ἀπολύω
apoluō
“to release: release”
Definition
to free fully, i.e. (literally) relieve, release, dismiss (reflexively, depart), or (figuratively) let die, pardon or (specially) divorce
from G575 (ἀπό) and G3089 (λύω);
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logos (G3056)
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Occurrences
ἀπολύω appears 62 times in the New Testament.
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Key Passages
And after they had fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on them and sent them off.
On their release, Peter and John returned to their own people and reported everything that the chief priests and elders had said to them.
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But Jesus did not answer a word. So His disciples came and urged Him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.”
It has also been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’
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