Words the Bible translates as divorce
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- apoluōἀπολύωto let someone go: to set a person loose from a hold, a duty, or a relationship and send them on their way
- apostasionἀποστάσιονa certificate of divorce: the written legal document a husband gave his wife to end the marriage and release her to remarry
- lusisλύσιςdivorcenot studied yet
- keritutכְּרִיתוּתdivorcenot studied yet
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