G630

ἀπολύω

apolyō

Verb · From ἀπό (G575) and λύω (G3089)

From G575 and G3089; to free fully, i.e. (literally) relieve, release, dismiss (reflexively, depart), or (figuratively) let die, pardon or (specially) divorce:—(let) depart, dismiss, divorce, forgive, let go, loose, put (send) away, release, set at liberty.

Outline

  1. to set free
  2. to let go, dismiss, (to detain no longer)
    1. a petitioner to whom liberty to depart is given by a decisive answer
    2. to bid depart, send away
  3. to let go free, release
    1. a captive i.e. to loose his bonds and bid him depart, to give him liberty to depart
    2. to acquit one accused of a crime and set him at liberty
    3. indulgently to grant a prisoner leave to depart
    4. to release a debtor, i.e. not to press one's claim against him, to remit his debt
  4. used of divorce, to dismiss from the house, to repudiate. The wife of a Greek or Roman may divorce her husband.
  5. to send one's self away, to depart

Usages (1/2)

Luke 22:68

Strongs concordance

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