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Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: λύω

Sense 1: to explain, meaning, explanation

Semantic entry: 33.141

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Interpret, Mean, Explain

Definition: to explain the meaning of something, with the implication that the text in question is difficult or complex

MRK 4:34: RV MRK 4:34 · LV MRK 4:34 · Read together MRK 4:34

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OET-RV MRK 4:34

34 He never spoke without those illustrations, but he explained all of them to his close followers.

OET-LV MRK 4:34

34 and he _was_ not _speaking without parable to _them, by but himself to _his own apprentices/followers, he _was _explaining all things.

Sense 2: to resolve (a dispute), to settle (a problem), to come to a decision

Semantic entry: 30.81

Semantic domains: Think

Subdomains: To Decide, To Conclude

Definition: (a figurative extension of meaning of ἐπιλύω ‘to untie, to loose,’ not occurring in the NT) to come to a conclusion concerning a presumably difficult or complex matter

ACT 19:39: RV ACT 19:39 · LV ACT 19:39 · Read together ACT 19:39

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OET-RV ACT 19:39

39 But for the rest of you, if you have a grievance against others, it needs to be settled in a lawful assembly

OET-LV ACT 19:39

39 On _the _other _hand if you _all _are _seeking _after anything concerning others, it _will _be _being _settled in the lawful assembly.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἐπιλύω

Form 1

Sense 1: to explain, meaning, explanation

Sense 2: to resolve (a dispute), to settle (a problem), to come to a decision