Apoluo

ap-ol-oo'-o
Parts of Speech Verb

Apoluo Definition

  1. to set free
  2. to let go, dismiss, (to detain no longer)
    1. a petitioner to whom liberty to depart is given by a decisive answer
    2. to bid depart, send away
  3. to let go free, release
    1. a captive i.e. to loose his bonds and bid him depart, to give him liberty to depart
    2. to acquit one accused of a crime and set him at liberty
    3. indulgently to grant a prisoner leave to depart
    4. to release a debtor, i.e. not to press one's claim against him, to remit his debt
  4. used of divorce, to dismiss from the house, to repudiate. The wife of a Greek or Roman may divorce her husband.
  5. to send one's self away, to depart
Audio Pronunciation
Original Language
ajpoluvw
Origin
from (575) and (3089)
Strong's Number
630
TDNT Entry
None

KJV Word Usage

release
17
put away
14
send away
13
let go
13
set at liberty
2
let depart
2
dismiss
2
miscellaneous
6
Total
69

KJV Verse Count

18
12
14
3
15
1
Total
63
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Greek lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain.

Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Apoluo". "The KJV New Testament Greek Lexicon". . .