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Lexicon :: Strong's G3089 - lyō

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λύω
Transliteration
lyō (Key)
Pronunciation
loo'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A root word
mGNT
42x in 29 unique form(s) TR
43x in 28 unique form(s) LXX
17x in 12 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:60 & 4:328,

Strong’s Definitions

λύω lýō, loo'-o; a primary verb; to "loosen" (literally or figuratively):—break (up), destroy, dissolve, (un-)loose, melt, put off. Compare G4486.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 43x

The KJV translates Strong's G3089 in the following manner: loose (27x), break (5x), unloose (3x), destroy (2x), dissolve (2x), put off (1x), melt (1x), break up (1x), break down (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 43x
The KJV translates Strong's G3089 in the following manner: loose (27x), break (5x), unloose (3x), destroy (2x), dissolve (2x), put off (1x), melt (1x), break up (1x), break down (1x).

  1. to loose any person (or thing) tied or fastened

    1. bandages of the feet, the shoes,

    2. of a husband and wife joined together by the bond of matrimony

    3. of a single man, whether he has already had a wife or has not yet married

  2. to loose one bound, i.e. to unbind, release from bonds, set free

    1. of one bound up (swathed in bandages)

    2. bound with chains (a prisoner), discharge from prison, let go

  3. to loosen, undo, dissolve, anything bound, tied, or compacted together

    1. an assembly, i.e. to dismiss, break up

    2. laws, as having a binding force, are likened to bonds

    3. to annul, subvert

    4. to do away with, to deprive of authority, whether by precept or act

    5. to declare unlawful

    6. to loose what is compacted or built together, to break up, demolish, destroy

    7. to dissolve something coherent into parts, to destroy

    8. metaph., to overthrow, to do away with

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
λύω lýō, loo'-o; a primary verb; to "loosen" (literally or figuratively):—break (up), destroy, dissolve, (un-)loose, melt, put off. Compare G4486.
STRONGS G3089:
λύω; imperfect ἐλυον; 1 aorist ἔλυσά; passive, present λύομαι; imperfect ἐλυομην; perfect 2 person singular λέλυσαι, participle λελυμενος; 1 aorist ἐλυθην; 1 future λυθήσομαι; from Homer down; the Sept. several times for פָּתַח, to open, הִתִּיר and Chaldean שְׁרֵא (Daniel 3:25; Daniel 5:12); to loose; i. e.:
1. to loose any person (or thing) tied or fastened: properly, the bandages of the feet, the shoes, Mark 1:7; Luke 3:16; John 1:27; Acts (Acts 13:25); Acts 7:33 (so for נָשַׁל to take off, Exodus 3:5; Joshua 5:15); πῶλον (δεδεμένον), Matthew 21:2; Mark 11:2,(Mark 11:3 L marginal reading),Mark 11:4f; Luke 19:30f, 33; bad angels, Revelation 9:14f; τόν βοῦν ἀπό τῆς φάτνης, Luke 13:15; tropically: of husband and wife joined together by the bond of matrimony, λέλυσαι ἀπό γυναικός (opposed to δέδεσαι γυναικί), spoken of a single man, whether he has already had a wife or has not yet married, 1 Corinthians 7:27.
2. to loose one bound, i. e. to unbind, release from bonds, set free: one bound up (swathed in bandages), John 11:44; bound with chains (a prisoner), Acts 22:30 (where Rec. adds ἀπό τῶν δεσμῶν); hence, equivalent to to discharge from prison, let go, Acts 24:26 Rec. (so as far back as Homer); in Apocalyptic vision of the devil (κεκλεισμένον), Revelation 20:3; ἐκ τῆς φυλακῆς αὐτοῦ, 7; metaphorically, to free (ἀπό δεσμοῦ) from the bondage of disease (one held by Satan) by restoration to health, Luke 13:16; to release one bound by the chains of sin, ἐκ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν, Revelation 1:5 L T Tr WH (see λούω at the end (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 30, 6 a.)).
3. to loosen, undo, dissolve, anything bound, tied, or compacted together: the seal of a book, Revelation 5:2 (5 Rec.); tropically, τόν δεσμόν τῆς γλώσσης τίνος, to remove an impediment of speech, restore speech to a dumb man, Mark 7:35 (Justin, hist. 13, 7, 1 cui nomen Battos propter linguae obligationem init; 6 linguae nodis solutis loqui primum coepit); an assembly, i. e. to dismiss, break up: τήν συναγωγήν, passive, Acts 13:43 (ἀγορην, Homer, Iliad 1, 305; Odyssey 2, 257, etc.; Apoll. Rh. 1, 708; τήν στρατιάν, Xenophon, Cyril 6, 1, 2); of the bonds of death, λύειν τάς ὠδῖνας τοῦ θαντου, Acts 2:24 (see ὠδίν). Laws, as having binding force, are likened to bonds; hence, λύειν is equivalent to to annul, subvert; to do away with; to deprive of authority, whether by precept or by act: ἐντολήν, Matthew 5:19; τόν νόμον, John 7:23; τό σάββατον, the commandment concerning the sabbath, John 5:18; τήν γραφήν, John 10:35; cf. Kuinoel on Matthew 5:17; (on the singular reading λύει τόν Ἰησοῦ, 1 John 4:3 WH marginal reading see Westcott's Commentary at the passage); by a Chaldean and Talmudic usage (equivalent to אַתֵּר, שְׁרֵא (cf. Winer's Grammar, 32)), opposed to δέω (which see 2 c.), to declare lawful: Matthew 16:19; Matthew 18:18 (but cf. Weiss in Meyer 7te Aufl. ad the passages cited). to loose what is compacted or built together, to break up, demolish, destroy: properly, in passive ἐλύετο ἡ πρύμνα, was breaking to pieces, Acts 27:41; τόν ναόν, John 2:19; τό μεσότοιχον τοῦ φραγμοῦ, Ephesians 2:14 (τά τείχη, 1 Esdr. 1:52; γέφυραν, Xenophon, an. 2, 4, 17f); to dissolve something coherent into parts, to destroy: passive (τούτων πάντων λυομένων, 2 Peter 3:11); τά στοιχεῖα (καυσούμενα), 2 Peter 3:10; οὐρανοί (πυρούμενοι), 2 Peter 3:12; metaphorically, to overthrow, do away with: τά ἔργα τοῦ διαβόλου, 1 John 3:8. (Compare: ἀναλύω, ἀπολύω, διαλύω, ἐκλύω, ἐπιλύω, καταλύω, πυραλύω.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
3:5
Joshua
5:15
Daniel
3:25; 5:12
Matthew
5:17; 5:19; 16:19; 18:18; 21:2
Mark
1:7; 7:35; 11:2; 11:3; 11:4
Luke
3:16; 13:15; 13:16; 19:30; 19:33
John
1:27; 2:19; 5:18; 7:23; 10:35; 11:44
Acts
2:24; 7:33; 13:25; 13:43; 22:30; 24:26; 27:41
1 Corinthians
7:27
Ephesians
2:14
2 Peter
3:10; 3:11; 3:12
1 John
3:8; 4:3
Revelation
1:5; 5:2; 9:14; 20:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3089 matches the Greek λύω (lyō),
which occurs 42 times in 39 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:19 - “Whoever then annuls G3089 one of the least of these commandments, and teaches [fn]others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:19 - “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on earth [fn]shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose G3089 on earth [fn]shall have been loosed G3089 in heaven.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:18 - “Truly I say to you, whatever you [fn]bind on earth [fn]shall have been bound in heaven; and whatever you [fn]loose G3089 on earth [fn]shall have been loosed G3089 in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:2 - saying to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied there and a colt with her; untie G3089 them and bring them to Me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:7 - And he was [fn]preaching, saying, “After me One is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to stoop down and untie G3089 the strap of His sandals.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:35 - And his ears were opened, and the [fn]impediment of his tongue [fn]was removed G3089, and he began speaking plainly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:2 - and *said to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one yet has ever sat; untie G3089 it and bring it here.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:4 - And they went away and found a colt tied at the door, outside in the street; and they *untied G3089 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:5 - And some of the bystanders were saying to them, “What are you doing, untying G3089 the colt?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:16 - John answered, saying to them all, “As for me, I baptize you with water, but One is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to untie G3089 the strap of His sandals; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:15 - But the Lord answered him and said, “You hypocrites, does not each of you on the Sabbath release G3089 his ox or his donkey from the stall and lead it away to water it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:16 - “And this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound for—behold—eighteen years, should she not have been released G3089 from this bond on the Sabbath day?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:30 - saying, “Go into the village ahead of you; in which, as you enter, you will find a colt tied, on which no one yet has ever sat; untie G3089 it and bring it here.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:31 - “And if anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying G3089 it?’ you shall say this: ‘Because the Lord has need of it.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:33 - And as they were untying G3089 the colt, its [fn]owners said to them, “Why are you untying G3089 the colt?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:27 - “This One is He who comes after me, of whom I am not worthy to untie G3089 the strap of His sandal.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:19 - Jesus answered them, “Destroy G3089 this [fn]sanctuary, and in three days I will raise it up.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:18 - For this reason therefore the Jews were seeking all the more to kill Him, because He not only was breaking G3089 the Sabbath, but also was calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:23 - “If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the Law of Moses will not be broken G3089, are you angry with Me because I made an entire man well on the Sabbath?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:35 - “If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken G3089),

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:44 - The man who had died came forth, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus *said to them, “Unbind G3089 him, and let him go.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:24 - “[fn]But God raised Him up again, putting G3089 an G3089 end G3089 to the [fn]agony of death, since it was impossible for Him to be held [fn]in its power.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:33 - “BUT THE [fn]LORD SAID TO HIM, ‘REMOVE G3089 THE SANDALS FROM YOUR FEET, FOR THE PLACE ON WHICH YOU ARE STANDING IS HOLY GROUND.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:25 - “And as John was fulfilling his course, he kept saying, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not He. But behold, one is coming after me of whom I am not worthy to untie G3089 the sandals of His feet.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:43

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:43 - Now when the meeting of the synagogue had broken G3089 up G3089, many of the Jews and of the God-fearing [fn]proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, were urging them to continue in the grace of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:30 -

But on the next day, wishing to know for certain why he had been accused by the Jews, he released G3089 him and ordered the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin to come together, and brought Paul down and set him before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:41

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:41 - But striking a [fn]reef where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground; and the bow stuck fast and remained immovable, but the stern began to be broken G3089 up G3089 by the force of the waves.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:27 - Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you released G3089 from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:14 - For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups one and broke G3089 down G3089 the dividing wall of the partition

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:10 - But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed G3089 with intense heat, and the earth and [fn]its works will be [fn]found out.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:11 -

Since all these things are to be destroyed G3089 in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:12 - looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens burning will be destroyed G3089, and the elements will melt with intense heat!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:8 - The one who does sin is of the devil, because the devil sins from the beginning. The Son of God was manifested for this purpose, to destroy G3089 the works of the devil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:5 - and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and released G3089 us from our sins [fn]by His blood—

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:2 - Then I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and to break G3089 its seals?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:14 - one saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release G3089 the four angels who have been bound at the great river Euphrates.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:15 - And the four angels were released G3089, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, so that they would kill a third of [fn]mankind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:3 - and he threw him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he would not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were finished. After these things he must be released G3089 for a short time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:7 -

And when the thousand years are finished, Satan will be released G3089 from his prison,

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