Lexical Summary epilysis: a release, an interpretation Original Word: ἐπίλυσιςTransliteration: epilysis Phonetic Spelling: (ep-il'-oo-sis) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: a release, an interpretation Meaning: a release, an interpretation Strong's Concordance interpretation. From epiluo; explanation, i.e. Application -- interpretation. see GREEK epiluo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1955: ἐπίλυσιςἐπίλυσις, ἐπιλύσεως, ἡ (ἐπιλύω, which see), a loosening, unloosing (German Auflösung); metaphorically, interpretation: 2 Peter 1:20, on which passage see γίνομαι, 5 e. α. (Genesis 40:8 Aq.; Heliodorus 1, 18; but not Philo, vita contempl. § 10, where ἐπιδειξεως was long ago restored.) |