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International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Release:

re-les':

(1) The forgiveness of a debt (shemiTTah (De 15:1,2,9; 31:10; see JUBILEE YEAR)), with verb shamaT, "to release," De 31:2,3.

(2) To exempt from taxation or military service (hanachah, "release," "rest" (Es 2:18)). Some would render "granted a holiday."

(3) To set a prisoner or slave at liberty (apoluo, "to let go free" (Mt 27:15 parallel Joh 19:10), etc.).

Nave's Topical Bible

Release: Year Of

See JUBILEE, YEAR OF

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Release:

"to loose from," is translated "to release" in Mat 18:27, RV (AV, "loosed"); Mat 27:15, 17, 21, 26; Mar 15:6, 9, 11, 15; Luk 6:37 (twice), RV (AV, "forgive" and "ye shall be forgiven"); 23:16 (ver. 17, in some mss.), Luke 23:18, 20, 25; 23:22, RV (AV, "let... go"); Jhn 18:39 (twice); 19:10; in Jhn 19:12, in the 1st part, AV and RV; in the 2nd part, RV, "release" (AV, "let... go"); so in Act 3:13.
See DEPART, DISMISS.

Note: For aphesis, "release," Luk 4:18, RV, see DELIVERANCE.