Occurrences
Lýō occurs 43 times in 40 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (4), Mark (5), Luke (6), John (6), Acts (7), 1 Corinthians (1), Ephesians (1), 2 Peter (3), 1 John (1), Revelation (6)
- Matthew 5:19 — Whosoever therefore shall break (λύσῃ) one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
- Matthew 16:19 — And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose (λύσῃς) on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
- Matthew 16:19 — And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed (λελυμένον) in heaven.
- Matthew 18:18 — Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose (λύσητε) on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
- Matthew 18:18 — Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed (λελυμένα) in heaven.
- Matthew 21:2 — Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose (λύσαντες) them, and bring them unto me.
- Mark 1:7 — And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose (λῦσαι).
- Mark 7:35 — And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed (ἐλύθη), and he spake plain.
- Mark 11:2 — And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose (λύσαντες) him, and bring him.
- Mark 11:4 — And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose (λύουσιν) him.
- Mark 11:5 — And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing (λύοντες) the colt?
- Luke 3:16 — John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose (λῦσαι): he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
- Luke 13:15 — The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose (λύει) his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?
- Luke 13:16 — And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed (λυθῆναι) from this bond on the sabbath day?
- Luke 19:30 — Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose (λύσαντες) him, and bring him hither.
- Luke 19:31 — And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose (λύετε) him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.
- Luke 19:33 — And as they were loosing (λυόντων) the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt?
- Luke 19:33 — And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose (λύετε) ye the colt?
- John 1:27 — He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose (λύσω).
- John 2:19 — Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy (λύσατε) this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
- John 5:18 — Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken (ἔλυεν) the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
- John 7:23 — If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken (λυθῆ); are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?
- John 10:35 — If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken (λυθῆναι);
- John 11:44 — And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose (λύσατε) him, and let him go.
- Acts 2:24 — Whom God hath raised up, having loosed (λύσας) the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
- Acts 7:33 — Then said the Lord to him, Put off (λῦσον) thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.
- Acts 13:25 — And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose (λῦσαι).
- Acts 13:43 — Now when the congregation was broken up (λυθείσης), many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
- Acts 22:30 — On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed (ἔλυσεν) him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.
- Acts 24:26 — He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose (λύσῃ) him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.
- Acts 27:41 — And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken (ἐλύετο) with the violence of the waves.
- 1 Corinthians 7:27 — Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed (λέλυσαι) from a wife? seek not a wife.
- Ephesians 2:14 — For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down (λύσας) the middle wall of partition between us;
- 2 Peter 3:10 — But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt (λυθήσονται) with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
- 2 Peter 3:11 — Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved (λυομένων), what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
- 2 Peter 3:12 — Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved (λυθήσονται), and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
- 1 John 3:8 — He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy (λύσῃ) the works of the devil.
- Revelation 5:2 — And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose (λῦσαι) the seals thereof?
- Revelation 5:5 — And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose (λῦσαι) the seven seals thereof.
- Revelation 9:14 — Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose (λῦσον) the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
- Revelation 9:15 — And the four angels were loosed (ἐλύθησαν), which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.
- Revelation 20:3 — And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed (λυθῆναι) a little season.
- Revelation 20:7 — And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed (λυθήσεται) out of his prison,