Strongs Number: G630
- Greek Word
- ἀπολύω
- Transliteration
- apoluō
- Phonetic
- ap-ol-oo'-o
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
to free fully that is (literally) relieve release: dismiss (reflexively depart) or (figuratively) let die pardon or (specifically) divorce
- Thayers Definition
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1. to set free
2. to let go, dismiss, (to detain no longer)
a. a petitioner to whom liberty to depart is given by a decisive answer
b. to bid depart, send away
3. to let go free, release
a. a captive i.e. to loose his bonds and bid him depart, to give him liberty to depart
b. to acquit one accused of a crime and set him at liberty
c. indulgently to grant a prisoner leave to depart
d. 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
- Origin
- From G575 and G3089
- Bible Usage
- (let) depart dismiss divorce forgive let go loose put (send) away release set at liberty.