Dictionaries :: Loose

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Loose:

denotes

(a) "to loose, unbind, release,"

(1) of things, e.g., in Act 7:33, RV, "loose (the shoes)," AV, "put off;" Mar 1:7;

(2) of animals, e.g., Mat 21:2;

(3) of persons, e.g., Jhn 11:44; Act 22:30;

(4) of Satan, Rev 20:3, 7, and angels, Rev 9:14, 15;

(5) metaphorically, of one diseased, Luk 13:16; of the marriage tie, 1Cr 7:27; of release from sins, Rev 1:5 (in the most authentic mss.);

(b) "to loosen, break up, dismiss, dissolve, destroy;" in this sense it is translated "to loose" in Act 2:24, of the pains of death; in Rev 5:2, of the seals of a roll.
See BREAK, DESTROY, DISSOLVE, MELT, PUT (off), UNLOOSE.

Loose:

apo, "from," and No. 1, denotes

(a) "to set free, release," translated "loosed" in Luk 13:12, of deliverance from an infirmity; in Mat 18:27, AV, "loosed" (RV, "released"), of a debtor;

(b) "to let go, dismiss," e.g., Mat 14:15, 22.
See DEPART, DISMISS, DIVORCE, FORGIVE, LET (go), LIBERTY, PUT (away), RELEASE, SEND (away).

Loose:

"to send back" (ana, "back," hiemi, "to send"), "to leave, forbear," is translated "to loose," in Act 16:26, of the "loosening" of bonds; Act 27:40, rudder-bands. Elsewhere, Eph 6:9; Hbr 13:5.
See FORBEAR, LEAVE.

Loose:

See LAUNCH.

Notes:

(1) In Act 27:13, AV, airo, "to lift," is translated "loosing (thence)" (RV, "they weighed anchor").

(2) For katargeo, translated "she is loosed" in Rom 7:2, AV (RV "discharged"), see ABOLISH.

Loose:

"a loosening" (akin to A, No. 1), 1Cr 7:27, of divorce, is translated "to be loosed," lit., "loosing." In the second part of the verse the verb luo is used. In the Sept., Ecc 8:1, with the meaning "interpretation."