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redemption

Meaning of “redemption”

Sense 1: The act or right of buying back, recovering, or releasing a person or possession, commonly by a price. Sense 2: Deliverance from bondage, sin, transgression, death, or another stated evil; in Christ, through his blood and by means of death.

Definition sources

Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-referencesCawdrey 1604Webster 1828
20 occurrences20 verses10 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Leviticus 25:24

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Leviticus 25:24
And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Leviticus 25:24 · retained source text

And in all the land of your possession, ye shall grant a redemption for the land.

Leviticus 25:51
If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shall give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.
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1611 witness · Leviticus 25:51 · retained source text

If there be yet many yeeres behinde, according vnto them hee shall giue againe the price of his redemption, out of the money that hee was bought for.

Leviticus 25:52
And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Leviticus 25:52 · retained source text

And if there remaine but few yeeres vnto the yeere of Iubile, then he shall count with him, and according vnto his yeeres shall he giue him againe the price of his redemption.

Numbers 3:49
And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites:
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1611 witness · Numbers 3:49 · retained source text

And Moses tooke the redemption money, of them that were ouer and aboue them that were redeemed by the Leuites.

Psalms 49:8
(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
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1611 witness · Psalms 49:8 · retained source text

(For the redemption of their soule is precious, and it ceaseth for euer.)

Psalms 130:7
Let Israel hope in the Lord: for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.
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1611 witness · Psalms 130:7 · retained source text

Let Israel hope in the LORD, for with the LORD there is mercy: and with him is plenteous redemption.

Jeremiah 32:7
Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of redemption is thine to buy it.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 32:7 · retained source text

Behold, Hanameel the sonne of Shallum thine vncle, shall come vnto thee, saying; Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of redemption is thine to buy it.

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 25.24. ruth.4.4.

Jeremiah 32:8
So Hanameel mine uncle’s son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the Lord, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 32:8 · retained source text

So Hanameel mine vncles sonne came to me in the court of the prison, according to the word of the LORD, and said vnto me; Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the countrey of Beniamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine, buy it for thy selfe. Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.

Luke 2:38
And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Luke 2:38 · retained source text

And she comming in that instant, gaue thankes likewise vnto the Lord, and spake of him to al them that looked for redemption in Hierusalem.

1611 marginal noteOr, Israel.

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Jeremiah 32:8

So Hanameel mine uncle’s son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the Lord, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord.

Ephesians 1:7

In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

Hebrews 9:15

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.

Romans 8:23

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.

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Repurchase of captured goods or prisoners; the act of procuring the deliverance of persons or things from the possession and power of captors by the payment of an equivalent; ransom; release. Deliverance from bondage, distress, or from liability to any evil or forfeiture, either by money, labor or other means. Repurchase, as of lands alienated.

volume 2, leaf 438, columns 2-3 (noun entry, senses 1-3)

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