Luō λύω

Luō (Greek λύω, Strong's G3089) is a Greek verb meaning “to loose”. It occurs 44 times in 41 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Luō, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

• Matthew 5:19
  Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.So then, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do likewise will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever practices and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
• Matthew 16:19
  And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
• Matthew 18:18
  Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.
• Matthew 21:2
  Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.saying to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt beside her. Untie them and bring them to Me.

Mark

• Mark 1:7
  And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.And he began to proclaim: “After me will come One more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.
• Mark 7:35
  And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.Immediately the man’s ears were opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak plainly.
• Mark 11:2
  And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him.and said to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.
• Mark 11:4
  And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him.So they went and found the colt outside in the street, tied at a doorway. They untied it,
• Mark 11:5
  And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt?and some who were standing there asked, “Why are you untying the colt?”

Luke

• Luke 3:16
  John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:John answered all of them: “I baptize you with water, but One more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
• Luke 13:15
  The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?“You hypocrites!” the Lord replied. “Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it to water?
• Luke 13:16
  And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?Then should not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be released from her bondage on the Sabbath day?”
• Luke 19:30
  Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither.saying, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.
• Luke 19:31
  And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.If anyone asks, ‘Why are you untying it?’ tell him, ‘The Lord needs it.’”
• Luke 19:33
  And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt?As they were untying the colt, its owners asked, “Why are you untying the colt?”

John

• John 1:27
  He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose.He is the One who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”
• John 2:19
  Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”
• John 5:18
  Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.
• John 7:23
  If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?If a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses will not be broken, why are you angry with Me for making the whole man well on the Sabbath?
• John 10:35
  If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken—
• John 11:44
  And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.The man who had been dead came out with his hands and feet bound in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth. “Unwrap him and let him go,” Jesus told them.

Acts

• Acts 2:24
  Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for Him to be held in its clutches.
• Acts 7:33
  Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.
• Acts 13:25
  And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.As John was completing his course, he said, ‘Who do you suppose I am? I am not that One. But He is coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.’
• Acts 13:43
  Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.After the synagogue was dismissed, many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.
• Acts 22:30
  On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.The next day the commander, wanting to learn the real reason Paul was accused by the Jews, released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin to assemble. Then he brought Paul down and had him stand before them.
• Acts 24:26
  He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.At the same time, he was hoping that Paul would offer him a bribe. So he sent for Paul frequently and talked with him.
• Acts 27:41
  And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.But the vessel struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern was being broken up by the pounding of the waves.

1 Corinthians

• 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.Are you committed to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you free of commitment? Do not look for a wife.

Ephesians

• Ephesians 2:14
  For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility

2 Peter

• 2 Peter 3:10
  But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.
• 2 Peter 3:11
  Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to conduct yourselves in holiness and godliness
• 2 Peter 3:12
  Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?as you anticipate and hasten the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will be destroyed by fire and the elements will melt in the heat.

1 John

• 1 John 3:8
  He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.

Revelation

• Revelation 1:5
  And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,
• Revelation 5:2
  And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?”
• Revelation 5:5
  And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed to open the scroll and its seven seals.”
• Revelation 9:14
  Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.saying to the sixth angel with the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”
• Revelation 9:15
  And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.So the four angels who had been prepared for this hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind.
• Revelation 20:3
  And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.And he threw him into the Abyss, shut it, and sealed it over him, so that he could not deceive the nations until the thousand years were complete. After that, he must be released for a brief period of time.
• Revelation 20:7
  And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,When the thousand years are complete, Satan will be released from his prison,

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).