G630Greek(let) depart, dismiss, divorce, forgive, let go, loose, put (send) away, release, set at liberty
(let) depart, dismiss, divorce, forgive, let go, loose, put (send) away, release, set at liberty
to free fully, i.e., (literally) relieve, release, dismiss (reflexively, depart), or (figuratively) let die, pardon or (specially) divorce
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Detailed Definition
- 1to set free
- 2a petitioner to whom liberty to depart is given by a decisive answer
- 3a captive i.e., to loose his bonds and bid him depart, to give him liberty to depart
- 4to acquit one accused of a crime and set him at liberty
- 5to bid depart, send away
- 6to let go, dismiss, (to detain no longer)
- 7indulgently to grant a prisoner leave to depart
- 8to release a debtor, i.e., not to press one's claim against him, to remit his debt
- 9to let go free, release
- 10used of divorce, to dismiss from the house, to repudiate
- 11to send one's self away, to depart
Etymology & Derivation
from g0575 and g3089
Scholarly Notes
the wife of a greek or roman may divorce her husband.