In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Colossians 1:14 · retained source text
In whom we haue redemption through his blood, euen the forgiuenesse of sinnes:
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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.
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Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-referencesCawdrey 1604Webster 1828
20 occurrences20 verses10 booksKJV PCE
First occurrence: Leviticus 25:24
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1 · Direct Scripture definition
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.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Historical definitions
Cawdrey 1604
Open source edition ↗A buying back; deliverance by payment of a price.
Webster 1828
Open source edition ↗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.