ἐπιλύω: imperfect
ἐπέλυον; 1 future passive
ἐπιλυθήσομαι;
a. properly,
to unloose, untie (German
auflösen) anything knotted or bound or sealed up; (Xenophon, Theocritus, Herodian).
b. to clear (a controversy),
to decide, settle:
Acts 19:39; to explain (what is obscure and hard to understand): Mark 4:34 (as in Genesis 41:12 variant; Philo, vita contempl. § 10; de agricult. § 3; Sextus Empiricus, 2, 246; γρίφους, Athen. 10, p. 449 e.; also in middle, Athen. 10, p. 450 f.; Josephus, Antiquities 8, 6, 5, and often by the Scholiasts).
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Genesis
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41:12
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Mark
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4:34
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Acts
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19:39
