Vocabulary Form
λύω
Definition

I loose, set free, destroy

Erasmian
Modern
Root
λυ
Frequency
42
GK
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

Acts 22:30 But on the next day, wanting to know for sure what was the accusation being made against him by the Jews, he released (elysen | ἔλυσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) him and ordered the chief priests and all the council to meet, and he brought Paul down and set him before them.
Acts 27:41 But caught in some crosscurrents, they ran the ship aground; the bow stuck and remained immovable, but the stern began to break (elyeto | ἐλύετο | imperf pass ind 3 sg) up by the force of the waves.
1 Corinthians 7:27 If you are married to a wife, do not seek to be set free; if you are free (lelysai | λέλυσαι | perf pass ind 2 sg) from a wife, do not seek a wife.
Ephesians 2:14 For he is our peace, who has made us both one and has (lysas | λύσας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) broken (lysas | λύσας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) down (lysas | λύσας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) the dividing wall, having abolished in his flesh the hostility,
2 Peter 3:10 But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a rushing noise, the elements will (lythēsetai | λυθήσεται | fut pass ind 3 sg) melt (lythēsetai | λυθήσεται | fut pass ind 3 sg) in the intense heat, and the earth and the works in it will be exposed.
2 Peter 3:11 Since (lyomenōn | λυομένων | pres pass ptcp gen pl neut) all these things are (lyomenōn | λυομένων | pres pass ptcp gen pl neut) thus to be dissolved (lyomenōn | λυομένων | pres pass ptcp gen pl neut), what kind of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness,
2 Peter 3:12 waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved (lythēsontai | λυθήσονται | fut pass ind 3 pl), and the elements will melt in the heat.
1 John 3:8 The one who continues to sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose — that he might destroy (lysē | λύσῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) the works of the devil.
Revelation 1:5 and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the world. To him who loves us and has freed (lysanti | λύσαντι | aor act ptcp dat sg masc) us from our sins by his blood
Revelation 5:2 And I saw a powerful angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break (lysai | λῦσαι | aor act inf ) its seals?”
Revelation 9:14 saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release (lyson | λῦσον | aor act imperative 2 sg) the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”
Revelation 9:15 So the four angels, who had been prepared for this hour, day, month, and year, were (elythēsan | ἐλύθησαν | aor pass ind 3 pl) released (elythēsan | ἐλύθησαν | aor pass ind 3 pl) to kill a third of mankind.
Revelation 20:3 Then he threw him into the abyss, locked and sealed it over him, so he could not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were finished. After that he must be set loose (lythēnai | λυθῆναι | aor pass inf ) for a short time.
Revelation 20:7 When the thousand years are finished, Satan will be released (lythēsetai | λυθήσεται | fut pass ind 3 sg) from his prison