Strong G3080λύσις

divorce

Transliteration
lusis
Pronunciation
loo'-sis
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From G3089; a loosening that is (specifically) divorce: - to be loosed.

Detailed definition

λύσις, -εως, ἡ
(λύω), [in LXX: Ecc.8:1 (Ecc.8:1) (פֵּשֶׁר), Dan LXX 12:8, Wis.8:8 *;]
a loosing: of divorce, 1Co.7:27.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G3080 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • loose1

First verses

  1. 1 Corinthians 7:27
    Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
λύσις [ῠ], εως,
Ionic dialect ιος, ἡ, (λύω) loosing, releasing, ransoming, νεκροῖο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.655; σώματος 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 4.13; ἡ λ. τῆς αἰσθήσεως ἐγρήγορσις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Somno et Vigilia” 454b27: with _genitive_ objecti, θανάτου λ.)] deliverance from death, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.421, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1010; λ. ἔριδος 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 637; χρεέων [prev. author] “Op.” 404; πενίης 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 180; λύσιν αἰτησόμενοι τῶν παρεόντων κακῶν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.139; πενθέων 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.76; μόχθων τῶν ἐφεστώτων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1171; τῶν δειμάτων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.102; τῶν δεσμῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 515c)]; ἀπὸ τῶν δεσμῶν[Refs 6th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 532b; ἐκ χαλεπῶν 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1385; βλασφημίας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Epistulae” 3.39; μάχης “PLips.” 40 ii 16 (4th-5th c.AD).)]
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+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 573.)]
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 ([prev. author] “OT” 921)]; οὐδ᾽ ἔχει λύσιν [τὰ πήματα] admit not of atonement, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ant.” 598 (Lyric poetry); λύσεις τε καὶ καθαρμοὶ ἀδικημάτων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 364e)]; τῇ [τῆς φιλοσοφίας] λύσει καὶ καθαρμῷ by her offer to release them, [Refs ([prev. author] “Phd.” 82d)]; αἱ νομιζόμεναι λ., in cases of homicide, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1262a32)]; λ. ἁμαρτημάτων blotting out of sins, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.151.)]
4 redemption of mortgage or pledge, [χωρίον] πεπραμένον ἐπὶ λύσει [Refs (“IG” 2.1103, +others, compare 12(7).55.14 (from Amorgos), 12(8).18 (from Lemnos).)]
4.b release, discharge from a financial obligation, λύσιν ποιήσασθαι τῆς συγχωρήσεως [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“BGU” 1115.46 (1st c.BC), etc.)]
5 for ὠμὴ λύσις, see at {ὠμήλυσις}.
II loosing, parting, λ. καὶ χωρισμὸς ψυχῆς ἀπὸ σώματος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 67d; simply, ἡ τοῦ σώματος λ. [prev. author] “Ax.” 371a)]; dissolution, πολιτείας [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Lg.” 945c; νόμων ἢ πολιτείας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1268b30; βίου λύσιν ἔσχε “IG” 14.140 (from Syracuse))]; λ. κομήτου [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Philoponus, Joannes Philosophus “in Aristotelis Meteorologicorum librum primum commentarium - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 86.25)]; τῶν σφραγίδων αἱ λ. breaking them, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 20.)]
II.2 emptying, evacuation, πείνη μέν που λ. καὶ λύπ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 31e)]; ἡ λ. τῶν κοιλιῶν, κοιλίας, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 947b29, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.64 (variant))]; emission of semen, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Alexander Aphrodisiensis Philosophus “Problemata - Physici et Medici Graeci Minores” 1.125 (_plural_).)]
II.3 λ. πυρετοῦ remission of fever, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.28)]; λ., opposed to κρίσις, [Refs ([prev. author] 9.732)]; cure, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Anonymus Londinensis 3.20)]; τὰ πάθη defined as συστολαὶ καὶ λύσεις (variant{χύσεις}) τῆς ψυχῆς, opposed to κρίσεις, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Zeno Citieus Stoicus 3.113 = 1.51.)]
II.4 as a technical term,
II.4.a solution of a difficulty, ἡ λ. τῆς ἀπορίας its solution, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1146b7, +others)]; ἔχει τινὰ λ. πρὸς ταύτην τὴν ἀπορίαν, ὅτι.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “de An.” 422b28; οὐ συμβαίνει ἡ λ. [prev. author] “EN” 1153b5; ὅταν τὸ θάμβος.. μὴ δύνηται τὴν λ. λαμβάνειν 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.29U.; εὑρεῖν λ. τοῦ προβλήματος 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 30.19.5; λ. εὑρέσθαι 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.267 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]; also, interpretation, σημείων τεράτων τε λύσεις [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Argonautica” 37.)]
II.4.b refutation of an argument, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Sophistici Elenchi” 179a27, “Rh.” 1402b23, +others)]
II.4.c unravelling of the plot of a tragedy, opposed to δέσις, [Refs ([prev. author] “Po.” 1454a37 (_plural_), 1455b24.)]
II.4.d softening of a strong expression, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 38.5.)]
II.4.e resolution of one vowel into two, as in ἥλιος, ἠέλιος, like{διαίρεσις}, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 70.)]
II.4.f looseness of structure in writing, especially asyndeton, [Refs ([prev. work] 192, +others)]
II.4.g in metric, resolution of [musical notation] into [musical notation], [Refs 7th c.AD+ (7th c.AD: Hephaestio Grammaticus 6.)]
II.5 divorce, [NT+6th c.AD+ (NT.1Cor.7.27; λ. γάμου 6th c.AD: Justinianus Imperator “Novellae” 140 “Prooem.”, compare at Title Page)]
III ={δόρπου λ}., place for banqueting [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare (κατάλυσις 11), 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).47.)]