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Strong's G630 ἀπολύω (apolyo)

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

Same number, other testament: Strong's H630 — acpatha (“Aspatha”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G630
Language Greek
Linked Usages 93
Books 19

Strong's G630 Quick Answer

Strong's G630 ἀπολύω (apoluo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. apoluo (ap-ol-oo'-o) v. 1. to release fully 2. (literally) to release, dismiss It has 93 linked Bible usages across 19 books. Visible English usage signals include let, release, depart, and departed. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
apoluo (ap-ol-oo'-o) v. 1. to release fully 2. (literally) to release, dismiss
Usage
93 linked usages
Books
19 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
let, release, depart, and departed

Meaning and Definition

apoluo (ap-ol-oo'-o) v. 1. to release fully 2. (literally) to release, dismiss 3. (reflexively) to depart 4. (figuratively) to let die, to pardon 5. (maritally) to divorce [from G575 and G3089] KJV: (let) depart, dismiss, divorce, forgive, let go, loose, put (send) away, release, set at liberty Root(s): G575, G3089

Original Word
ἀπολύω
Transliteration
apoluo
Derivation
Root: λύω R1: 575 R2: 3089
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G630. 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 release: release

Usage: ἀπο-λύω [in LXX for שׁוּב, etc., frequently in 1-4 Mac ;] __1. to set free, release: Luk.13:12, Jhn.19:10, al.; a debtor, Mat.18:27; metaphorically, of forgive­ness, Luk.6:37. __2. to let go, dismiss (Field, Notes, 9 f.): Mat.15:23, Luk.2:29 9:12, Act.19:41, al.; of divorce, τ. γυναῖκα: Mat.1:19 5:31-32 19:3, 8 19:10 Mrk.10:2, 4 10:11, Luk.16:18; with ref. to Gk. and Rom. (net Jewish) custom, τ. ἄνδρα: Mrk.10:12. Mid., to depart: Act.28:25 (MM, see word) (AS)

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How Strong's G630 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render apoluo, 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.

let Matthew 5:31 12× release Matthew 27:15 12× depart Luke 2:29 departed Luke 8:38

How Strong's G630 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament. 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 63 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 G630 (ἀπολύω) appears 31 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G630 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 G630 in the New Testament

63 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 1:19 KJV

Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily.

Matthew 5:31 KJV

It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:

Matthew 5:32 KJV

But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

Strong's G630 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

4 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 15:2 Septuagint / Brenton

And Abram said, Master and Lord, what wilt thou give me? whereas I am departing without a child, but the son of Masek my homeborn female slave, this Eliezer of Damascus is mine heir.

Exodus 33:11 Septuagint / Brenton

And the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as if one should speak to his friend; and he retired into the camp: but his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, departed not forth from the tabernacle.

Numbers 20:29 Septuagint / Brenton

And all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead: and they wept for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.

Strong's G630 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

26 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 9:36 Septuagint / Brenton

All these had taken strange wives, and they put them away with their children.

Tobit 3:6 Septuagint / Brenton

Now therefore deal with me as seemeth best unto thee, and command my spirit to be taken from me, that I may be dissolved, and become earth: for it is profitable for me to die rather than to live, because I have heard false reproaches, and have much sorrow: command therefore that I may now be delivered out of this distress, and go into the everlasting place: turn not thy face away from me.

Tobit 3:13 Septuagint / Brenton

and say, Take me out of the earth, that I may hear no more the reproach.

Usage Excerpts

First 93 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G630.

Genesis 15:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abram said, Master and Lord, what wilt thou give me? whereas I am departing without a child, but the son of Masek my homeborn female slave, this Eliezer of Damascus is mine heir.
Exodus 33:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as if one should speak to his friend; and he retired into the camp: but his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, departed not forth from the tabernacle.
Numbers 20:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead: and they wept for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.
Psalms 33:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A Psalm of David, when he changed his countenance before Abimelech; and he let him go, and he departed.
Matthew 1:19 New Testament, KJV
Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily.
Matthew 5:31 New Testament, KJV
It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
Matthew 5:32 New Testament, KJV
But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
Matthew 14:15 New Testament, KJV
And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.
Matthew 14:22 New Testament, KJV
And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.
Matthew 14:23 New Testament, KJV
And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.
Matthew 15:23 New Testament, KJV
But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
Matthew 15:32 New Testament, KJV
Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
Matthew 15:39 New Testament, KJV
And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala.
Matthew 18:27 New Testament, KJV
Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt.
Matthew 19:3 New Testament, KJV
The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
Matthew 19:7 New Testament, KJV
They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?
Matthew 19:8 New Testament, KJV
He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
Matthew 19:9 New Testament, KJV
And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
Matthew 27:15 New Testament, KJV
Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would.
Matthew 27:17 New Testament, KJV
Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?
Matthew 27:21 New Testament, KJV
The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas.
Matthew 27:26 New Testament, KJV
Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.
Mark 6:36 New Testament, KJV
Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.
Mark 6:45 New Testament, KJV
And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people.
Mark 8:3 New Testament, KJV
And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.
Mark 8:9 New Testament, KJV
And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away.
Mark 10:2 New Testament, KJV
And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.
Mark 10:4 New Testament, KJV
And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
Mark 10:11 New Testament, KJV
And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
Mark 10:12 New Testament, KJV
And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
Mark 15:6 New Testament, KJV
Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.
Mark 15:9 New Testament, KJV
But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews?
Mark 15:11 New Testament, KJV
But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.
Mark 15:15 New Testament, KJV
And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.
Luke 2:29 New Testament, KJV
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:
Luke 6:37 New Testament, KJV
Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
Luke 8:38 New Testament, KJV
Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying,
Luke 9:12 New Testament, KJV
And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in a desert place.
Luke 13:12 New Testament, KJV
And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.
Luke 14:4 New Testament, KJV
And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go;
Luke 16:18 New Testament, KJV
Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
Luke 22:68 New Testament, KJV
And if I also ask you, ye will not answer me, nor let me go.
Luke 23:16 New Testament, KJV
I will therefore chastise him, and release him.
Luke 23:17 New Testament, KJV
(For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)
Luke 23:18 New Testament, KJV
And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:
Luke 23:20 New Testament, KJV
Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them.
Luke 23:22 New Testament, KJV
And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go.
Luke 23:25 New Testament, KJV
And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will.
John 18:39 New Testament, KJV
But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews?
John 19:10 New Testament, KJV
Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?
John 19:12 New Testament, KJV
And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.
Acts 3:13 New Testament, KJV
The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.
Acts 4:21 New Testament, KJV
So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was done.
Acts 4:23 New Testament, KJV
And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.
Acts 5:40 New Testament, KJV
And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
Acts 13:3 New Testament, KJV
And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
Acts 15:30 New Testament, KJV
So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle:
Acts 15:33 New Testament, KJV
And after they had tarried there a space, they were let go in peace from the brethren unto the apostles.
Acts 16:35 New Testament, KJV
And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go.
Acts 16:36 New Testament, KJV
And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace.
Acts 17:9 New Testament, KJV
And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go.
Acts 19:41 New Testament, KJV
And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.
Acts 23:22 New Testament, KJV
So the chief captain then let the young man depart, and charged him, See thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.
Acts 26:32 New Testament, KJV
Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar.
Acts 28:18 New Testament, KJV
Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because there was no cause of death in me.
Acts 28:25 New Testament, KJV
And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,
Hebrews 13:23 New Testament, KJV
Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.
1 Esdras 9:36 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
All these had taken strange wives, and they put them away with their children.
Tobit 3:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now therefore deal with me as seemeth best unto thee, and command my spirit to be taken from me, that I may be dissolved, and become earth: for it is profitable for me to die rather than to live, because I have heard false reproaches, and have much sorrow: command therefore that I may now be delivered out of this distress, and go into the everlasting place: turn not thy face away from me.
Tobit 3:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and say, Take me out of the earth, that I may hear no more the reproach.
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.
Tobit 10:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and he blessed them, and sent them away, saying, The God of heaven give you a prosperous journey, my children.
1 Maccabees 10:29 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And now do I free you, and for your sake I release all the Jews, from tributes, and from the customs of salt, and from crown taxes,
1 Maccabees 10:43 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And whosoever they be that flee unto the temple at Jerusalem, or be within the liberties thereof, being indebted unto the king, or for any other matter, let them be at liberty, and all that they have in my realm.
1 Maccabees 11:38 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
After this, when King Demetrius saw that the land was quiet before him, and that no resistance was made against him, he sent away all his forces, every one to his own place, except certain bands of strangers, whom he had gathered from the isles of the heathen: wherefore all the forces of his fathers hated him.
2 Maccabees 4:47 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
insomuch that he discharged Menelaus from the accusations, who notwithstanding was cause of all the mischief: and those poor men, who, if they had told their cause, yea, before the Scythians, should have been judged innocent, them he condemned to death.
2 Maccabees 6:22 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
that in so doing he might be delivered from death, and for the old friendship with them find favor.
2 Maccabees 6:30 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But when he was ready to die with stripes, he groaned, and said, It is manifest unto the Lord, that hath the holy knowledge, that whereas I might have been delivered from death, I now endure sore pains in body by being beaten: but in soul am well content to suffer these things, because I fear him.
2 Maccabees 7:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And when he was at the last gasp, he said, Thou like a fury takest us out of this present life, but the King of the world shall raise us up, who have died for his laws, unto everlasting life.
2 Maccabees 10:21 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But when it was told Maccabeus what was done, he called the governors of the people together, and accused those men, that they had sold their brethren for money, and set their enemies free to fight against them.
2 Maccabees 12:25 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So when he had assured them with many words that he would restore them without hurt, according to the agreement, they let him go for the saving of their brethren.
2 Maccabees 12:45 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And also in that he perceived that there was great favor laid up for those that died godly, it was a holy and good thought. Whereupon he made a reconciliation for the dead, that they might be delivered from sin.
2 Maccabees 14:23 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now Nicanor abode in Jerusalem, and did no hurt, but sent away the people that came flocking unto him.
3 Maccabees 5:34 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The friends, too, stole out one by one, and dismissed the assembled multitudes to their occupations.
3 Maccabees 6:28 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Release the sons of the almighty living God of heaven, who from our ancestors’ times until now has granted a glorious and uninterrupted prosperity to our affairs.
3 Maccabees 7:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and taking into consideration their constancy and fidelity toward us and toward our ancestors, we have, as we ought, acquitted them of every sort of charge.
4 Maccabees 8:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The tyrant having given this charge, seven brethren were brought into his presence, along with their aged mother, handsome, and modest, and wellborn, and altogether comely.
4 Maccabees 11:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He also being dead, the sixth, quite a youth, was brought out; and on the tyrant asking him whether he would eat and be delivered, he said,
Wisdom of Sirach 27:19 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
As one that letteth a bird go out of his hand, So hast thou let thy neighbor go, and shalt not get him again.
Daniel 1:36 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Daniel 1:53 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Book 151 1:36 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Book 151 1:53 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G630, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 18 usages, New Testament
Mark 12 usages, New Testament
Luke 14 usages, New Testament
John 3 usages, New Testament
Acts 15 usages, New Testament
Hebrews 1 usage, New Testament
1 Esdras 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 8 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Daniel 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Book 151 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G630 FAQ

What does apolyo (ἀπολύω) mean?

Apolyo (Strong's G630) is a Greek word most simply glossed "dismiss". apoluo (ap-ol-oo'-o) v. 1. to release fully 2. (literally) to release, dismiss

How many times is apolyo (ἀπολύω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 93 linked usages for Strong's G630 across 19 books.

Where can I study apolyo (ἀπολύω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G630 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate apolyo (ἀπολύω)?

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

Does Strong's G630 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 4 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 26 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G630, with linked reader references where each row is available.