noun · feminine
epilusias
Strong’sG1955
solution, explanation, interpretation
stem epilusi-once in the New Testament1 of 10 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.
** ἐπί-λυσις -εως, ἡ
(< ἐπιλύω), [in Aq.: Ge 40:8; Sm.: Ho 3:4 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1955 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidep-il'-oo-sis
explanation, i.e. application
Fromfrom G1956;
King Jamesinterpretation.
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
release from, ἐ. φόβων δίδου 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 134 (Lyric poetry): absolutely, exemption from banishment, Refs 4th c.BC+
2. solution, σοφισμάτων 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 2.246; explanation, NT
3. discharge, of a debt, δοῦναί τισιν ἐ. Refs 3rd c.BC+
4. spell, Refs
5. in Medicine texts, change of dressing, Refs
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.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | epilusias | epilusiais |
| object accusative | epilusian | epilusiain |
| direct address vocative | epilusiar | epilusiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | epilusiau1×ἐπιλύσεως | epilusiaiu |
| to, for dative | epilusia | epilusiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
epilusia 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
epilusiau“interpretation”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
2 Peter 1:20… gnōskarōntois hoti pantas profēteias grafau idiau epilusiau ouk genotō,… of Scripture comes from one’s own interpretation.