Words

παραλύω G3886

Home gloss

loosen

Instead of (KJV / RSV)

— / pay / release

Note

Loose at the side, undo; the passive is "loosened, paralysed" (Luke 5:18, 24; Heb 12:12). See 4:15

Rulings

2, 57

Occurrences (2)

Genesis 4 (Septuagint)

• 4:15 And the Lord God said to him, "Not thus! Everyone who has killed Cain shall loosen seven things avenged." And the Lord God set a sign for Cain, so as not—everyone finding him—to do away with him.

Genesis 19 (Septuagint)

• 19:11 But the men who were at the door of the house they struck with blindness, from small to great; and they were loosened seeking the door.