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Strong's G3089 · Greek

λύω

luo · loo'-o

a primary verb; to "loosen" (literally or figuratively)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

λύω (G3089)

42 λύω , [in LXX for פּתח , נתר hi., etc.;] to loose , unbind , release : of things, Mk 1:7 , Lk 3:16 , al.; of beasts, Mt 21:2 , Lk 13:15 , al.; of persons, Jo 11:44 , Ac 22:30 ; of Satan, Re 20:3 , 7 ; metaph., of the marriage tie, I Co 7:27 ; of one diseased, Lk 13:16 ; of release from sin, Re 1:5 , WH, R, txt. (v.s. λούω ). To resolve a whole into its parts, loosen , dissolve , break up , destroy : Jo 2:19 , Ac 27:41 , Re 5:2 ; metaph., II Pe 3:11 ; of an assembly, to dismiss : Ac 13:43 ; τ. μεσότοιχον τ. φραγμοῦ , Eph 2:14 ; τ. στοιχεῖα , II Pe 3:10 ; οὐρανοί , II Pe 3:12 ; τ. ἔργα τ. διαβόλου , I Jo 3:8 ; τ. ὠδῖνας τ. θανάτου , Ac 2:24 ; of laws, etc., to break , annul , cancel (MM, xvi): ἐντολήν , Mt 5:19 ; τ. νόμον , Jo 7:23 ; τ. σάββατον , Jo 5:18 ; τ. γραφήν , Jo 10:35 . (Cf. ἀνα- , ἀπο- , δια- , ἐκ- , ἐπι- , κατα- , παρα-λύω .)

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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