to release: divorce

Greek Verb

ἀπο-λύω [in LXX for שׁוּב, etc, frequently in 1-4 Mac;] 1) to set free, release: Luk.13:12, Jhn.19:10, al; a debtor, Mat.18:27; metaphorically, of forgive­ness, Luk.6:37. 2) to let go, dismiss (Field, Notes, 9 f.): Mat.15:23, Luk.2:29 9:12, Act.19:41, al; of divorce, τ. γυναῖκα: Mat.1:19 5:31-32 19:3, 8 19:10 Mrk.10:2, 4 10:11, Luk.16:18; with ref. to Gk. and Rom. (net Jewish) custom, τ. ἄνδρα: Mrk.10:12. Mid, to depart: Act.28:25 (MM, see word) (AS)

to release: divorce

Greek Verb

ἀπολύω [see. λύω], future -λύσω, etc: future passive A) ἀπολελύσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—loose from, ἱμάντα θοῶς ἀπέλυσε κορώνης[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὄφρ᾽ ἀπὸ τοίχους λῦσε κλύδων τρόπιος the sides of the ship from the keel, [Refs]; undo, ἀπὸ κρήδεμνον ἔλυσεν[Refs 5th c.BC+] A.2) set free, release, relieve from, ἀ. τινὰ τῆς φρουρῆς[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τῆς μετρήσεως save them from the trouble of measuring, [Refs 4th c.BC+]:— passive, to be set free, τῶν δεινῶν, φόβου, [Refs 5th c.BC+] A.2.b) frequently in legal sense, ἀ. τῆς αἰτίης acquit of the charge, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to καταψηφίζω, [Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, ἀ. τινὰ μὴ φῶρα εἶναι acquit of being a thief, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, acquit, [Refs 5th c.BC+] A.II) in [Refs 8th c.BC+], release on receipt of ransom, οὐδ᾽ ἀπέλυσε θύγατρα καὶ οὐκ ἀπεδέξατ᾽ ἄποινα[Refs]:—middle, set free by payment of ransom, ransom, redeem, χαλκοῦ τε χρυσοῦ τ᾽ ἀπολυσόμεθ᾽ at a price of, [Refs 8th c.BC+] (but active in Prose, ἀπολύειν πολλῶν χρημάτων[Refs 5th c.BC+] A.II.2) let go, let alone, leave one, of an illness, [Refs 5th c.BC+] A.III) discharge, disband an army, ἀ. οἴκαδε[Refs 5th c.BC+]; generally, dismiss, discharge, ἐμὲ. ἀπέλυσ᾽ ἄδειπνον[Refs 5th c.BC+] A.III.2) divorce a wife, [NT+1st c.BC+] A.III.3) do away with, remove, αἰσχύνην[Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+] A.III.4) discharge or pay a debt, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; pay, ἀ. τὸν χαλκόν[Refs 1st c.BC+]; pay off a mortgage, [Refs] A.III.5) dismiss a charge, εἰσαγγελία ὑπὸ τοῦ κατηγόρου ἀπολελυμένη[Refs 4th c.BC+] A.IV) ἀ. ἀνδράποδα Θρᾳξίν sell, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. οἰκίαν τινί sell a mortgaged house outright, [Refs 4th c.BC+] A.V) deliver, τί τινι[Refs 3rd c.AD+] —passive [Refs 3rd c.AD+] A.VI) begin to count, [μοίρας] ἀπό. Vett. Val. [Refs 4th c.AD+] A.VII) intransitive, depart (cf. B.IV, C. 2), [Refs 2nd c.BC+] B) middle with aorist 2 ἀπελύμην (in passive sense), [Refs 3rd c.AD+]:— redeem, see above [Refs 4th c.BC+] B.II) ἀπολύεσθαι διαβολάς do away with, refute calumnies against one, [Refs 5th c.BC+] B.II.2) τὴν αἰτίαν, τὰς βλασφημίας, τὰ κατηγορημένα, [Refs 5th c.BC+] B.II.2.b) refute, τοὺς ἐναντίους λόγους[Refs 5th c.AD+]in defence, [Refs 5th c.BC+] B.III) like active, acquit, τοῦ μὴ κακῶς ἔχειν ἀλλ᾽ ὀρθῶς[Refs 5th c.BC+] B.III.2) release from, τοὺς Ἕλληνας ἀ. δουλείας[Refs] B.IV) like passive (with [Refs]depart, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, put off, πνεῦμα ἀ.[Refs 1st c.BC+] C) passive, to be released, ἐλπίζων τοὺς υἱέας τῆς στρατηΐης ἀπολελύσθαι from military service, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῆς ἀρχῆς ἀπολυθῆναι βουλόμενοι to be freed from their rule, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, to be acquitted, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be absolved from, τῶν ἀδικημάτων[Refs 5th c.BC+] C.II) of combatants, to be separated, part, οὐ ῥᾳδίως ἀπελύοντο[Refs 5th c.BC+]; generally, to be separated or detached, ἀλλήλων or ἀπ᾽ ἀλλήλων, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀπολελυμένος, absolutely, detached, αἰδοῖον, γλῶττα, ὄρχεις, [Refs]; τὴν γλῶτταν ἀ. having its tongue detached, [Refs]; also, distinct, differentiated, [Refs] C.II.2) depart, ἔθανες, ἀπελύθης, [LXX+5th c.BC+] C.III) of a child, to be brought forth, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the mother, to be delivered, [Refs 5th c.BC+] C.IV) to be annulled, [Refs 4th c.BC+] C.V) ἀπολελυμένος, η, ον, absolute, especially in Grammars, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: also, general, of meaning, [Refs 4th c.AD+] C.VI) of metres, irregular, without strophic responsion, [Refs 7th c.AD+]

Greek

Verb

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; from g575 (ἀπό) and g3089 (λύω)