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Strong's G3089 λύω (lyo)

Lyo means “destroy” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3089 — yehosheba (“Jehosheba”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3089
Language Greek
Linked Usages 71
Books 24

Strong's G3089 Quick Answer

Strong's G3089 λύω (luo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. luo (loo'-o) v. 1. to "loosen" 2. (by usage) to break, destroy, or dissolve It has 71 linked Bible usages across 24 books. Visible English usage signals include loose, destroy, and break. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
luo (loo'-o) v. 1. to "loosen" 2. (by usage) to break, destroy, or dissolve
Usage
71 linked usages
Books
24 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
loose, destroy, and break

Meaning and Definition

luo (loo'-o) v. 1. to "loosen" 2. (by usage) to break, destroy, or dissolve 3. (maritally) to divorce {literally or figuratively} [a primary verb] KJV: break (up), destroy, dissolve, (un-)loose, melt, put off Compare: G4486, G2352, G630

Original Word
λύω
Transliteration
luo
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3089. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to loose

Usage: λύω [in LXX for פָּתַח, נָתַר hi., etc. ;] __1. to loose, unbind, release: of things, Mrk.1:7, Luk.3:16, al.; of beasts, Mat.21:2, Luk.13:15, al.; of persons, Jhn.11:44, Act.22:30; of Satan, Rev.20:3, 7; metaphorically, of the marriage tie, 1Co.7:27; of one diseased, Luk.13:16; of release from sin, Rev.1:5, WH, R, txt. (see: λούω). __2. To resolve a whole into its parts, loosen, dissolve, break up, destroy: Jhn.2:19, Act.27:41, Rev.5:2; metaphorically, 2Pe.3:11; of an assembly, to dismiss: Act.13:43; τ.

μεσότοιχον τ. φραγμοῦ, Eph.2:14; τ. στοιχεῖα, 2Pe.3:10; οὐρανοί, 2Pe.3:12; τ. ἔργα τ. διαβόλου, 1Jn.3:8; τ. ὠδῖνας τ. θανάτου, Act.2:24; of laws, etc., to break, annul, cancel (MM, xvi): ἐντολήν, Mat.5:19; τ. νόμον, Jhn.7:23; τ. σάββατον, Jhn.5:18; τ. γραφήν, Jhn.10:35. (cf. ἀνα-, ἀπο-, δια-, ἐκ-, ἐπι-, κατα-, παρα-λύω.) (AS)

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How Strong's G3089 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render luo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

loose Matthew 16:19 15× Destroy John 2:19 break Matthew 5:19

How Strong's G3089 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is New Testament with 40 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3089 (λύω) appears 31 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3089 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3089 in the New Testament

40 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 5:19 KJV

Whosoever therefore shall break 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 KJV

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 in heaven.

Matthew 18:18 KJV

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 in heaven.

Strong's G3089 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

17 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 42:27 Septuagint / Brenton

And one having opened his sack to give his asses fodder, at the place where they rested, saw also his bundle of money, for it was on the mouth of his sack.

Exodus 3:5 Septuagint / Brenton

And he said, Draw not nigh hither: loose thy sandals from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

Joshua 5:15 Septuagint / Brenton

And the captain of the Lord’s host said to Joshua, Loose thy shoe off thy feet, for the place whereon thou now standest is holy.

Strong's G3089 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

14 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 1:52 Septuagint / Brenton

so far forth, that he, being wroth with his people for their great ungodliness, commanded the kings of the Chaldees to come up against them;

1 Esdras 9:13 Septuagint / Brenton

and with them the rulers and judges of every place, till we turn away the wrath of the Lord from us for this matter.

1 Esdras 9:46 Septuagint / Brenton

And when he opened the law, they stood all straight up. So Ezra blessed the Lord God most High, the God of hosts, Almighty.

Usage Excerpts

First 71 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3089.

Genesis 42:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And one having opened his sack to give his asses fodder, at the place where they rested, saw also his bundle of money, for it was on the mouth of his sack.
Exodus 3:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, Draw not nigh hither: loose thy sandals from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
Joshua 5:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the captain of the Lord’s host said to Joshua, Loose thy shoe off thy feet, for the place whereon thou now standest is holy.
Job 5:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In famine he shall deliver thee from death: And in war he shall free thee from the power of the sword.
Job 39:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if thou hast numbered the full months of their being with young, And if thou hast relieved their pangs:
Job 39:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And who is he that sent forth the wild ass free? And who loosed his bands?
Job 42:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Minaean, Went and did as the Lord commanded them: And he pardoned their sin for the sake of Job.
Psalms 101:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
To hear the groaning of the fettered ones, To loosen the sons of the slain;
Psalms 104:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The king sent and loosed him; Even the prince of the people, and let him go free.
Psalms 145:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Who executes judgment for the wronged: Who gives food to the hungry. The Lord looses the fettered ones:
Isaiah 5:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They shall not hunger nor be weary, neither shall they slumber nor sleep; neither shall they loose their girdles from their loins, neither shall their shoe latchets be broken.
Isaiah 14:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
that made the whole world desolate, and destroyed its cities; he loosed not those who were in captivity.
Isaiah 40:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Speak, ye priests, to the heart of Jerusalem; comfort her, for her humiliation is accomplished, her sin is put away: for she has received of the Lord’s hand double the amount of her sins.
Isaiah 58:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I have not chosen such a fast, saith the Lord; but do thou loose every burden of iniquity, do thou untie the knots of hard bargains, set the bruised free, and cancel every unjust account.
Jeremiah 47:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, I have loosed thee from the manacles that were upon thy hands. If it seem good to thee to go with me to Babylon, then will I set mine eyes upon thee.
Daniel 3:92 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Daniel 5:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For there is an excellent spirit in him, and sense and understanding are in him, interpreting dreams as he does, and answering hard questions, and solving difficulties: it is Daniel, and the king gave him the name of Belteshazzar: now then let him be called, and he shall tell thee the interpretation of the writing.
Matthew 5:19 New Testament, KJV
Whosoever therefore shall break 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 New Testament, KJV
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 in heaven.
Matthew 18:18 New Testament, KJV
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 in heaven.
Matthew 21:2 New Testament, KJV
Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.
Mark 1:7 New Testament, KJV
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.
Mark 7:35 New Testament, KJV
And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.
Mark 11:2 New Testament, KJV
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 him, and bring him.
Mark 11:4 New Testament, KJV
And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him.
Mark 11:5 New Testament, KJV
And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt?
Luke 3:16 New Testament, KJV
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: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
Luke 13:15 New Testament, KJV
The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?
Luke 13:16 New Testament, KJV
And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?
Luke 19:30 New Testament, KJV
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 him, and bring him hither.
Luke 19:31 New Testament, KJV
And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.
Luke 19:33 New Testament, KJV
And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt?
John 1:27 New Testament, KJV
He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
John 2:19 New Testament, KJV
Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
John 5:18 New Testament, KJV
Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
John 7:23 New Testament, KJV
If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?
John 10:35 New Testament, KJV
If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
John 11:44 New Testament, KJV
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 him, and let him go.
Acts 2:24 New Testament, KJV
Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
Acts 7:33 New Testament, KJV
Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.
Acts 13:25 New Testament, KJV
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.
Acts 13:43 New Testament, KJV
Now when the congregation was broken up, 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 New Testament, KJV
On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed 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 New Testament, KJV
He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.
Acts 27:41 New Testament, KJV
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 with the violence of the waves.
1 Corinthians 7:27 New Testament, KJV
Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
Ephesians 2:14 New Testament, KJV
For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
2 Peter 3:10 New Testament, KJV
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 with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
2 Peter 3:11 New Testament, KJV
Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
2 Peter 3:12 New Testament, KJV
Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
1 John 3:8 New Testament, KJV
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 the works of the devil.
Revelation 5:2 New Testament, KJV
And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
Revelation 5:5 New Testament, KJV
And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
Revelation 9:14 New Testament, KJV
Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
Revelation 9:15 New Testament, KJV
And the four angels were loosed, 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 New Testament, KJV
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 a little season.
Revelation 20:7 New Testament, KJV
And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
1 Esdras 1:52 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
so far forth, that he, being wroth with his people for their great ungodliness, commanded the kings of the Chaldees to come up against them;
1 Esdras 9:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and with them the rulers and judges of every place, till we turn away the wrath of the Lord from us for this matter.
1 Esdras 9:46 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And when he opened the law, they stood all straight up. So Ezra blessed the Lord God most High, the God of hosts, Almighty.
Judith 6:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But the Israelites descended from their city, and came unto him, and loosed him, and brought him into Bethulia, and presented him to the governors of the city:
Judith 9:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
O Lord God of my father Simeon, to whom thou gavest a sword to take vengeance of the strangers, who loosened the girdle of a maid to defile her, and discovered the thigh to her shame, and polluted her virginity to her reproach; for thou saidst, It shall not be so; and yet they did so:
Tobit 3:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And Raphael was sent to heal them both, that is, to scale away the whiteness of Tobit’s eyes, and to give Sarah the daughter of Raguel for a wife to Tobias the son of Tobit: and to bind Asmodeus the evil spirit; because she belonged to Tobias by right of inheritance. The selfsame time came Tobit home, and entered into his house, and Sarah the daughter of Raguel came down from her upper chamber.
3 Maccabees 1:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
A fierce battle then took place; and the men of Antiochus prevailing, Arsinoe continually went up and down the ranks, and with disheveled hair, with tears and entreaties, begged the soldiers to fight manfully for themselves, their children, and wives; and promised that if they proved conquerors, she would give them two minas of gold apiece.
3 Maccabees 6:27 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Loose, loose the unjust bonds; send them to their homes in peace, and deprecate what has been done.
3 Maccabees 6:29 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
These things he said: and they, released the same moment, having now escaped death, praised God their holy Savior.
4 Maccabees 3:11 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
but a certain irrational longing for the water in the enemy’s camp grew stronger and fiercer upon him, and consumed him with languish.
4 Maccabees 7:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And, what is most wonderful, though an old man, though the labors of his body were now spent, and his fibers were relaxed, and his sinews worn out, he recovered youth.
4 Maccabees 12:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Release me, that I may speak to the king and all his friends.
4 Maccabees 12:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And they, rejoicing exceedingly at the promise of the youth, quickly let him go.
Wisdom of Sirach 28:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Forgive thy neighbor the hurt that he hath done unto thee, So shall thy sins also be forgiven when thou prayest.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3089, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 4 usages, New Testament
Mark 5 usages, New Testament
Luke 6 usages, New Testament
John 6 usages, New Testament
Acts 7 usages, New Testament
1 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
Ephesians 1 usage, New Testament
2 Peter 3 usages, New Testament
1 John 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 6 usages, New Testament
1 Esdras 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Judith 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G3089 FAQ

What does lyo (λύω) mean?

Lyo (Strong's G3089) is a Greek word most simply glossed "destroy". luo (loo'-o) v. 1. to "loosen" 2. (by usage) to break, destroy, or dissolve

How many times is lyo (λύω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 71 linked usages for Strong's G3089 across 24 books.

Where can I study lyo (λύω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3089 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate lyo (λύω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as loose, destroy, and break. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3089 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 17 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 14 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3089, with linked reader references where each row is available.