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Greekδιαλύω (dialuō)
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dialuomō

Strong’sG1262

I break up, disperse

stem dialu-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

δια-λύω

[in LXX for אבה, חבל, etc.;]

to part asunder, dissolve; of an assembly, pass., to disperse: Ac 5:36.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1262 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saiddee-al-oo'-o

to dissolve utterly

Fromfrom G1223 and G3089;

King Jamesscatter.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
διαλύω,
future -λύσω, etc., loose one from another, part asunder, διαπλέκων καὶ διαλύων twining and untwining, Refs 5th c.BC+; δ. τὸν σύλλογον, τὴν συνουσίαν, τὴν πανήγυριν, etc., break it up, dismiss it, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὴν σκηνὴν εἰς κοίτην δ. break up the party and go to bed, Refs; τὸ ναυτικόν disband it, Refs 5th c.BC+:— middle, συνουσίας Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, of an army, assembly, etc., disperse, Refs 5th c.BC+: in future middle, part from one's escort, Refs 5th c.BC+; of a man, die, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 dissolve into its elements, break up, destroy, δ. καὶ ἀπολλύναι Refs 5th c.BC+; disperse, break up a herd of sheep, Refs 2nd c.BC+; break up a ship, παλαιὰν τριήρη δ. Refs 3rd c.BC+; τρίπους, ὅρμος διαλελυμένος, Refs 2nd c.BC+; τὰς οἰκήσεις Refs 2nd c.BC+; dissolve, κοινόν Refs 5th c.BC+; of the sun, thaw frozen things, Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, ἐξ ὧν σύγκειται καὶ εἰς ἃ διαλύεται Refs 4th c.BC+
3 break off, put an end to friendship, ὁμολογίας Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, of married persons, separate, be divorced, Refs:—middle, διαλύσασθαι ξεινίην Refs 5th c.BC+: absolutely, dissolve friendship, Refs 4th c.BC+:—passive, αἱ σπονδαὶ διελέλυντο Refs 5th c.BC+
4 put an end to enmity, ἔχθραν, πόλεμον, Refs:—middle, δ. ἔχθρας Refs 5th c.BC+pluperfect passive (with middle signification), διελέλυσθε τὸν πόλεμον Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, τὰς ἔχθρας διαλύεσθαι Refs 5th c.BC+
4.b with accusative person, reconcile, πρὸς ἔμ᾽ αὑτὸν διαλύειν ἠξίου Refs 5th c.BC+; especially in legal proceedings, Refs 3rd c.BC+ —passive and middle, with genitive of things, διαλύεσθαι νείκους to be parted from quarrel, i.e. be reconciled, Refs 5th c.BC+; so διαλυθείσης τῆς διαφορᾶς probably in Refs 1st c.BC+: also absolutely, to be reconciled, make up a quarrel, Refs 5th c.BC+: in future middle, ὅπως.. μὴ διαλύσει Refs 4th c.BC+
5 generally, put an end to, do away with, χρήμασι τὴν διαβολήν Refs 5th c.BC+; πάσας αὐτοῦ διαλύσω τὰς ἀπολογίαςRefs 5th c.BC+:—so in middle, ἐγκλήματα δ. Refs 5th c.BC+; δ. περὶ τῶν ἐγκλημάτωνRefs 5th c.BC+; δ. ἃ ἐψηφίσασθε cancel your vote, Refs 5th c.BC+; διαλύσασθαι τὰ πρὸς ἀλλήλους settle mutual claims, Refs 5th c.BC+
6 solve a difficulty, Refs 5th c.BC+:—middle, διαλύσεσθαι σόφισμα Refs 2nd c.AD+
7 δ.τὰς τιμάς pay the full value, Refs 4th c.BC+; pay, discharge, τὴν δαπάνην Refs 5th c.BC+ satisfy him, i.e. pay him off, Refs 4th c.BC+:—middle, order debts to be paid, διαλέλυμαι ταῦτα Refs 2nd c.AD+; but also, to have them paid to oneself, Refs 1st c.AD+
II relax, weaken, τὸ σῶμα Refs 5th c.BC+; especially of the result of hunger, διαλύεσθαι τῷ λιμῷ Refs 2nd c.BC+active intransitive, ὑπὸ τῆς λιμοῦ δ.Refs 2nd c.BC+; make supple and pliant, Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, δ. καὶ ἀδυνατεῖν Refs 4th c.BC+; ἀνάπλους διαλελυμένος a sailing out in loose order, Refs 2nd c.BC+; διαλελυμένη λέξις a lax style, Refs 1st c.BC+
II.2 absolutely, slacken one's hold, undo, Refs 3rd c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

dispersed1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind itWhat it isUsuallyTimes
dialuilaδιελύθησανhappened · theyaorist passive indicative 3rd person pluraldispersed1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

Who personhappening now presentwas happening imperfecthas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singulardialuomōdialuomedialuomēdialuomelē
you 2nd person singulardialuosōdialuosedialuosēdialuoselē
he/she/it 3rd person singulardialuotōdialuotedialuotēdialuotelē
we 1st person pluraldialuonōdialuonedialuonēdialuonelē
ye 2nd person pluraldialuovōdialuovedialuovēdialuovelē
they 3rd person pluraldialuolōdialuoledialuolēdialuolelē

acted on passive voice

Who personwill happen futurehappened aorist
I 1st person singulardialuimidialuima
you 2nd person singulardialuisidialuisa
he/she/it 3rd person singulardialuitidialuita
we 1st person pluraldialuinidialuina
ye 2nd person pluraldialuividialuiva
they 3rd person pluraldialuilidialuila1×διελύθησαν
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

Who personhappening now presenthas happened perfect
I 1st person singulardialuomeiōdialuomeiē
you 2nd person singulardialuoseiōdialuoseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singulardialuoteiōdialuoteiē
we 1st person pluraldialuoneiōdialuoneiē
ye 2nd person pluraldialuoveiōdialuoveiē
they 3rd person pluraldialuoleiōdialuoleiē

acted on passive voice

Who personhappened aorist
I 1st person singulardialuimeia
you 2nd person singulardialuiseia
he/she/it 3rd person singulardialuiteia
we 1st person pluraldialuineia
ye 2nd person pluraldialuiveia
they 3rd person pluraldialuileia
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

Who personhappening now presenthas happened perfect
you 2nd person singulardialuosōrdialuosēr
he/she/it 3rd person singulardialuotōrdialuotēr
ye 2nd person pluraldialuovōrdialuovēr
they 3rd person pluraldialuolōrdialuolēr

acted on passive voice

Who personhappened aorist
you 2nd person singulardialuisar
he/she/it 3rd person singulardialuitar
ye 2nd person pluraldialuivar
they 3rd person pluraldialuilar
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice

Who personhappening now present
I 1st person singulardialuomoiō
you 2nd person singulardialuosoiō
he/she/it 3rd person singulardialuotoiō
we 1st person pluraldialuonoiō
ye 2nd person pluraldialuovoiō
they 3rd person pluraldialuoloiō

acted on passive voice

Who personhappened aorist
I 1st person singulardialuimoia
you 2nd person singulardialuisoia
he/she/it 3rd person singulardialuitoia
we 1st person pluraldialuinoia
ye 2nd person pluraldialuivoia
they 3rd person pluraldialuiloia
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voicedialuorōdialuorē
acted on passive voicedialuiridialuira
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voicedialuorōntosdialuorēntos
acted on passive voicedialuirintosdialuirantos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them
dialustem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

dialu is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

dialuila“dispersed”happened · theyaorist passive indicative 3rd person plural1×

Acts 5:36… anairita, kai pantois hosois peithole auto dialuila kai genela eis oudenem.… was killed, all his followers were dispersed, and it all came to nothing.