Lexical Definition

‎λύσις‎ lýsis (loo'-sis) divorce ^G:N-F
from ‎λύω‎

to be loosed.

• a loosening, i.e. (specially), divorce

Abbott-Smith

λύσις, -εως, ἡ (< λύω), [in LXX: Ec 7:30 (8:1) (פֵּשֶׁר), Da LXX 12:8, Wi 8:8*;]
a loosing: of divorce, I Co 7:27.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

λύσις [ῠ], εως,

Ionic dialect ιος, ἡ, (λύω) loosing, releasing, ransoming, νεκροῖο [Refs 8th c.BC+] deliverance from death, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀπὸ τῶν δεσμῶν[Refs 6th c.BC+]

__2 absolutely, οὐ γὰρ λ. ἄλλη στρατῷ πρὸς οἶκον no other means of letting the host loose from port for home, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 deliverance from guilt by expiatory rites, ὅπως λ. τιν᾽ ἡμὶν εὐαγῆ πόρῃς may'st grant us a deliverance such as may purify us, [Refs]; οὐδ᾽ ἔχει λύσιν [τὰ πήματα] admit not of atonement, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῇ [τῆς φιλοσοφίας] λύσει καὶ καθαρμῷ by her offer to release them, [Refs]; αἱ νομιζόμεναι λ., in cases of homicide, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; λ. ἁμαρτημάτων blotting out of sins, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__4 redemption of mortgage or pledge, [χωρίον] πεπραμένον ἐπὶ λύσει [Refs]
__4.b release, discharge from a financial obligation, λύσιν ποιήσασθαι τῆς συγχωρήσεως [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__5 for ὠμὴ λύσις, see at {ὠμήλυσις}.
__II loosing, parting, λ. καὶ χωρισμὸς ψυχῆς ἀπὸ σώματος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; dissolution, πολιτείας [Refs 4th c.BC+]; λ. κομήτου [Refs 6th c.AD+]; τῶν σφραγίδων αἱ λ. breaking them, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.2 emptying, evacuation, πείνη μέν που λ. καὶ λύπ; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ λ. τῶν κοιλιῶν, κοιλίας, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; emission of semen, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__II.3 λ. πυρετοῦ remission of fever, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; λ., opposed to κρίσις, [Refs]; cure, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; τὰ πάθη defined as συστολαὶ καὶ λύσεις (variant{χύσεις}) τῆς ψυχῆς, opposed to κρίσεις, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.4 as a technical term,
__II.4.a solution of a difficulty, ἡ λ. τῆς ἀπορίας its solution, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἔχει τινὰ λ. πρὸς ταύτην τὴν ἀπορίαν, ὅτι.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, interpretation, σημείων τεράτων τε λύσεις [Refs 5th c.AD+]
__II.4.b refutation of an argument, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.4.c unravelling of the plot of a tragedy, opposed to δέσις, [Refs]
__II.4.d softening of a strong expression, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__II.4.e resolution of one vowel into two, as in ἥλιος, ἠέλιος, like{διαίρεσις}, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.4.f looseness of structure in writing, especially asyndeton, [Refs]
__II.4.g in metric, resolution of [musical notation] into [musical notation], [Refs 7th c.AD+]
__II.5 divorce, [NT+6th c.AD+]
__III ={δόρπου λ}., place for banqueting [Refs 5th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: 1Cor.7.27}