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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 BoxMat 16:19 - “I will give G1325 you the keys G2807 of the kingdom G932 of heaven; G3772 and whatever G3739 G1437 you bind G1210 on earth G1093 [fn]shall have been bound G1210 in heaven, G3772 and whatever G3739 G1437 you loose G3089 on earth G1093 [fn]shall have been loosed G3089 in heaven.” G3772

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:18 - “Truly G281 I say G3004 to you, whatever G3745 G1437 you [fn]bind G1210 on earth G1093 [fn]shall have been bound G1210 in heaven; G3772 and whatever G3745 G1437 you [fn]loose G3089 on earth G1093 [fn]shall have been loosed G3089 in heaven. G3772

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:2 - saying G3004 to them, “Go G4198 into the village G2968 opposite G2713 you, and immediately G2117 you will find G2147 a donkey G3688 tied G1210 there and a colt G4454 with her; untie G3089 them and bring G71 them to Me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:7 - And he was [fn]preaching, G2784 and saying, G3004 “After G3694 me One is coming G2064 who is mightier G2478 than I, and I am G1510 not fit G2425 to stoop G2955 down G2955 and untie G3089 the thong G2438 of His sandals. G5266

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:35 - And his ears G189 were opened, G455 and the [fn]impediment G1199 of his tongue G1100 [fn]was removed, G3089 and he began speaking G2980 plainly. G3723

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:2 - and *said G3004 to them, “Go G5217 into the village G2968 opposite G2713 you, and immediately G2117 as you enter G1531 it, you will find G2147 a colt G4454 tied G1210 there, on which G3739 no G3762 one G444 G3762 yet G3768 has ever G3768 sat; G2523 untie G3089 it and bring G5342 it here.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:4 - They went G565 away G565 and found G2147 a colt G4454 tied G1210 at the door, G2374 outside G1854 in the street; G296 and they *untied G3089 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:5 - Some G5100 of the bystanders G1563 G2476 were saying G3004 to them, “What G5101 are you doing, G4160 untying G3089 the colt?” G4454

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:16 - John G2491 answered G611 and said G3004 to them all, G3956 “As for me, I baptize G907 you with water; G5204 but One is coming G2064 who is mightier G2478 than I, and I am G1510 not fit G2425 to untie G3089 the thong G2438 of His sandals; G5266 He will baptize G907 you [fn]with the Holy G40 Spirit G4151 and fire. G4442

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:15 - But the Lord G2962 answered G611 him and said, G3004 “You hypocrites, G5273 does not each G1538 of you on the Sabbath G4521 untie G3089 his ox G1016 or G2228 his donkey G3688 from the stall G5336 and lead G520 him away G520 to water G4222 him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:16 - “And this G3778 woman, G3778 a daughter G2364 of Abraham G11 as she is, whom G3739 Satan G4567 has bound G1210 for eighteen G1176 G3638 long G2400 years, G2094 should G1163 she not have been released G3089 from this G3778 bond G1199 on the Sabbath G4521 day?” G2250

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:30 - saying, G3004 “Go G5217 into the village G2968 ahead G2713 of you; there, G3739 as you enter, G1531 you will find G2147 a colt G4454 tied G1210 on which G3739 no G3762 one G444 G3762 yet G4455 has ever G4455 sat; G2523 untie G3089 it and bring G71 it here.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:31 - “If G1437 anyone G5100 asks G2065 you, ‘Why G1223 G5101 are you untying G3089 it?’ you shall say, G3004 ‘The Lord G2962 has G2192 need G5532 of it.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:33 - As they were untying G3089 the colt, G4454 its [fn]owners G2962 said G3004 to them, “Why G5101 are you untying G3089 the colt?” G4454

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:27 - “It is He who comes G2064 after G3694 me, the thong G2438 of whose G3739 sandal G5266 I am G1510 not worthy G514 to untie.” G3089

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:19 - Jesus G2424 answered G611 them, “Destroy G3089 this G3778 [fn]temple, G3485 and in three G5140 days G2250 I will raise G1453 it up.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:18 - For this G3778 reason G1223 therefore G3767 the Jews G2453 were seeking G2212 all the more G3123 to kill G615 Him, because G3754 He not only G3440 was breaking G3089 the Sabbath, G4521 but also G2532 was calling G3004 God G2316 His own G2398 Father, G3962 making G4160 Himself G1438 equal G2470 with God. G2316

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:23 - “If G1487 a man G444 receives G2983 circumcision G4061 on the Sabbath G4521 so G2443 that the Law G3551 of Moses G3475 will not be broken, G3089 are you angry G5520 with Me because G3754 I made G4160 an entire G3650 man G444 well G5199 on the Sabbath? G4521

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:35 - “If G1487 he called G3004 them gods, G2316 to whom G3739 the word G3056 of God G2316 came G1096 (and the Scripture G1124 cannot G1410 G3756 be broken), G3089

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:44 - The man who had died G2348 came G1831 forth, G1831 bound G1210 hand G5495 and foot G4228 with wrappings, G2750 and his face G3799 was wrapped G4019 around G4019 with a cloth. G4676 Jesus G2424 *said G3004 to them, “Unbind G3089 him, and let G863 him go.” G5217

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:24 - “[fn]But God G2316 raised G450 Him up again, G450 putting G3089 an end G3089 to the [fn]agony G5604 of death, G2288 since G2530 it was impossible G3756 G1415 for Him to be held G2902 [fn]in its power. G5259

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:33 - “BUT THE LORD G2962 SAID G3004 TO HIM, ‘TAKE G3089 OFF G3089 THE SANDALS G5266 FROM YOUR FEET G4228, FOR THE PLACE G5117 ON WHICH G3739 YOU ARE STANDING G2476 IS HOLY G40 GROUND G1093.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:25 - “And while G5613 John G2491 was completing G4137 his course, G1408 he kept saying, G3004 ‘What G5101 do you suppose G5282 that I am? G1510 I am G1510 not He. But behold, G2400 one is coming G2064 after G3326 me the sandals G5266 of whose G3739 feet G4228 I am G1510 not worthy G514 to untie.’ G3089

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:43 - Now G1161 when the meeting of the synagogue G4864 had broken G3089 up, many G4183 of the Jews G2453 and of the God-fearing G4576 [fn]proselytes G4339 followed G190 Paul G3972 and Barnabas, G921 who, G3748 speaking G4354 to them, were urging G3982 them to continue G4357 in the grace G5485 of God. G2316

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:30 - But on the next G1887 day, G1887 wishing G1014 to know G1097 for certain G804 why G5101 he had been accused G2723 by the Jews, G2453 he released G3089 him and ordered G2753 the chief G749 priests G749 and all G3956 the [fn]Council G4892 to assemble, G4905 and brought G2609 Paul G3972 down G2609 and set G2476 him before G1519 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:41 - But striking G4045 a [fn]reef G5117 where G1337 two G1337 seas G1337 met, G1337 they ran G2027 the vessel G3491 aground; G2027 and the prow G4408 stuck G2043 fast G2043 and remained G3306 immovable, G761 but the stern G4403 began to be broken G3089 up by the force G970 of the waves.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:27 - Are you bound G1210 to a wife? G1135 Do not seek G2212 to be released. G3080 Are you released G3089 from a wife? G1135 Do not seek G2212 a wife. G1135

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:14 - For He Himself G846 is our peace, G1515 who made G4160 both G297 groups into one G1520 and broke G3089 down G3089 the [fn]barrier G5418 of the dividing G3320 wall, G3320

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:10 - But the day G2250 of the Lord G2962 will come G2240 like G5613 a thief, G2812 in which G3739 the heavens G3772 will pass G3928 away G3928 with a roar G4500 and the elements G4747 will be destroyed G3089 with intense G2741 heat, G2741 and the earth G1093 and [fn]its works G2041 will be [fn]burned G2618 up.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:11 - Since all G3956 these G3778 things G3778 are to be destroyed G3089 in this G3779 way, G3779 what G4217 sort G4217 of people ought G1163 you to be in holy G40 conduct G391 and godliness, G2150

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:12 - looking G4328 for and hastening G4692 the coming G3952 of the day G2250 of God, G2316 because G1223 of which G3739 the heavens G3772 will be destroyed G3089 by burning, G4448 and the elements G4747 will melt G5080 with intense G2741 heat! G2741

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:8 - the one who practices G4160 sin G266 is of the devil; G1228 for the devil G1228 [fn]has sinned G264 from the beginning. G746 The Son G5207 of God G2316 appeared G5319 for this G3778 purpose, to destroy G3089 the works G2041 of the devil. G1228

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:5 - and from Jesus G2424 Christ, G5547 the faithful G4103 witness, G3144 the firstborn G4416 of the dead, G3498 and the ruler G758 of the kings G935 of the earth. G1093 To Him who loves G25 us and released G3089 us from our sins G266 [fn]by His blood G129—

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:2 - And I saw G3708 a strong G2478 angel G32 proclaiming G2784 with a loud G3173 voice, G5456 “Who G5101 is worthy G514 to open G455 the [fn]book G975 and to break G3089 its seals?” G4973

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:14 - one saying G3004 to the sixth G1623 angel G32 who had G2192 the trumpet, G4536 “Release G3089 the four G5064 angels G32 who are bound G1210 at the great G3173 river G4215 Euphrates.” G2166

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:15 - And the four G5064 angels, G32 who had been prepared G2090 for the hour G5610 and day G2250 and month G3376 and year, G1763 were released, G3089 so G2443 that they would kill G615 a third G5154 of [fn]mankind. G444

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:3 - and he threw G906 him into the abyss, G12 and shut G2808 it and sealed G4972 it over G1883 him, so G2443 that he would not deceive G4105 the nations G1484 any G2089 longer, G2089 until G891 the thousand G5507 years G2094 were completed; G5055 after G3326 these G3778 things G3778 he must G1163 be released G3089 for a short G3398 time. G5550

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