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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 17 times in 17 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:5 - “Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:20 - In famine he will deliver you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:2 - Do you count the months till they bear? Do you know the time they give birth?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:5 - “Who let the wild donkey go free? Who untied its ropes?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:9 - So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite did what the LORD told them; and the LORD accepted Job’s prayer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:20 - to hear the groans of the prisoners and release those condemned to death.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:20 - The king sent and released him, the ruler of peoples set him free.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:27 - Not one of them grows tired or stumbles, not one slumbers or sleeps; not a belt is loosened at the waist, not a sandal strap is broken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:17 - the man who made the world a wilderness, who overthrew its cities and would not let his captives go home?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:2 - Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been paid for, that she has received from the LORD’s hand double for all her sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:6 - “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:4 - But today I am freeing you from the chains on your wrists. Come with me to Babylon, if you like, and I will look after you; but if you do not want to, then don’t come. Look, the whole country lies before you; go wherever you please.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:25 - He said, “Look! I see four men walking around in the fire, unbound and unharmed, and the fourth looks like a son of the gods.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:12 - He did this because Daniel, whom the king called Belteshazzar, was found to have a keen mind and knowledge and understanding, and also the ability to interpret dreams, explain riddles and solve difficult problems. Call for Daniel, and he will tell you what the writing means.”
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