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Divorce, Divorcement
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
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"to let loose from, let go free" (apo, "from," luo, "to loose"), is translated "is divorced" in the AV of Matthew 5:32 (RV, "is put away"); it is further used of "divorce" in Matthew 1:19; 19:3,7-9; Mark 10:2,4,11; Luke 16:18 . The Lord also used it of the case of a wife putting away her husband, Mark 10:12 , a usage among Greeks and Romans, not among Jews. See DISMISS.
primarily, "a defection," lit., "a standing off" (apo, "from," stasis, "a standing;" cp. aphistemi, "to cause to withdraw"), denotes, in the NT, "a writing or bill of divorcement," Matthew 5:31; 19:7; Mark 10:4 . In Sept., Deuteronomy 24:3; Isaiah 50:1; Jeremiah 3:8 .
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Divorce, Divorcement'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/d/divorce-divorcement.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Divorce, Divorcement'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/d/divorce-divorcement.html. 1940.
