noun · feminine

lutrōsias

Greekλύτρωσις (lutrōsis)

Strong’sG3085

liberation, deliverance, release

stem lutrōsi-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

redemption3×

What it means

† λύτρωσις, -εως, ἡ

(< λυτρόω), [in LXX: Le 25:29, 48, Is 63:4 גְּאֻלִים, גְּאֻלָּה), Nu 18:16, Ps 48 (49):8 110 (111):9 129 (130):7 (פָּדָה, פִּדְיֹן, פְּדוּת), Jg 1:15*;]

a ransoming, redemption (αἰχμαλώτων, Plut., Arat., 11): of the mediatorial work of Christ, He 9:12; in general sense, deliverance (cf. Ps 48 (49):8): Lk 1:68 2:38.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3085 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidloo'-tro-sis

a ransoming (figuratively)

Fromfrom G3084;

King James+ redeemed, redemption.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	lutrōsias	lutrōsiais
object accusative	lutrōsian3×λύτρωσιν	lutrōsiain
direct address vocative	lutrōsiar	lutrōsiair
of, belonging to genitive	lutrōsiau	lutrōsiaiu
to, for dative	lutrōsia	lutrōsiai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

lutrōsistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

lutrōsia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

lutrōsian“redemption”objectaccusative singular3×

Luke 1:68“redemption”Eulogētos kurios tos theos tou Israēl, hoti episkepteta kai poiata lutrōsian to lao autou,“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.

Luke 2:38“redemption”kai auta ta hōra efistanaratas anthomologete to theo kai lalate peri autou pantoi toi prosdecherōtoi lutrōsian Ierousalēm.Coming forward at that moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the Child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

Hebrews 9:12“redemption”oude dia haimeu tragoiu kai moschoiu dia de teu idieu haimeu, eiserchata efapax eis teim hagieim, aiōnian lutrōsian heuriskeratos.He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.