Word Summary
lysis: a loosing (by divorce)
Original Word: λύσιςTransliteration: lysis
Phonetic Spelling: (loo'-sis)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a loosing (by divorce)
Meaning: a loosing (by divorce)
Strong's Concordance
a release, separation
From luo; a loosening, i.e. (specially), divorce -- to be loosed.
see GREEK luo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3080: λύσιςλύσις,
λυσεως,
ἡ (
λύω) (from
Homer down),
a loosing of any bond, as that of marriage; hence, once in the N. T. of divorce,
1 Corinthians 7:27.