λύω

λύω

[in LXX for פָּתַח, נָתַר hi., etc. ;]

1. to loose, unbind, release: of things, Mark 1,7, Luk 3,16, al.; of beasts, Matt 21,2, Luk 13,15, al.; of persons, Joh 11,44, ApG 22,30; of Satan, Åb 20,3, 7; metaphorically, of the marriage tie, 1 Kor 7,27 of one diseased, Luk 13,16 of release from sin, Åb 1,5, WH, R, txt. (see: λούω).

2. To resolve a whole into its parts, loosen, dissolve, break up, destroy: Joh 2,19, ApG 27,41, Åb 5,2; metaphorically, 2 Pet 3,11 of an assembly, to dismiss: ApG 13,43 τ. μεσότοιχον τ. φραγμοῦ, Ef 2,14 τ. στοιχεῖα, 2 Pet 3,10 οὐρανοί, 2 Pet 3,12 τ. ἔργα τ. διαβόλου, 1 Joh 3,8 τ. ὠδῖνας τ. θανάτου, ApG 2,24 of laws, etc., to break, annul, cancel (MM, xvi): ἐντολήν, Matt 5,19 τ. νόμον, Joh 7,23 τ. σάββατον, Joh 5,18 τ. γραφήν, Joh 10,35,

(cf. ἀνα-, ἀπο-, δια-, ἐκ-, ἐπι-, κατα-, παρα-λύω.)