G1805Greekἐxagorazómenoi
ἐξαγοραζόμενοι
to buy up, i.e., ransom; figuratively, to rescue from loss (improve opportunity)
4
Total Occurrences
3
Books
0
Old Testament
4
New Testament
Detailed Definition
- 1to redeem
- 2by payment of a price to recover from the power of another, to ransom, buy off
- 3to make wise and sacred use of every opportunity for doing good, so that zeal and well doing are as it were the purchase money by which we make the time our own
- 4metaphorically of christ freeing the elect from the dominion of the mosaic law at the price of his vicarious death
- 5to buy up, to buy up for one's self, for one's use
Etymology & Derivation
from g1537 and g0059