ἐξαγοράζω
exagorázō · G1805 · Greek · 4 occurrences
Meanings
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to redeem, to set free
(Figurative extension of meaning of ἐξαγοράζω ‘to pay a price,’ not occurring in the NT) To cause the release or freedom of someone by a means which proves costly to the individual causing the release
ExamplesGalatians 3:13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us—for it is written: “CURSED IS EVERYONE WHO HANGS ON A TREE”—
Galatians 4:5 so that He might redeem those who were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption as sons and daughters.
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to make good use of every opportunity, to take advantage of every chance
(An idiom, literally: to buy out the time) To take full advantage of any opportunity
ExamplesEphesians 5:16 making the most of your time, because the days are evil.
Colossians 4:5 Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity.
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to work urgently, to redeem the time
(An idiom, literally: to redeem the time) To do something with intensity and urgency (used absolutely)
ExamplesEphesians 5:16 making the most of your time, because the days are evil.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- Not stated (participle) 2
- ΧριστόςChrist, Messiah 1
- Not stated: he, she or it 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- καιρόςtime, occasion, period of time 2
- ἐγώI, we 1
- νόμοςlaw, the Law 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐκfrom+ κατάραcurse 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 3 entries
- To redeem, to set free37.131
- This verb describes purchasing freedom or release from bondage, used of Paul's declaration that Christ redeemed believers from the curse of the Law by becoming a curse for them — "Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us" (Galatians 3:13).
- To make good use of every opportunity, to take advantage of every chance65.42
- It also describes seizing and making the most of an opportunity, used of Paul's instruction to the Ephesians to make the most of their time because the days are evil — "making the most of your time, because the days are evil" (Ephesians 5:16).
- To work urgently, to redeem the time68.73
- It further describes an urgent, deliberate use of time in view of pressing circumstances, used in the same Ephesians passage of making the most of the time given the evil of the days, and of Paul's parallel instruction to the Colossians to conduct themselves wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity — "redeeming the time" (Colossians 4:5).
Word family 10 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : 1 aorist ἐξηγόρασα; (present middle ἐξαγοράζομαι); 1. to redeem i. e. by payment of a…
1. to redeem i. e. by payment of a price to recover from the power of another, to ransom, buy off (cf. ἐκ, VI. 2): properly, θεραπαινιδα, Diodorus 36, 1, p. 530; metaphorically, of Christ freeing men from the dominion of the Mosaic law at the price of his vicarious death (see ἀγοράζω, 2 b.), τινα, Gal 4:5; with addition of ἐκ τῆς κατάρας τοῦ νόμου, Gal 3:13.
2. to buy up, Polybius 3, 42, 2; Plutarch, Crass. 2; middle τί, to buy up for oneself, for one's use (Winers Grammar, § 38, 2 b.; Buttmann, 192 (166f)): tropically, in the obscure phrase, ἐξαγοραζόμενοι τόν καιρόν, Eph 5:16 and Col 4:5, where the meaning seems to be to make a 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; (active ἐξαγοράζειν καιρόν, to seek (to gain time (A. V.) i. e.) delay, Dan 2:8; middle with the accusative of thing, 'by ransom to avert evil from oneself', 'to buy oneself off or deliver oneself from evil': διά μιᾶς ὥρας τήν αἰώνιον κόλασιν ἐξαγοραζόμενοι, of the martyrs, Martyr. Polycarp, 2, 3 [ET]).
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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