Quick Definition
dissolution, release
Strong's Definition
a loosening, i.e. (specially), divorce
Derivation: from G3089 (λύω);
KJV Usage: to be loosed
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
λύσις, λυσεως, ἡ (λύω) (from Homer down), a loosing of any bond, as that of marriage; hence, once in the N. T. of divorce, 1Co_7:27.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
λύσις lysis 1x
a loosing; in NT a release from the marriage bond, a divorce, 1Co_7:27
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
λύσις , -εως , ἡ
( < λύω ),
[in LXX : Ecc_8:1 ( Ecc_8:1 ) ( H6592 ), Da LXX Dan_12:8 , Wis_8:8 * ;]
a loosing: of divorce, 1Co_7:27 .†
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
λύσις λύ^σις, γεν. εως ιονιξ ιος, ἡ, [Etym: λύω] "a loosing, setting free, releasing, ransoming", of a slain man, Il. ; λ. θανάτου "deliverance from" death, Od. ; πενίης Theogn. , etc. absol. "a means of letting loose", Soph. :— "deliverance from guilt" by expiatory rites, id=Soph. ; οὐδ᾽ ἔχει λύσιν [τὰ πήματα] admit not of "atonement", id=Soph. "a loosing, parting", λ. ψυχῆς ἀπὸ σώματος Plat. :— "dissolution", πολιτείας Arist. = δόρπου λ. "a place" for banqueting, Pind.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
λύσις, -εως, ἡ
(λύω), [in LXX: Ecc.8:1 (Ecc.8:1) (פֵּשֶׁר), Dan LXX 12:8, Wis.8:8 * ;]
a loosing: of divorce, 1Co.7:27.†
(AS)