Deuteronomy 15:1
At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.
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Release
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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.
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7 occurrences in 5 verses.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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