Quick Definition
solution, explanation, interpretation
Strong's Definition
explanation, i.e. application
Derivation: from G1956 (ἐπιλύω);
KJV Usage: interpretation
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπίλυσις, ἐπιλύσεως, ἡ (ἐπιλύω, which see), a loosening, unloosing (German Auflösung); metaphorically, interpretation: 2Pe_1:20, on which passage see γίνομαι, 5 e. α. (Gen_40:8 Aq.; Heliodorus 1, 18; but not Philo, vita contempl. § 10, where ἐπιδειξεως was long ago restored.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐπίλυσις epilysis 1x
a loosing, liberation; met. interpretation of what is enigmatical and obscure, 2Pe_1:20
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ἐπί -λυσις -εως , ἡ
( < ἐπιλύω ),
[in Aq .: Gen_40:8 ; Sm .: Hos_3:4 * ;]
1. release .
2. solution, interpretation: 2Pe_1:20 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐπίλυσις [page 241]
For the metaphorical sense which this word has in 2Pe_1:20 see Vett. Val. p. 221 .9 τὰς δὲ αἰτίας ἢ τὰς λοιπὰς ἐπιλύσεις μὴ ἐπιγνῷ , p. 330 .10 οὐ μὴν κατὰ τὴν δόκησιν τινῶν ἀμφιβόλους ἐπιλύσεις καὶ γραφὰς ἀναρίθμους περιττῶν συντάξεων . In the papyri the word is used for the discharge of an account, etc., as in P Eleph 27 .23 (B.C. 223-2) ἐπειδὴ . . . τετάγμεθα τὸ ἀργύριον καὶ τοὺς τόκους ἐπὶ τὴν βασιλικὴν τράπεζαν , καλῶς ποιήσεις δοὺς ἡμῖν τὴν ἐπίλυσιν , P Grenf II. 26 .27 (B.C. 103), ib. 30 .31 (B.C. 102), etc. : see further s.v. ἐπιλύω .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἐπίλυσις ἐπίλυ^σις, εως "release from" a thing, c. gen., Aesch.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἐπί-λυσις -εως, ἡ
(ἐπιλύω), [in Aq.: Gen.40:8; Sm.: Hos.3:4 * ;]
__1. release.
__2. solution, interpretation: 2Pe.1:20.†
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