Dictionary entry

ἀπολύω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἀπο-λύω,

[in LXX for שׁוּב, etc., freq. in I-IV Mac;]

1. to set free, release: Lk 13:12, Jo 19:10, al.; a debtor, Mt 18:27; metaph., of forgiveness, Lk 6:37.

2. to let go, dismiss (Field, Notes, 9 f.): Mt 15:23, Lk 2:299:12, Ac 19:41, al.; of divorce, τ. γυναῖκα: Mt 1:195:31, 3219:3, 8, 9, Mk 10:2, 4, 11, Lk 16:18; with ref. to Gk. and Rom. (net Jewish) custom, τ. ἄνδρα: Mk 10:12. Mid., to depart: Ac 28:25 (MM, s.v.).