redeem

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

ransom: P. λύεσθαι.

deliver: P. and V. λύω, λύειν, ἀπολύειν, ἀφιέναι, ἐκλύειν, ἀπαλλάσσειν; see deliver.

redeem (a promise): use accomplish.

the promise was redeemed: P. ἡ ὑπόσχεσις ἀπέβη (Thuc. 4, 39).

make up for: P. and V. ἀκεῖσθαι (acc.), ἀναλαμβάνειν (acc.).

redeem (something in pawn): P. λύεσθαι.

redeem a pledge in pawn: P. ἐνέχυρον κομίζεσθαι.