divorce

Greek Noun Female

λύσις, -εως, ἡ (λύω), [in LXX: Ecc.8:1 (Ecc.8:1) (פֵּשֶׁר), Dan LXX 12:8, Wis.8:8 *;] a loosing: of divorce, 1Co.7:27. (AS)

divorce

Greek Noun Female

λύσις [ῠ], εως, Ionic dialect ιος, ἡ, (λύω) loosing, releasing, ransoming, νεκροῖο [Refs 8th c.BC+] deliverance from death, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀπὸ τῶν δεσμῶν[Refs 6th c.BC+] 2) absolutely, οὐ γὰρ λ. ἄλλη στρατῷ πρὸς οἶκον no other means of letting the host loose from port for home, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 3) deliverance from guilt by expiatory rites, ὅπως λ. τιν᾽ ἡμὶν εὐαγῆ πόρῃς may'st grant us a deliverance such as may purify us, [Refs]; οὐδ᾽ ἔχει λύσιν [τὰ πήματα] admit not of atonement, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῇ [τῆς φιλοσοφίας] λύσει καὶ καθαρμῷ by her offer to release them, [Refs]; αἱ νομιζόμεναι λ, in cases of homicide, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; λ. ἁμαρτημάτων blotting out of sins, [Refs 1st c.AD+] 4) redemption of mortgage or pledge, [χωρίον] πεπραμένον ἐπὶ λύσει [Refs] 4.b) release, discharge from a financial obligation, λύσιν ποιήσασθαι τῆς συγχωρήσεως [Refs 1st c.BC+] 5) for ὠμὴ λύσις, see at {ὠμήλυσις}. II) loosing, parting, λ. καὶ χωρισμὸς ψυχῆς ἀπὸ σώματος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; dissolution, πολιτείας [Refs 4th c.BC+]; λ. κομήτου [Refs 6th c.AD+]; τῶν σφραγίδων αἱ λ. breaking them, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] II.2) emptying, evacuation, πείνη μέν που λ. καὶ λύπ; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ λ. τῶν κοιλιῶν, κοιλίας, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; emission of semen, [Refs 3rd c.AD+] II.3) λ. πυρετοῦ remission of fever, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; λ, opposed to κρίσις, [Refs]; cure, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; τὰ πάθη defined as συστολαὶ καὶ λύσεις (variant{χύσεις}) τῆς ψυχῆς, opposed to κρίσεις, [Refs 4th c.BC+] II.4) as a technical term, II.4.a) solution of a difficulty, ἡ λ. τῆς ἀπορίας its solution, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἔχει τινὰ λ. πρὸς ταύτην τὴν ἀπορίαν, ὅτι. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, interpretation, σημείων τεράτων τε λύσεις [Refs 5th c.AD+] II.4.b) refutation of an argument, [Refs 4th c.BC+] II.4.c) unravelling of the plot of a tragedy, opposed to δέσις, [Refs] II.4.d) softening of a strong expression, [Refs 3rd c.AD+] II.4.e) resolution of one vowel into two, as in ἥλιος, ἠέλιος, like{διαίρεσις}, [Refs 4th c.BC+] II.4.f) looseness of structure in writing, especially asyndeton, [Refs] II.4.g) in metric, resolution of [musical notation] into [musical notation], [Refs 7th c.AD+] II.5) divorce, [NT+6th c.AD+] III) ={δόρπου λ}, place for banqueting [Refs 5th c.BC+]

Greek

Noun Feminine

a loosening, i.e. (specially), divorce; to be loosed; from g3089 (λύω)