- Transliteration: Apolutrosis

- Phonetic: ap-ol-oo'-tro-sis

- Definition:

1. a releasing effected by payment of ransom

a. redemption, deliverance

b. liberation procured by the payment of a ransom

- Origin: from a compound of G575" class="dictionary-topic-link">G575 and G3083" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3083

- TDNT entry: 4:351,*

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

- Strong's: From a compound of G575" class="dictionary-topic-link">G575 and G3083" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3083; (the act) ransom in full that is (figuratively) riddance or (specifically) Christian salvation: - deliverance redemption.