Words the Bible translates as set free
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 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
- dikaioōδικαιόωto declare someone to be in the right: to hand down a favorable verdict, acquitting, clearing, or vindicating a person rather than making the person good
- eleutheroōἐλευθερόωto set free: to break another's hold on someone, so that the person no longer belongs to what was holding them
- patarפָּטַרto let go: to release a person from a duty, let something out that was held back, or break free of a grip
- natarנָתַרto leap or spring: to jump off the ground, or to jolt suddenly, and so to make something else jump
+1 more meaning
- to loosen or untie what holds something fast, and so to let a person or thing go free
Keep looking
Every English meaning beginning with S is on its letter page, and the whole index starts at Browse.