Genesis 49:21
Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
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Loose
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Revelation 9:14
Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
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λύω
lýō · loo'-o
14 times translated as this KJV form48 total Strong's occurrences
to "loosen" (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--break (up), destroy, dissolve, (un-)loose, melt, put off.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 16:19Strong's last: Revelation 9:14
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pâthach · paw-thakh'
7 times translated as this KJV form144 total Strong's occurrences
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
Strong's KJV usage: appear, break forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-) grave(-n), loose (self), (be, be set) open(-ing), put off, ungird, unstop, have vent.
Strong's first: Job 38:31Strong's last: Jeremiah 40:4
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shâlach · shaw-lakh'
3 times translated as this KJV form851 total Strong's occurrences
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
Strong's KJV usage: × any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, × earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
Strong's first: Genesis 49:21Strong's last: Job 30:11
Open full H7971 profile →חָלַץ
châlats · khaw-lats'
1 times translated as this KJV form44 total Strong's occurrences
to pull off; hence (intensively) to strip, (reflex.) to depart; by implication, to deliver, equip (for fight); present, strengthen
Strong's KJV usage: arm (self), (go, ready) armed (× man, soldier), deliver, draw out, make fat, loose, (ready) prepared, put off, take away, withdraw self.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 25:9Strong's last: Deuteronomy 25:9
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nâshal · naw-shal'
1 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
to pluck off, i.e. divest, eject or drop
Strong's KJV usage: cast (out), drive, loose, put off (out), slip.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Joshua 5:15Strong's last: Joshua 5:15
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nâthar · naw-thar'
1 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
to jump, i.e. be violently agitated; causatively, to terrify, shake off, untie
Strong's KJV usage: drive asunder, leap, (let) loose, × make, move, undo.
Strong's first: Job 6:9Strong's last: Job 6:9
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shᵉrêʼ · sher-ay'
1 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
to free, separate; figuratively, to unravel, commence; by implication (of unloading beasts) to reside
Strong's KJV usage: begin, dissolve, dwell, loose.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Daniel 3:25Strong's last: Daniel 3:25
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H7971
Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
H7971
And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field.
H2502
Then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house.
H5394
And the captain of the LORD's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.
H5425
Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
H7971
Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.
H6605
Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
H6605
To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
H6605
At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
H6605
Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;
H6605
Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
H6605
Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
H6605
And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.
H8271
He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
G3089
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.
G3089
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.
G3089
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.
G3089
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.
G3089
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.
G3089
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?
G3089
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.
G3089
And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.
no direct Strong's tag
And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt?
G3089
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.
G3089
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.
English meaning and historical usage.
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loose
LOOSE, verb transitive loos. [Gr.; Heb.]
1. To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening.
Canst thou loose the bands of Orion? Job 38:31.
Ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her; loose them, and bring them to me. Matthew 21:2.
2. To relax.
The joints of his loins were loosed. Daniel 5:6.
3. To release from imprisonment; to liberate; to set at liberty.
The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed. Isaiah 51:14.
4. To free from obligation.
Art thou loosed from a wife? see not a wife. 1 Corinthians 7:27.
5. To free from any thing that binds or shackles; as a man loosed from lust and pelf.
6. To relieve; to free from any thing burdensome or afflictive.
Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. Acts 13:13.
7. To disengage; to detach; as, to loose one's hold.
8. To put off.
LOOSE thy shoe from off thy foot. Joshua 5:15.
9. To open.
Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? Revelation 5:2.
10. To remit; to absolve.
Whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven. Matthew 16:19.
LOOSE, verb intransitive To set sail; to leave a port or harbor.
Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga, in Pamphylia. Acts 13:13.
LOOSE, adjective
1. Unbound; untied; unsewed; not fastened or confined; as the loose sheets of a book.
2. Not tight or close; as a loose garment.
3. Not crowded; not close or compact.
With horse and chariots rank'd in loose array.
4. Not dense, close or compact; as a cloth or fossil of loose texture.
5. Not close; not concise; lax; as a loose and diffuse style.
6. Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate; as a loose way of reasoning.
7. Not strict or rigid; as a loose observance of rites.
8. Unconnected; rambling; as a loose indigested play.
Vario spends whole mornings in running over loose and unconnected pages.
9. Of lax bowels.
10. Unengaged; not attached or enslaved.
Their prevailing principle is, to sit as loose from pleasures, and be as moderate in the use of them as they can.
11. Disengaged; free from obligation; with from or of.
Now I stand loose of my vow; but who knows Cato's thought? [Little used.]
12. Wanton; unrestrained in behavior; dissolute; unchaste; as a loose man or woman.
13. Containing unchaste language; as a loose epistle.
To break loose to escape from confinement; to gain liberty by violence.
To let loose to free from restraint or confinement; to set at liberty.
LOOSE, noun Freedom from restraint; liberty.
Come, give thy soul a loose
Vent all its griefs, and give a loose to sorrow.
We use this word only in the phrase, give a loose The following use of it, 'he runs with an unbounded loose ' is obsolete.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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