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λυτρόω

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
λυτρόω
Greek transliteration: 
lytroō
Simplified transliteration: 
lytroo
Principal Parts: 
-, ἐλύτρωσα, -, -, ἐλυτρώθην
Numbers
Strong's number: 
3084
GK Number: 
3390
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
3
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
v-1d(3)
Gloss: 
to redeem, free a slave by paying a ransom; from the base meaning of slave redemption in the marketplace comes the figure of sinners redeemed by God from slavery to sin and death
Definition: 
to release for a ransom;, mid, to ransom, redeem, deliver, liberate, Lk. 24:21; Tit. 2:14; 1 Pet. 1:18*

Greek-English Concordance for λυτρόω

Luke 24:21 But we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem (lytrousthai | λυτροῦσθαι | pres mid inf ) Israel. Indeed, besides all this, but it is now the third day since these things happened.
Titus 2:14 who gave himself for us so that he might redeem (lytrōsētai | λυτρώσηται | aor mid subj 3 sg) us from all lawlessness and cleanse for himself a special people, a zealot for good works.
1 Peter 1:18 since you know that you (elytrōthēte | ἐλυτρώθητε | aor pass ind 2 pl) were (elytrōthēte | ἐλυτρώθητε | aor pass ind 2 pl) ransomed (elytrōthēte | ἐλυτρώθητε | aor pass ind 2 pl) from the empty way of life handed down from your ancestors, not by perishable things such as silver or gold,