Deuteronomy 15:1
At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.
Read in context →DEEP KJV WORD STUDY
Release
Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.
John 19:12
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.
Read in context →Deuteronomy
7 occurrences in 5 verses.
Browse those occurrences →Where release appears.
This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.
Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.
ἀπολύω
apolýō · ap-ol-oo'-o
13 times translated as this KJV form93 total Strong's occurrences
to free fully, i.e. (literally) relieve, release, dismiss (reflexively, depart), or (figuratively) let die, pardon or (specially) divorce
Strong's KJV usage: :--(let) depart, dismiss, divorce, forgive, let go, loose, put (send) away, release, set at liberty.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 27:15Strong's last: John 19:12
Open full G630 profile →שְׁמִטָּה
shᵉmiṭṭâh · shem-it-taw'
5 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
remission (of debt) or suspension of labor)
Strong's KJV usage: release.
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 15:1Strong's last: Deuteronomy 31:10
Open full H8059 profile →שָׁמַט
shâmaṭ · shaw-mat'
2 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
to fling down; incipiently to jostle; figuratively, to let alone, desist, remit
Strong's KJV usage: discontinue, overthrow, release, let rest, shake, stumble, throw down.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 15:2Strong's last: Deuteronomy 15:3
Open full H8058 profile →הֲנָחָה
hănâchâh · han-aw-khaw'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
permission of rest, i.e. quiet
Strong's KJV usage: release.
Strong's first: Esther 2:18Strong's last: Esther 2:18
Open full H2010 profile →Strong's data is a concordance/lexical reference layer. Scripture context controls interpretation. Lexical source data is shown separately from future TWBC editorial teaching.
Read the word in context.
21 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.
H8059
At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.
H8059
And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD's release.
H8058
And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD's release.
H8059
And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD's release.
H8058
Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release;
H8059
Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
H8059
And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,
H2010
Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.
G630
Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would.
G630
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?
G630
The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas.
G630
But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews?
G630
But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.
G630
I will therefore chastise him, and release him.
G630
(For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)
G630
And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:
G630
Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them.
G630
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?
G630
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?
G630
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?
G630
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.
English meaning and historical usage.
Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.
release
RELE'ASE, verb transitive
1. To set free from restraint of any kind, either physical or moral; to liberate from prison, confinement or servitude.
Matthew 15:1. Mark 15:9.
2. To free from pain, care, trouble, grief, etc.
3. To free from obligation or penalty; as, to release one from debt, from a promise or covenant.
4. To quit; to let go, as a legal claim; as, to release a debt or forfeiture. Deuteronomy 15:1.
5. To discharge or relinquish a right to lands or tenements, by conveying it to another that has some right or estate in possession, as when the person in remainder releases his right to the tenant in possession; when one co-parcener releases his right to the other; or the mortgagee releases his claim to the mortgager.
6. To relax. [Not in use.]
RELE'ASE, noun
1. Liberation or discharge from restraint of any kind, as from confinement or bondage.
2. Liberation from care, pain or any burden.
3. Discharge from obligation or responsibility, as from debt, penalty or claim of any kind; acquittance.
4. In law, a release or deed of release is a conveyance of a man's right in lands or tenements to another who has some estate in possession; a quitclaim. The efficient words in such an instrument are, 'remised, released, and forever quitclaimed.'
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.
Know what each layer is—and what it is not.
Curated TWBC teaching will remain a separate editorial layer. Raw source data is never silently rewritten to force a doctrinal conclusion.