Word Study · Strong's G1805 · Greek
ἐξαγοράζω
exagorazo
ex-ag-or-ad'-zo
Strong's 1890 spelling: exagorázō
“to buy up, i.e. ransom”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to buy up, i.e. ransom; figuratively, to rescue from loss (improve opportunity)
Rendered in the KJV as
redeem.
- 4occurrencesin the New Testament
- 3 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- ἐξαγοραζόμενοι1
- ἐξαγοραζόμενοι.1
- ἐξαγοράσῃ,1
- ἐξηγόρασεν1
How it is rendered · 4
- He may redeem,1
- redeemed1
- redeeming1
- redeeming.1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- verb · present middle, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine plural2
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singular1
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- V-PMP-NPM · 2
- V-AAI-3S · 1
- V-AAS-3S · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Galatians carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Galatians2 occurrences
- Galatians 3:13ἐξηγόρασενexēgorasenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singularChrist redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”here: redeemed
- Galatians 4:5ἐξαγοράσῃ,exagorasēverb · aorist (simple past) active, subjunctive · 3rd person singularto redeem those under the law, that we might receive our adoption as sons.here: He may redeem,