Strong's Number G1805

ἐξαγοράζω

exagorazo · ex-ag-or-ad'-zo

Transliteration:

exagorazo{ex-ag-or-ad'-zo}

Word Origin:

from 1537 and 59

TDNT:

1:124,19

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

to buy up, i.e. ransom; figuratively, to rescue from loss (improve opportunity)

Usage in the KJV:

redeem 4

Total: 4
Occurs 4 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

to redeem
1. by payment of a price to recover from the power of another, to ransom, buy off
2. metaph. of Christ freeing the elect from the dominion of the Mosaic Law at the price of his vicarious death
to buy up, to buy up for one's self, for one's use
1. to 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