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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 - Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will 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; whatever you bind on earth will be[fn] bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be[fn] loosed in heaven.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:18 - “Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be[fn] bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be[fn] loosed in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:2 - saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:7 - And this was his message: “After me comes the one more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:35 - At this, the man’s ears were opened, his tongue was loosened and he began to speak plainly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:2 - saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and just as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:4 - They went and found a colt outside in the street, tied at a doorway. As they untied it,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:5 - some people standing there asked, “What are you doing, untying that colt?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:16 - John answered them all, “I baptize you with[fn] water. But one who is more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with[fn] the Holy Spirit and fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:15 - The Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Doesn’t each of you on the Sabbath untie your ox or donkey from the stall and lead it out to give it water?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:16 - Then should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:30 - “Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:31 - If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:33 - As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, “Why are you untying the colt?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:27 - He is the one who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:19 - Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:18 - For this reason they tried all the more to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:23 - Now if a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me for healing a man’s whole body 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 Scripture cannot be set aside—

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:44 - The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face. Jesus said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:24 - But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:33 - “Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:25 - As John was completing his work, he said: ‘Who do you suppose I am? I am not the one you are looking for. But there is one coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:43 - When the congregation was dismissed, many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who talked with them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:30 - The commander wanted to find out exactly why Paul was being accused by the Jews. So the next day he released him and ordered the chief priests and all the members of the Sanhedrin to assemble. Then he brought Paul and had him stand before them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:41 - But the ship struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern was broken to pieces by the pounding of the surf.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:27 - Are you pledged to a woman? Do not seek to be released. Are you free from such a commitment? Do not look for a wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:14 - For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility,

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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. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:11 - Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:12 - as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming.[fn] That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:8 - The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:5 - and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:2 - And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:14 - It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are 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 who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:3 - He threw him into the Abyss, and locked and sealed it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:7 - When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison
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