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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 43 times in 40 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:7 - et praedicabat dicens venit fortior me post me cuius non sum dignus procumbens solvere corrigiam calciamentorum eius

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:35 - et statim apertae sunt aures eius et solutum est vinculum linguae eius et loquebatur recte

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:4 - et abeuntes invenerunt pullum ligatum ante ianuam foris in bivio et solvunt eum

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:5 - et quidam de illic stantibus dicebant illis quid facitis solventes pullum

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:33 - solventibus autem illis pullum dixerunt domini eius ad illos quid solvitis pullum

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:27 - ipse est qui post me venturus est qui ante me factus est cuius ego non sum dignus ut solvam eius corrigiam calciamenti

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:5 - et unus de senioribus dicit mihi ne fleveris ecce vicit leo de tribu Iuda radix David aperire librum et septem signacula eius

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:14 - dicentem sexto angelo qui habebat tubam solve quattuor angelos qui alligati sunt in flumine magno Eufrate

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:15 - et soluti sunt quattuor angeli qui parati erant in horam et diem et mensem et annum ut occiderent tertiam partem hominum

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:3 - et misit eum in abyssum et clusit et signavit super illum ut non seducat amplius gentes donec consummentur mille anni post haec oportet illum solvi modico tempore

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:7 - et cum consummati fuerint mille anni solvetur Satanas de carcere suo
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