Lexicon
ἀπαλλάσσω
apallassō
G0525
G:V Greek

to release

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Apallasso denotes being freed from a constraining person, condition, or affliction.

The attested uses depict release from what holds or burdens someone: separation from an opponent in Luke 12:58, deliverance from slavery through fear of death in Hebrews 2:15, and diseases departing from the sick in Acts 19:12.

Senses in use

  1. Freedom from a binding person or condition · dominant

    In Luke 12:58, the perfect passive infinitive occurs in the instruction to seek freedom from an opponent before the case reaches the judge; the APB renders the clause "make an effort to be released from him." In Hebrews 2:15, the aorist active subjunctive concerns those held in slavery through fear of death, and the APB renders "deliver those." In Acts 19:12, the present passive infinitive occurs where diseases leave the sick after cloths or aprons are brought to them; the APB renders "diseases left them."

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the clauses with "be released," "deliver," and "diseases left them." These renderings confirm the verses' release contexts rather than assigning a separate English equivalent in each case.

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