- Original: ἀπολύω - Transliteration: Apoluo - Phonetic: ap-ol-oo'-o - Definition: 1. to set free 2. to let go, dismiss, (to detain no longer) a. a petitioner to whom liberty to depart is given by a decisive answer b. to bid depart, send away 3. to let go free, release a. a captive i.e. to loose his bonds and bid him depart, to give him liberty to depart b. to acquit one accused of a crime and set him at liberty c. indulgently to grant a prisoner leave to depart d. to release a debtor, i.e. not to press one's claim against him, to remit his debt 4. used of divorce, to dismiss from the house, to repudiate. The wife of a Greek or Roman may divorce her husband. 5. to send one's self away, to depart - Origin: from G575 and G3089 - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From G575 and G3089 ; to free fully that is (literally) relieve release dismiss (reflexively depart) or (figuratively) let die pardon or (specifically) divorce: - (let) depart dismiss divorce forgive let go loose put (send) away release set at liberty. Total KJV Occurrences: 52 • away, 16 Mat 1:19; Mat 14:15; Mat 14:22; Mat 14:23; Mat 15:23; Mat 15:39; Mat 19:3; Mat 19:7; Mar 6:36; Mar 6:45; Mar 8:9; Mar 10:2; Mar 10:4; Luke 8:38; Luke 9:12; Act 13:3 • depart, 2 Luke 2:29; Act 23:22 • departed, 1 Act 28:25 • dismissed, 2 Act 15:30; Act 19:41 • go, 12 Luke 14:4; Luke 23:22; Joh 19:12; Act 3:13; Act 4:21; Act 4:23; Act 5:40; Act 15:33; Act 16:35; Act 16:36; Act 17:9; Act 28:18 • liberty, 2 Act 26:32; Hebrews 13:23 • release, 13 Mat 27:15; Mat 27:17; Mat 27:21; Mar 15:9; Mar 15:11; Luke 23:16; Luke 23:17; Luke 23:18; Luke 23:20; Joh 18:39(2); Joh 19:10; Joh 19:12 • released, 4 Mat 27:26; Mar 15:6; Mar 15:15; Luke 23:25