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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 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 43 times in 40 verses in the TR Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:19 - ὃς ἐὰν οὖν λύσῃ G3089 μίαν τῶν ἐντολῶν τούτων τῶν ἐλαχίστων καὶ διδάξῃ οὕτως τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἐλάχιστος κληθήσεται ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τῶν οὐρανῶν ὃς δ᾽ ἂν ποιήσῃ καὶ διδάξῃ οὗτος μέγας κληθήσεται ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τῶν οὐρανῶν
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:19 - δώσω σοι τὰς κλεῖδας τῆς βασιλείας τῶν οὐρανῶν καὶ ἐὰν δήσῃς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἔσται δεδεμένον ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς καὶ ἐὰν λύσῃς G3089 ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἔσται λελυμένον G3089 ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:18 - ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅσα ἐὰν δήσητε ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἔσται δεδεμένα ἐν οὐρανῷ καὶ ὅσα ἐὰν λύσητε G3089 ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἔσται λελυμένα G3089 ἐν οὐρανῷ
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:2 - λέγων αὐτοῖς πορεύεσθε εἰς τὴν κώμην τὴν κατέναντι ὑμῶν καὶ εὐθέως εὑρήσετε ὄνον δεδεμένην καὶ πῶλον μετ᾽ αὐτῆς λύσαντες G3089 ἀγάγετέ μοι
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:7 - καὶ ἐκήρυσσεν λέγων ἔρχεται ἰσχυρότερός μου ὀπίσω μου οὗ οὐκ εἰμὶ ἱκανὸς κύψας λῦσαι G3089 τὸν ἱμάντα τῶν ὑποδημάτων αὐτοῦ
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:35 - καὶ εὐθέως ἠνοίγησαν αὐτοῦ αἱ ἀκοαί καὶ ἐλύθη G3089 δεσμὸς τῆς γλώσσης αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐλάλει ὀρθῶς
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:2 - καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς ὑπάγετε εἰς τὴν κώμην τὴν κατέναντι ὑμῶν καὶ εὐθὺς εἰσπορευόμενοι εἰς αὐτὴν εὑρήσετε πῶλον δεδεμένον ἐφ᾽ ὃν οὐδεὶς οὔπω ἀνθρώπων ἐκάθισεν λύσατε G3089 αὐτὸν καὶ φέρετε
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:4 - καὶ ἀπῆλθον καὶ εὗρον πῶλον δεδεμένον πρὸς θύραν ἔξω ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀμφόδου καὶ λύουσιν G3089 αὐτόν
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:5 - καί τινες τῶν ἐκεῖ ἑστηκότων ἔλεγον αὐτοῖς τί ποιεῖτε λύοντες G3089 τὸν πῶλον
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:16 - ἀπεκρίνατο λέγων πᾶσιν Ἰωάννης ἐγὼ μὲν ὕδατι βαπτίζω ὑμᾶς ἔρχεται δὲ ἰσχυρότερός μου οὗ οὐκ εἰμὶ ἱκανὸς λῦσαι G3089 τὸν ἱμάντα τῶν ὑποδημάτων αὐτοῦ αὐτὸς ὑμᾶς βαπτίσει ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ καὶ πυρί
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:15 - ἀπεκρίθη δὲ αὐτῷ κύριος καὶ εἶπεν ὑποκριταί ἕκαστος ὑμῶν τῷ σαββάτῳ οὐ λύει G3089 τὸν βοῦν αὐτοῦ τὸν ὄνον ἀπὸ τῆς φάτνης καὶ ἀπαγαγὼν ποτίζει
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:16 - ταύτην δὲ θυγατέρα Ἀβραὰμ οὖσαν ἣν ἔδησεν Σατανᾶς ἰδοὺ δέκα καὶ ὀκτὼ ἔτη οὐκ ἔδει λυθῆναι G3089 ἀπὸ τοῦ δεσμοῦ τούτου τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τοῦ σαββάτου
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:30 - λέγων ὑπάγετε εἰς τὴν κατέναντι κώμην ἐν εἰσπορευόμενοι εὑρήσετε πῶλον δεδεμένον ἐφ᾽ ὃν οὐδεὶς πώποτε ἀνθρώπων ἐκάθισεν καὶ λύσαντες G3089 αὐτὸν ἀγάγετε
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:31 - καὶ ἐάν τις ὑμᾶς ἐρωτᾷ διὰ τί λύετε G3089 οὕτως ἐρεῖτε ὅτι κύριος αὐτοῦ χρείαν ἔχει
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:33 - λυόντων G3089 δὲ αὐτῶν τὸν πῶλον εἶπαν οἱ κύριοι αὐτοῦ πρὸς αὐτούς τί λύετε G3089 τὸν πῶλον
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:27 - ὀπίσω μου ἐρχόμενος οὗ οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐγὼ ἄξιος ἵνα λύσω G3089 αὐτοῦ τὸν ἱμάντα τοῦ ὑποδήματος
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:19 - ἀπεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς λύσατε G3089 τὸν ναὸν τοῦτον καὶ ἐν τρισὶν ἡμέραις ἐγερῶ αὐτόν
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:18 - διὰ τοῦτο οὖν μᾶλλον ἐζήτουν αὐτὸν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι ἀποκτεῖναι ὅτι οὐ μόνον ἔλυεν G3089 τὸ σάββατον ἀλλὰ καὶ πατέρα ἴδιον ἔλεγεν τὸν θεόν ἴσον ἑαυτὸν ποιῶν τῷ θεῷ
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:23 - εἰ περιτομὴν λαμβάνει ἄνθρωπος ἐν σαββάτῳ ἵνα μὴ λυθῇ G3089 νόμος Μωϋσέως ἐμοὶ χολᾶτε ὅτι ὅλον ἄνθρωπον ὑγιῆ ἐποίησα ἐν σαββάτῳ
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:35 - εἰ ἐκείνους εἶπεν θεοὺς πρὸς οὓς λόγος τοῦ θεοῦ ἐγένετο καὶ οὐ δύναται λυθῆναι G3089 γραφή
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:44 - ἐξῆλθεν τεθνηκὼς δεδεμένος τοὺς πόδας καὶ τὰς χεῖρας κειρίαις καὶ ὄψις αὐτοῦ σουδαρίῳ περιεδέδετο λέγει αὐτοῖς Ἰησοῦς λύσατε G3089 αὐτὸν καὶ ἄφετε αὐτὸν ὑπάγειν
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:24 - ὃν θεὸς ἀνέστησεν λύσας G3089 τὰς ὠδῖνας τοῦ θανάτου καθότι οὐκ ἦν δυνατὸν κρατεῖσθαι αὐτὸν ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:33 - εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ κύριος λῦσον G3089 τὸ ὑπόδημα τῶν ποδῶν σου γὰρ τόπος ἐφ᾽ ἕστηκας γῆ ἁγία ἐστίν
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:25 - ὡς δὲ ἐπλήρου Ἰωάννης τὸν δρόμον ἔλεγεν τί ἐμὲ ὑπονοεῖτε εἶναι οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐγώ ἀλλ᾽ ἰδοὺ ἔρχεται μετ᾽ ἐμὲ οὗ οὐκ εἰμὶ ἄξιος τὸ ὑπόδημα τῶν ποδῶν λῦσαι G3089
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:43 - λυθείσης G3089 δὲ τῆς συναγωγῆς ἠκολούθησαν πολλοὶ τῶν Ἰουδαίων καὶ τῶν σεβομένων προσηλύτων τῷ Παύλῳ καὶ τῷ Βαρναβᾷ οἵτινες προσλαλοῦντες αὐτοῖς ἔπειθον αὐτοὺς προσμένειν τῇ χάριτι τοῦ θεοῦ
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:30 - τῇ δὲ ἐπαύριον βουλόμενος γνῶναι τὸ ἀσφαλὲς τὸ τί κατηγορεῖται ὑπὸ τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἔλυσεν G3089 αὐτόν καὶ ἐκέλευσεν συνελθεῖν τοὺς ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ πᾶν τὸ συνέδριον καὶ καταγαγὼν τὸν Παῦλον ἔστησεν εἰς αὐτούς
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:26 - ἅμα καὶ ἐλπίζων ὅτι χρήματα δοθήσεται αὐτῷ ὑπὸ τοῦ Παύλου διὸ καὶ πυκνότερον αὐτὸν μεταπεμπόμενος ὡμίλει αὐτῷ
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:41 - περιπεσόντες δὲ εἰς τόπον διθάλασσον ἐπέκειλαν τὴν ναῦν καὶ μὲν πρῷρα ἐρείσασα ἔμεινεν ἀσάλευτος δὲ πρύμνα ἐλύετο G3089 ὑπὸ τῆς βίας τῶν κυμάτων
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:27 - δέδεσαι γυναικί μὴ ζήτει λύσιν λέλυσαι G3089 ἀπὸ γυναικός μὴ ζήτει γυναῖκα
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:14 - αὐτὸς γάρ ἐστιν εἰρήνη ἡμῶν ποιήσας τὰ ἀμφότερα ἓν καὶ τὸ μεσότοιχον τοῦ φραγμοῦ λύσας G3089
Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:10 - ἥξει δὲ ἡμέρα κυρίου ὡς κλέπτης ἐν οἱ οὐρανοὶ ῥοιζηδὸν παρελεύσονται στοιχεῖα δὲ καυσούμενα λυθήσεται G3089 καὶ γῆ καὶ τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ ἔργα εὑρεθήσεται
Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:11 - τούτων οὕτως πάντων λυομένων G3089 ποταποὺς δεῖ ὑπάρχειν ὑμᾶς ἐν ἁγίαις ἀναστροφαῖς καὶ εὐσεβείαις
Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:12 - προσδοκῶντας καὶ σπεύδοντας τὴν παρουσίαν τῆς τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμέρας δι᾽ ἣν οὐρανοὶ πυρούμενοι λυθήσονται G3089 καὶ στοιχεῖα καυσούμενα τήκεται
Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:8 - ποιῶν τὴν ἁμαρτίαν ἐκ τοῦ διαβόλου ἐστίν ὅτι ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς διάβολος ἁμαρτάνει εἰς τοῦτο ἐφανερώθη υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ ἵνα λύσῃ G3089 τὰ ἔργα τοῦ διαβόλου
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:2 - καὶ εἶδον ἄγγελον ἰσχυρὸν κηρύσσοντα ἐν φωνῇ μεγάλῃ τίς ἄξιος ἀνοῖξαι τὸ βιβλίον καὶ λῦσαι G3089 τὰς σφραγῖδας αὐτοῦ
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:5 - καὶ εἷς ἐκ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων λέγει μοι μὴ κλαῖε ἰδοὺ ἐνίκησεν λέων ἐκ τῆς φυλῆς Ἰούδα ῥίζα Δαυίδ ἀνοῖξαι τὸ βιβλίον καὶ τὰς ἑπτὰ σφραγῖδας αὐτοῦ
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:14 - λέγοντα τῷ ἕκτῳ ἀγγέλῳ ἔχων τὴν σάλπιγγα λῦσον G3089 τοὺς τέσσαρας ἀγγέλους τοὺς δεδεμένους ἐπὶ τῷ ποταμῷ τῷ μεγάλῳ Εὐφράτῃ
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:15 - καὶ ἐλύθησαν G3089 οἱ τέσσαρες ἄγγελοι οἱ ἡτοιμασμένοι εἰς τὴν ὥραν καὶ ἡμέραν καὶ μῆνα καὶ ἐνιαυτόν ἵνα ἀποκτείνωσιν τὸ τρίτον τῶν ἀνθρώπων
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:3 - καὶ ἔβαλεν αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν ἄβυσσον καὶ ἔκλεισεν καὶ ἐσφράγισεν ἐπάνω αὐτοῦ ἵνα μὴ πλανήσῃ ἔτι τὰ ἔθνη ἄχρι τελεσθῇ τὰ χίλια ἔτη μετὰ ταῦτα δεῖ λυθῆναι G3089 αὐτὸν μικρὸν χρόνον
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:7 - καὶ ὅταν τελεσθῇ τὰ χίλια ἔτη λυθήσεται G3089 Σατανᾶς ἐκ τῆς φυλακῆς αὐτοῦ
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