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redeeming

Meaning of “redeeming”

1. Buying back, recovering, freeing, or reclaiming. 2. Securing and making full use of time or opportunity.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
3 occurrences3 verses3 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Ruth 4:7

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Every verse containing “redeeming”

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Ruth 4:7
Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a testimony in Israel.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ruth 4:7 · retained source text

Now this was the maner in former time in Israel, concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirme all things: a man plucked off his shooe, and gaue it to his neighbour: and this was a testimonie in Israel.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 25.7,9.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Ransoming; procuring deliverance from captivity, capture, bondage, sin, distress or liability to suffer, by the payment of an equivalent.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 2, leaf 438