λύω | Bill Mounce

Vocabulary Form

λύω

Definition

I loose, set free, destroy

Erasmian

Modern

Root

λυ

Frequency

3395

Forms

(ἔλυον), λύσω, ἔλυσα, -, λέλυμαι, ἐλύθην

Notes

λύω occurs less than fifty times, but because it is our paradigm verb you will have learned it anyway.

Biblical Concordance

Matthew 5:19	Therefore whoever relaxes (lysē \| λύσῃ \| aor act subj 3 sg) one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does them and teaches others, this person will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 16:19	I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose (lysēs \| λύσῃς \| aor act subj 2 sg) on earth will have been loosed (lelymenon \| λελυμένον \| perf pass ptcp nom sg neut) in heaven.”
Matthew 18:18	“I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose (lysēte \| λύσητε \| aor act subj 2 pl) on earth will have been loosed (lelymena \| λελυμένα \| perf pass ptcp nom pl neut) in heaven.
Matthew 21:2	saying to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and right away you will find a donkey tethered, and a colt with her. Untie (lysantes \| λύσαντες \| aor act ptcp nom pl masc) them and bring them to me.
Mark 1:7	And he was proclaiming, saying, is coming “The one who is more powerful than I is coming after me; not I am not worthy to stoop down and untie (lysai \| λῦσαι \| aor act inf ) the thong of his sandals. his
Mark 7:35	And immediately the man’s ears were opened, that which bound his tongue was loosened (elythē \| ἐλύθη \| aor pass ind 3 sg), and he began to speak clearly.
Mark 11:2	and said to them, “Go into the village directly ahead of you, and immediately upon entering it you will find a tethered colt on which no one has ever sat. Untie (lysate \| λύσατε \| aor act imperative 2 pl) it and bring it.
Mark 11:4	So they went away and found a tethered colt at a door outside in the street, and they untied (lyousin \| λύουσιν \| pres act ind 3 pl) it.
Mark 11:5	And some of those standing there said to them, “What are you doing, untying (lyontes \| λύοντες \| pres act ptcp nom pl masc) the colt?”
Luke 3:16	John gave an answer to all, saying, “I indeed baptize you with water, but there is coming one who is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to untie (lysai \| λῦσαι \| aor act inf ) the thong of his sandals. He it is who will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
Luke 13:15	Then the Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Does (lyei \| λύει \| pres act ind 3 sg) not each of you on the Sabbath untie (lyei \| λύει \| pres act ind 3 sg) his ox or his donkey from the manger to lead it away and to water it?
Luke 13:16	And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen years, be released (lythēnai \| λυθῆναι \| aor pass inf ) from this bondage on the day of the Sabbath?”
Luke 19:30	saying, “Go into the village ahead of you, where, as you enter, you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever yet sat. Untie (lysantes \| λύσαντες \| aor act ptcp nom pl masc) it and bring it here.
Luke 19:31	If someone asks you why are you untying (lyete \| λύετε \| pres act ind 2 pl) it, you shall say this: ‘The Lord has need of it.’”
Luke 19:33	As they were untying (lyontōn \| λυόντων \| pres act ptcp gen pl masc) the colt, its owners asked them, “Why are you untying (lyete \| λύετε \| pres act ind 2 pl) the colt?”
John 1:27	the one coming after me; I am not worthy to untie (lysō \| λύσω \| aor act subj 1 sg) the thong of his sandals.”
John 2:19	Jesus answered them, saying, “Destroy (lysate \| λύσατε \| aor act imperative 2 pl) this temple and in three days I will restore it.”
John 5:18	This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because he (elyen \| ἔλυεν \| imperf act ind 3 sg) not only used to break (elyen \| ἔλυεν \| imperf act ind 3 sg) the Sabbath, but he also was calling God his own Father, thus making himself equal with God.
John 7:23	If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may (lythē \| λυθῇ \| aor pass subj 3 sg) not be broken (lythē \| λυθῇ \| aor pass subj 3 sg), why are you angry with me because I made an entire man well on the Sabbath?
John 10:35	If the scripture called them ‘gods’ to whom the word of God came — and scripture cannot be annulled (lythēnai \| λυθῆναι \| aor pass inf ) —
John 11:44	The dead man came out, his feet and his hands bound with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unwrap (lysate \| λύσατε \| aor act imperative 2 pl) him, and let him go.”
Acts 2:24	whom God raised up, loosing (lysas \| λύσας \| aor act ptcp nom sg masc) the pangs of death, as it was not possible for him to be held by it.
Acts 7:33	And the Lord said to him, ‘Take (lyson \| λῦσον \| aor act imperative 2 sg) off the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you stand is holy ground.
Acts 13:25	And as John was completing his ministry, he said repeatedly, ‘What do you suppose me to be? I am not he. But behold, one is coming after me of whom I am not worthy to (lysai \| λῦσαι \| aor act inf ) untie (lysai \| λῦσαι \| aor act inf ) the sandals for his feet.’
Acts 13:43	And after the meeting of the synagogue broke up (lytheisēs \| λυθείσης \| aor pass ptcp gen sg fem), many Jews and devout converts followed Paul and Barnabas, who, as they spoke with them, were persuading them to continue in the grace of God.