Lexical Summary epilyō: to loose, to solve Original Word: ἐπιλύωTransliteration: epilyō Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-loo'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to loose, to solve Meaning: to loose, to solve Strong's Concordance determine, expound. From epi and luo; to solve further, i.e. (figuratively) to explain, decide -- determine, expound. see GREEK epi see GREEK luo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1956: ἐπιλύωἐπιλύω: imperfect ἐπελυον; 1 future passive ἐπιλυθήσομαι; a. properly, to unloose, untie (German auflösen) anything knotted or bound or sealed up; (Xenophon, Theocr, Herodian). b. to clear (a controversy), to decide, settle: Acts 19:39; to explain (what is obscure and hard to understand): Mark 4:34 (as in Genesis 41:12 variant; Philo, vita contempl. § 10; de agricult. § 3; Sextus Empiricus, 2, 246; γριφους, Athen. 10, p. 449 e.; also in middle, Athen. 10, p. 450 f.; Josephus, Antiquities 8, 6, 5, and often by the Scholiasts). |
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