1805. exagorazó
Strong's Concordance
exagorazó: to buy up, i.e. ransom, fig. to rescue from loss
Original Word: ἐξαγοράζω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: exagorazó
Phonetic Spelling: (ex-ag-or-ad'-zo)
Short Definition: I ransom, redeem
Definition: I buy out, buy away from, ransom; mid: I purchase out, buy, redeem, choose.
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1805 eksagorázō (from 1537 /ek, "completely out from" which intensifies 59 /agorázō, "buy-up at the marketplace") – properly, take full advantage of, seizing a buying-opportunity, i.e. making the most of the present opportunity (recognizing its future gain). Note the prefix (ek) which lends the meaning, "out and out," "fully" (WS, 917.)

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1805: ἐξαγοράζω

ἐξαγοράζω: 1 aorist ἐξηγόρασα; (present middle ἐξαγοράζομαι);

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, Galatians 4:5; with addition of ἐκ τῆς κατάρας τοῦ νόμου, Galatians 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, Ephesians 5:16 and Colossians 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, Daniel 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]).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
redeem.

From ek and agorazo; to buy up, i.e. Ransom; figuratively, to rescue from loss (improve opportunity) -- redeem.

see GREEK ek

see GREEK agorazo

Forms and Transliterations
εξαγοράζετε εξαγοραζομενοι εξαγοραζόμενοι ἐξαγοραζόμενοι εξαγοραση εξαγοράση ἐξαγοράσῃ εξαγορεύοντες εξαγορεύοντος εξαγορεύσαι εξαγορεύσει εξαγορεύση εξαγορεύσουσι εξαγορεύσω εξαγορεύω εξηγορασεν ἐξηγόρασεν εξηγόρευσαν εξηγόρευσε εξηγριώθη exagorase exagorasē exagorásei exagorásēi exagorazomenoi exagorazómenoi exegorasen exegórasen exēgorasen exēgórasen
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4 Occurrences


ἐξαγοράσῃ — 1 Occ.
ἐξαγοραζόμενοι — 2 Occ.
ἐξηγόρασεν — 1 Occ.

Galatians 3:13 V-AIA-3S
GRK: Χριστὸς ἡμᾶς ἐξηγόρασεν ἐκ τῆς
NAS: Christ redeemed us from the curse
KJV: Christ hath redeemed us from
INT: Christ us ransomed from the

Galatians 4:5 V-ASA-3S
GRK: ὑπὸ νόμον ἐξαγοράσῃ ἵνα τὴν
NAS: so that He might redeem those
KJV: To redeem them that were under
INT: under law he might ransom that the

Ephesians 5:16 V-PPM-NMP
GRK: ἐξαγοραζόμενοι τὸν καιρόν
NAS: making the most of your time, because
KJV: Redeeming the time, because
INT: redeeming the time

Colossians 4:5 V-PPM-NMP
GRK: τὸν καιρὸν ἐξαγοραζόμενοι
NAS: outsiders, making the most of the opportunity.
KJV: them that are without, redeeming the time.
INT: the time redeeming

4 Occurrences

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