G3089

λύω

lyō

Verb · A root word

A primary verb; to "loosen" (literally or figuratively):—break (up), destroy, dissolve, (un-)loose, melt, put off. Compare G4486.

Outline

to loose any person (or thing) tied or fastened

bandages of the feet, the shoes,
of a husband and wife joined together by the bond of matrimony
of a single man, whether he has already had a wife or has not yet married

to loose one bound, i.e. to unbind, release from bonds, set free

of one bound up (swathed in bandages)
bound with chains (a prisoner), discharge from prison, let go

to loosen, undo, dissolve, anything bound, tied, or compacted together

an assembly, i.e. to dismiss, break up
laws, as having a binding force, are likened to bonds
to annul, subvert
to do away with, to deprive of authority, whether by precept or act
to declare unlawful
to loose what is compacted or built together, to break up, demolish, destroy
to dissolve something coherent into parts, to destroy
metaph., to overthrow, to do away with

Usages

Matthew 5:19

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Matthew 16:19

And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

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Keys:E.g. the name, knowledge, secrets, mysteries, law, etc.

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Matthew 18:18

Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

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Matthew 21:2

Saying unto them,

Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.

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Mark 1:7

And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.

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Mark 7:35

And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.

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Mark 11:2

And saith unto them,

Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him.

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Mark 11:4

And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him.

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Mark 11:5

And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt?

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Luke 3:16

John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:

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Luke 13:15

The Lord then answered him, and said,

Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?

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Luke 13:16

And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?

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Luke 19:30

Saying,

Go ye into the village over against you; in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither.

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Luke 19:31

And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.

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Luke 19:33

And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt?

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John 1:27

He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose.

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John 2:19

Jesus answered and said unto them,

Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.

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John 5:18

Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

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John 7:23

If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?

Precepts

John 5:1

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John 10:35

If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture can not be broken;

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John 11:44

And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them,

Loose him, and let him go.

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Acts 2:24

Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.

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Acts 7:33

Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.

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Acts 13:25

And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.

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Acts 13:43

Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.

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Acts 22:30

On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.

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Acts 24:26

He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.

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Acts 27:41

And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.

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1 Corinthians 7:27

Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

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Ephesians 2:14

For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;

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middle wall of partition First between the Most High and us, and also the differences between the tribes.

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2 Peter 3:10

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

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great noise The sound made by the ICBMs hitting parts of the earth. Note, the ICBMs will only hit parts of the earth (Ecclesiastes 1:4).

Precepts

Revelation 16:15

Destruction

Isaiah 13:19 Isaiah 24:6 Isaiah 26:20 Isaiah 34:2 Isaiah 66:15 Jeremiah 15:2-3 Jeremiah 49:17 Jeremiah 50:39 Ezekiel 21:9 Joel 2:1 Joel 2:3 Amos 5:18 Zephaniah 1:14-18 2 Esdras 15:11 Matthew 10:34 Matthew 24:37 Revelation 9:12

Job 20:24 Psalms 7:13 Psalms 21:9 Isaiah 9:5 Isaiah 13:13 Isaiah 34:4 Isaiah 54:16 Jeremiah 4:7 Jeremiah 50:14 Nahum 3:3 Zechariah 14:12 Malachi 4:1 2 Esdras 16:13 Revelation 6:13-14 Revelation 9:16 Revelation 11:13

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2 Peter 3:11

Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

Precepts

2 Esdras 16:40-45

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2 Peter 3:12

Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

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1 John 3:8

He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

Keep The Law

Psalms 4:4 Ecclesiasticus 15:20 Ecclesiasticus 17:25 Ecclesiasticus 29:19 2 Esdras 15:22 2 Esdras 15:24 Matthew 5:17 Matthew 19:17 John 5:14 John 8:11 John 14:15 Romans 3:31 Galatians 5:13 Hebrews 10:26 1 Peter 2:16 1 John 2:1

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Revelation 5:2

And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?

Precepts

Daniel 12:4

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Revelation 5:5

And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.

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the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David Yahawashi.

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Revelation 9:14

Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.

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World War Three will be focused in the middle east, the valley of Jehoshaphat (יהושפט (Yahawashapat)).

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Revelation 9:15

And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.

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the third part of men Esau. Man was grouped into three categories: The Sons of God (the Israelites), The Sons of Men (the heathens excluding Edom), and The Sons of the Wicked (the Edomites).

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Revelation 20:3

And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

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loosed a little season From the time of the Renaissance, i.e. around the 1400s.

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Revelation 20:7

And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,

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Referring to the same period of time as in the third verse. Satan was loosed out of his prison at the time of the Renaissance.

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