What does the word 'Redemption' mean...?

Answer 1

To pay a price in order to secure the release of something or someone. It connotes the idea of paying what is required in order to liberate from oppression, enslavement, or another type of binding obligation. The redemptive procedure may be legal, commercial, or religious.

In the OT two word groups convey the idea of redemption. The verb ga’al and its cognates mean “to buy back” or “to redeem.” In the book of Ruth (Ruth 2:20), Boaz acts as kinsman-redeemer to secure the freedom of Ruth from poverty and widowhood. Boaz purchases the land of Elimelech and, in so doing, “redeems” Ruth and takes her to be his wife (Ruth 4:1-12). In another account God commands the Prophet Jeremiah to buy family land; he redeems the family estate by paying the redemption price (Jer. 32:6-15). Jeremiah depicts that God will one day redeem Israel from oppression of the Babylonians (Jer. 32:16-44).

When ga’al is used of God, the idea is redemption from bondage or oppression, typically from one’s enemies. In the Exodus account Yahweh declares to Moses: “I am the Lord … and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment” (Exod. 6:6 NIV). Some uses of ga’al and its cognates speak of redemption from oppression by enemies (Pss. 69:18; 72:14; 106:10; 107:2; Isa. 48:20). Ga’al rarely refers to redemption from sin (Isa. 44:22) or from death (Ps. 103:4; Hos. 13:14).

Padah is primarily used with regard to the redemption of persons or of living things. Since God spared the firstborn Israelites when the last plague was sent upon Egypt, God required that all firstborn sons or animals be redeemed (Exod. 13:13-15; 34:20; Num. 18:15). If a negligent owner did not properly secure an ox, and the ox gored the child of a neighbor, both ox and owner would be stoned. The father of the slain person could, however, accept a redemption price for the lost child, thereby permitting the owner of the ox to live (Exod. 21:29-30). Padah and its cognates could refer to a general deliverance from trouble or distress (2 Sam. 4:9; 1 Kings 1:29; Ps. 25:22), or they could speak of redemption from sin (Pss. 26:11; 49:7; 103:8; 130:8; Isa. 1:27; 59:20) or from death (Job 4:20; Pss. 44:26; 49:15).

The notion of redemption from sin is also implicitly revealed in the OT. The sacrificial system was a constant reminder to the Israelites that a price had to be paid in order to have redemption from their sins. Every offering sacrificed depicted the notion of the price of sin and the need for the price to be paid. Additionally, the Israelites viewed liberation from oppressive circumstances, such as the Babylonian captivity, essentially as redemption from sin, since it was their sin that brought about their captivity (Isa. 40:2).

In the NT two word groups convey the concept. The first consists of lutron and its cognates. They mean “to redeem,” “to liberate,” or “to ransom.” The idea of ransom suggests the heart of Jesus’ mission (Mark 10:45). His life and ministry culminated in His sacrificial death. His death served as the ransom to liberate sinners from their enslaved condition.

Another word family, agorazein, means “to buy at the market,” or “to redeem.” This group is used several times to express God’s redemptive activity in Christ. For example, God’s redemption of fallen humanity is costly (1 Cor. 6:20). Believers are liberated from the enslaving curse of the law (Gal. 3:13, 4:5). God’s redemptive mission among the nations is cause for eschatological worship (Rev. 5:9; 14:3-4).

Paul provides the fullest explanation in the NT, connecting the redemptive work of Christ with the legal declaration of the sinner’s pardon (justification) and the appeasement of God’s wrath against sin (propitiation, Rom. 3:24; 1 Cor. 1:30). Paul also interpreted the redeeming activity of Christ from two perspectives. Based on the ransom price paid by Christ’s shed blood, forgiveness can be presently applied to the believer (Eph. 1:7). This redeeming work of Christ also has a future aspect. There will be a final deliverance of the physical body from the present decay and corruption (Rom. 8:23). This final redemptive act will occur at the resurrection of the body. This is not, however, as the first expression of redemption of believers. Rather, the earlier “redeeming” that occurred within the believer will culminate in the final redemption of the body from sin and the grave (Eph. 4:30).

Answer 2

Redemption in a biblical context is manifest in God's forgiveness by grace for sins commited in the past and the promise of eternal life and escape from damnation.

Christians have been redeemed(or purchased with a price)

Answer 3

re·demp·tion /rɪˈdɛmpʃən/ [ri-demp-shuhn] –noun
1. an act of redeeming or the state of being redeemed.
2. deliverance; rescue.
3. Theology. deliverance from sin; salvation.
4. atonement for guilt.
5. repurchase, as of something sold.
6. paying off, as of a mortgage, bond, or note.
7. recovery by payment, as of something pledged.
8. conversion of paper money into specie.

Answer 4

It means bought back, redeemed. Like if you take something to the pawn shop and later come back to redeem it. You pay a fee to get it back. God created a perfect man and made a perfect woman from Adam's rib. They disobeyed the one rule God gave them and began to die spiritually and physically on that day. Man, who has inherited their sin debt, is doomed to hell. Jesus, paid the price by giving His life on the cross, paying for man's sins. He redeemed, or bought back anyone who believes and trusts Him as Savior. Thus, redemption of man is provided for in Jesus Christ.

Answer 5

Please read this..

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12677d.htm