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Lexicon :: Strong's G3089 - lyō

Aa
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)
Dictionary Aids

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 5:19 - Whoever then goes against the smallest of these laws, teaching men to do the same, will be named least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who keeps the laws, teaching others to keep them, will be named great in the kingdom of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:19 - I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatever is fixed by you on earth will be fixed in heaven: and whatever you make free on earth will be made free in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:18 - Truly I say to you, Whatever things are fixed by you on earth will be fixed in heaven: and whatever you make free on earth will be made free in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:2 - Saying to them, Go into the little town in front of you, and straight away you will see an ass with a cord round her neck, and a young one with her; let them loose and come with them to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:7 - And he said to them all, There is one coming after me who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:35 - And his ears became open, and the band of his tongue was made loose, and his words became clear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:2 - And said to them, Go into the little town opposite: and when you come to it, you will see a young ass with a cord round his neck, on which no man has ever been seated; let him loose, and come back with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:4 - And they went away and saw a young ass by the door outside in the open street; and they were getting him loose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:5 - And some of those who were there said to them, What are you doing, taking the ass?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:16 - John made answer, saying to them all, Truly, I give you baptism with water, but one is coming who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit, and with fire:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:15 - But the Lord gave him an answer and said, O you false men! do you not, every one of you, on the Sabbath, let loose his ox and his ass and take it to the water?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:16 - And is it not right for this daughter of Abraham, who has been in the power of Satan for eighteen years, to be made free on the Sabbath?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:30 - Saying, Go into the little town in front of you, and on going in you will see a young ass fixed with a cord, on which no man has ever been seated; let him loose and take him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:31 - And if anyone says to you, Why are you taking him? say, The Lord has need of him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:33 - And when they were getting the young ass, the owners of it said to them, Why are you taking the young ass?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:27 - It is he who is coming after me; I am not good enough to undo his shoes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:19 - And Jesus said to them, Send destruction on this Temple and I will put it up again in three days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:18 - For this cause the Jews had an even greater desire to put Jesus to death, because not only did he not keep the Sabbath but he said God was his Father, so making himself equal with God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:23 - If a child is given circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:35 - If he said they were gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Writings may not be broken),

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:44 - And he who was dead came out, with linen bands folded tightly about his hands and feet, and a cloth about his face. Jesus said to them, Make him free and let him go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:24 - But God gave him back to life, having made him free from the pains of death because it was not possible for him to be overcome by it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:33 - And the Lord said, Take off the shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:25 - And when John was completing his work, he said, What do I seem to you to be? I am not he; but one is coming after me, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:43 - Now when the meeting was ended, a number of the Jews and of the God-fearing Gentiles who had become Jews, went after Paul and Barnabas: who put before them how important it was to keep on in the grace of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:30 - But on the day after, desiring to have certain knowledge of what the Jews had to say against him, he made him free, and gave orders for the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin to come together, and he took Paul and put him before them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:41 - And coming to a point between two seas, they got the ship to land; and the front part was fixed in the sand and not able to be moved, but the back part was broken by the force of the waves.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:27 - If you are married to a wife, make no attempt to get free from her: if you are free from a wife, do not take a wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:14 - For he is our peace, who has made the two into one, and by whom the middle wall of division has been broken down,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:10 - But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; and in that day the heavens will be rolled up with a great noise, and the substance of the earth will be changed by violent heat, and the world and everything in it will be burned up.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:11 - Seeing then that all these things are coming to such an end, what sort of persons is it right for you to be, in all holy behaviour and righteousness,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:12 - Looking for and truly desiring the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will come to an end through fire, and the substance of the earth will be changed by the great heat?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:8 - The sinner is a child of the Evil One; for the Evil One has been a sinner from the first. And the Son of God was seen on earth so that he might put an end to the works of the Evil One.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:5 - And from Jesus Christ, the true witness, the first to come back from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who had love for us and has made us clean from our sins by his blood;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:2 - And I saw a strong angel saying in a loud voice, Who is able to make the book open, and to undo its stamps?

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:14 - Saying to the sixth angel who had the horn, Make free the four angels who are chained at the great river Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:15 - And the four angels were made free, who were ready for the hour and day and month and year, that they might put to death a third part of men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:3 - And put him into the great deep, and it was shut and locked over him, so that he might put the nations in error no longer, till the thousand years were ended: after this he will be let loose for a little time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:7 - And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be let loose out of his prison,
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