Divorce
λύσιςStrong’s G3080lusis
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Lusis is the Greek word usually translated “loosed”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.”
Meaning
Usually translated “loosed”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- to be loosed 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Corinthians 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
λύσις lusis · divorce
λύσις, -εως, ἡ (λύω), [in LXX: Ecc.8:1 (Ecc.8:1) (פֵּשֶׁר), Dan LXX 12:8, Wis.8:8 * ;] a loosing: of divorce, 1Co.7:27.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “divorce” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DIVORCE, noun
[Latin See Divert.]
- A legal dissolution of the bonds of matrimony, or the separation of husband and wife by a judicial sentence.
- The separation of a married woman from the bed and board of her husband, a mensa et thoro.
- Separation; disunion of things closely united.
- The sentence or writing by which marriage is dissolved.
All definitions and other forms of “divorce”
- The cause of any penal separation.
DIVORCE, verb transitive
- To dissolve the marriage contract, and thus to separate husband and wife.
- To separate, as a married woman from the bed and board of her husband.
- To separate or disunite things closely connected; to force asunder.
- To take away; to put away.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.