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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 whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them 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, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed[fn] in heaven.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:18

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:2 - saying to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:7 - And he preached, saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap 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 - And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:2 - and said to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:5 - And some of those standing there said to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:16 - John answered them all, saying, “I baptize you with water, but he who is mightier than I is coming, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:15 - Then the Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger and lead it away to water it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:16 - And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen years, be loosed 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 in front of you, where on entering you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever yet sat. Untie it and bring it here.

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

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:27 - even he who comes after me, the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.”

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:18 - This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because 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 - If on the Sabbath a man receives circumcision, so that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because on the Sabbath I made a man’s whole body well?

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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 broken—

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:44 - The man who had died came out, his hands and feet bound with linen strips, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:24 - God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:33 - Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off the sandals from your feet, for the place where 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 finishing his course, he said, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. No, but behold, after me one is coming, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:43 - And after the meeting of the synagogue broke up, many Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who, as they spoke with them, urged them to continue in the grace of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:30 - But on the next day, desiring to know the real reason why he was being accused by the Jews, he unbound him and commanded the chief priests and all the council to meet, and he brought Paul down and set him before them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:41 - But striking a reef,[fn] they ran the vessel aground. The bow stuck and remained immovable, and the stern was being broken up by the surf.

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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 free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:14 - For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh 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, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies[fn] will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:11 - Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:12 - waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:8 - Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:5 - and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on 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 with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:14 - saying 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 - So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, were released to kill a third of mankind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:3 - and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:7 - And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison
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