λύω luō

Greek word for “to loose” · Strong’s G3089 · used 42 times in 39 verses

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Meaning

λύω; 1. to loose, unbind, release: of things, al.;

How it is translated

Glosses given for luō in context, with how often each is used:

• loosed 4
• untie 4
• shall loose 2
• having untied 2
• will be dissolved 2
• released 2
• shall break 1
• do untie 1
• untied 1
• untying 1
• does he untie 1
• do you untie it? 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Mark 11 (3), Luke 19 (3), 2 Peter 3 (3), Luke 13 (2), Acts 13 (2), Revelation 9 (2), Revelation 20 (2), Matthew 5 (1), Matthew 16 (1), Matthew 18 (1)

Forms

• λῦσαι 4
• λύσατε 3
• λυθῆναι 3
• λύσῃ 2
• λύσαντες 2
• λύετε 2
• λύσας 2
• λῦσον 2
• λυθήσεται 2
• λύσῃς 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with luō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• δέω deō “to bind” 10
• πῶλος pōlos “colt” 6
• ὑπόδημα hupodēma “sandal” 5
• ἱμάς himas “leather strap” 3
• κατέναντι katenanti “before” 3
• σάββατον sabbaton “Sabbath” 4
• εὑρίσκω ehuriskō “to find/meet” 5
• γῆ gē “earth” 5
• οὐρανός ouranos “heaven” 5
• κώμη kōmē “village” 3
• ἰσχυρός ischuros “strong” 3
• καυσόω kausoō “to burn” 2

Key verses

The verses using luō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 5:19 — Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever…
• Luke 3:16 — John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he…
• John 2:19 — Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
• John 5:18 — Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with…
• John 10:35 — If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
• Acts 2:24 — Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
• Acts 13:43 — Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to…
• Ephesians 2:14 — For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
• 2 Peter 3:10 — But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with…
• 2 Peter 3:11 — Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
• 1 John 3:8 — He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the…
• Revelation 1:5 — And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.