Word: λύτρωσιςTransliteration: lytrōsis
Phonetic Spelling: (loo'-tro-sis)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a ransoming, a redemption
Meaning: a ransoming, a redemption
Strong's Concordance
a ransoming, redemption
From lutroo; a ransoming (figuratively) -- + redeemed, redemption.
see GREEK lutroo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3085: λύτρωσιςλύτρωσις,
λυτρώσεως,
ἡ (
λυτρόω),
a ransoming, redemption: properly,
αἰχμαολωτων,
Plutarch,
Aratus, 11; for
גְּאֻלָּה,
Leviticus 25:(29),48; universally,
deliverance, redemption, in the theocratic sense (see
λυτρόω, 2 (cf.
Graecus Venetus,
Leviticus 25:10, etc.;
Psalm 48:9 ())): Luke 1:68; Luke 2:38; specifically, redemption from the penalty of sin: Hebrews 9:12. (Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 12, 7 [ET]; 'Teaching' 4, 6 [ET]; etc.)