lyō · loose, untie

What it means

lyō (λύω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “loose, untie”.

Untie, loose, set free; break, make void.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To undo bonds, or set someone free.
2. To break, tear down or strip of force something that stood firm.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• untie ×10
• untying ×4
• be released ×3
• Destroy ×2
• be broken ×2
• will be dissolved ×2
• will have been loosed ×2
• you loose ×2
• Are you released ×1
• Release ×1
• others ×13

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×6
• Mark×5
• Luke×7
• John×6
• Acts×6
• 1 Corinthians×1
• Ephesians×1
• 2 Peter×3
• 1 John×1
• Revelation×6

• Matthew 5:19

  So whoever breaks one of these least commandments and teaches people to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, this one 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 on earth will have been loosed in heaven.”

• Matthew 18:18

  Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will have been loosed in heaven.

• Matthew 21:2

  saying to them, “Go into the village that is opposite you, and at once you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to me.

• Mark 1:7

  And he was proclaiming, saying, “After me comes the one stronger than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.

• Mark 7:35

  And his ears were opened, and the binding of his tongue was loosed, and he was speaking plainly.

• Mark 11:2

  and says to them, “Go into the village that is opposite you, and at once, as you enter into it, you will find a colt tied, on which no person has ever yet sat; untie it and bring it.

• Mark 11:4

  And they went away and found a colt tied at a door outside in the street, and they untie it.

• Mark 11:5

  And some of those standing there were saying to them, “What are you doing, untying the colt?”

• Luke 3:16

  John answered, saying to all, “I immerse you in water; but the one stronger than I is coming, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie; he will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and fire.

• Luke 13:15

  But the Lord answered him and said, “Hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger and lead it away and give it water?

• Luke 13:16

  And this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan bound, look, for eighteen years, ought she not to be released from this bond on the day of the Sabbath?”

• Luke 19:30

  saying, “Go into the village ahead of you, in which, as you enter, you will find a colt tied, on which no person has ever sat; untie it and bring it.

• Luke 19:31

  And if anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ you will say this: ‘The Lord has need of it.’”

• Luke 19:33

  And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the colt?”

• John 1:27

  the one who comes after me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to untie.”

• John 2:19

  Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will raise it up.”

• John 5:18

  For this reason therefore the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because he was not only breaking the Sabbath, but he was also calling God his own Father, making himself equal to God.

• John 7:23

  If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a whole man well on the Sabbath?

• John 10:35

  If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken),

• John 11:44

  The dead man came out, bound hand and foot with strips of cloth, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus says to them, “Untie him and let him go.”

• Acts 2:24

  Him God raised up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.

• Acts 7:33

  And the Lord said to him, ‘Take off the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.

• Acts 13:25

  And as John was completing his course, he was saying, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. But look, one is coming after me, the sandal of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.’

• Acts 13:43

  And when the meeting broke up, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, were persuading them to remain in the grace of God.

• Acts 22:30

  And the next day, wanting to know for certain what he was being accused of by the Jews, he released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole council to come together; and bringing down Paul, he set him before them.

• Acts 27:41

  But coming upon a place where two seas met, they grounded the vessel; and the bow stuck fast and remained immovable, but the stern was being broken up by the force.

• 1 Corinthians 7:27

  Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you released from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

• Ephesians 2:14

  For he himself is our peace, who made both one and broke down the dividing wall of the partition, the hostility, in his flesh,

• 2 Peter 3:10

  But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the elements, burning, will be dissolved, and the earth and the works in it will be laid bare.

• 2 Peter 3:11

  Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort 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, set on fire, will be dissolved, and the elements, burning, will melt?

• 1 John 3:8

  Whoever commits sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was revealed: to destroy the works of the devil.

• Revelation 1:5

  and from Jesus the Messiah, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and freed us from our sins by his blood,

• Revelation 5:2

  And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and to break its seals?”

• Revelation 9:14

  saying to the sixth angel, the one who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”

• Revelation 9:15

  And the four angels were released, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, to kill a third of mankind.

• Revelation 20:3

  and threw him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he would not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed. After these things he must be released for a short time.

• Revelation 20:7

  And when the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison

And 3 more times.