noun · feminine
lusias
Strong’sG3080
dissolution, release
stem lusi-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.
λύσις, -εως, ἡ
(< λύω), [in LXX: Ec 7:30 (8:1) (פֵּשֶׁר), Da LXX 12:8, Wi 8:8*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3080 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidloo'-sis
a loosening, i.e. (specially), divorce
Fromfrom G3089;
King Jamesto be loosed.
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
Ionic dialect ιος, ἡ, (λύω) loosing, releasing, ransoming, νεκροῖο Refs 8th c.BC+ deliverance from death, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἀπὸ τῶν δεσμῶνRefs 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+
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 | lusias | lusiais |
| object accusative | lusian1×λύσιν | lusiain |
| direct address vocative | lusiar | lusiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | lusiau | lusiaiu |
| to, for dative | lusia | lusiai |
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
lusia 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
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
lusian“to be released”objectaccusative singular1×
1 Corinthians 7:27dosē gunaika? mē zētasōr lusian; luosē apo gunaikau? mē zētasōr gunaikan;… to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you free of commitment? Do …