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Strong's G630 · Greek

ἀπολύω

apoluo · ap-ol-oo'-o

from 575 and 3089; to free fully, i.e. (literally) relieve, release, dismiss (reflexively, depart), or (figuratively) let die, pardon or (specially) divorce


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ἀπο-λύω (G630)

64 ἀπο-λύω , [in LXX for שׁוּב , etc., freq. in I-IV Mac;] to set free , release : Lk 13:12 , Jo 19:10 , al.; a debtor, Mt 18:27 ; metaph., of forgiveness, Lk 6:37 . to let go , dismiss (Field, Notes , 9 f.): Mt 15:23 , Lk 2:29 9:12 , Ac 19:41 , al.; of divorce, τ. γυναῖκα : Mt 1:19 5:31 , 32 19:3 , 8 , 9 , Mk 10:2 , 4 , 11 , Lk 16:18 ; with ref. to Gk. and Rom. (net Jewish) custom, τ. ἄνδρα : Mk 10:12 . Mid., to depart : Ac 28:25 (MM, s.v.).

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

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