38 occurrences in 12 translations

'Release' in the Bible

so I will stretch out my hand and strike Egypt with all my wonders that I will do there. After that he will release you.

Verse ConceptsGod's HandStrength Of GodGod's Hands Stretched Out

And Yahweh said to Moses, "When you go to return to Egypt, see all of the wonders that I have put in your hand, and do them before Pharaoh, and I myself will harden his heart, and he will not release the people.

Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillHardened HeartsGod Hardening PeopleHeart, Fallen And RedeemedPower, HumanOther Miracles

And I said to you, "Release my son and let him serve me," but you refused to release him. Look, I [am about] to kill your son, your firstborn.'"

Verse ConceptsFirstbornServanthood, And Worship Of GodDeath Of The FirstbornGod KillingWorshipping GodGod Killed The Peoples

Afterward Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, "Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, 'Release my people so that they may hold a pilgrim feast to me in the desert.'"

Verse ConceptsFeastsAaron, Moses SpokespersonA Feast In The WildernessFestivals Observed

Then the Lord said to Moses, "Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, for compelled by my strong hand he will release them, and by my strong hand he will drive them out of his land."

Verse ConceptsStrength Of GodLooking At God's Works

"Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt that he must release the Israelites from his land."

You are to speak everything I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh that he must release the Israelites from his land.

Verse ConceptsAaron, Position

The Lord said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is hard; he refuses to release the people.

Verse ConceptsCorrupted ConsciencesObstinate Individuals

Tell him, 'The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you to say, "Release my people, that they may serve me in the desert!" But until now you have not listened.

Verse ConceptsA Feast In The WildernessWorshipping God

Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and tell him, 'Thus says the Lord: "Release my people in order that they may serve me!

Verse ConceptsPreaching, Content OfServanthood, And Worship Of GodWorshipping God

But if you refuse to release them, then I am going to plague all your territory with frogs.

Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, "Pray to the Lord that he may take the frogs away from me and my people, and I will release the people that they may sacrifice to the Lord."

Verse ConceptsKings SummoningPray For UsPraying For SinnersTaking Animals

The Lord said to Moses, "Get up early in the morning and position yourself before Pharaoh as he goes out to the water, and tell him, 'Thus says the Lord, "Release my people that they may serve me!

Verse ConceptsConfrontationMorningRising EarlyThose Who Rose EarlyWorshipping God

If you do not release my people, then I am going to send swarms of flies on you and on your servants and on your people and in your houses. The houses of the Egyptians will be full of flies, and even the ground they stand on.

Verse ConceptsFliesbugs

Pharaoh said, "I will release you so that you may sacrifice to the Lord your God in the desert. Only you must not go very far. Do pray for me."

Verse ConceptsPeople Not Far AwayPray For UsPraying For SinnersSacrificesupplication

But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also and did not release the people.

Verse ConceptsObstinate Individuals

Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and tell him, 'Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, "Release my people that they may serve me!

Verse ConceptsWorshipping GodProblem People

For if you refuse to release them and continue holding them,

Pharaoh sent representatives to investigate, and indeed, not even one of the livestock of Israel had died. But Pharaoh's heart remained hard, and he did not release the people.

Verse ConceptsHardness Of HeartNot DyingObstinate Individuals

The Lord said to Moses, "Get up early in the morning, stand before Pharaoh, and tell him, 'Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: "Release my people so that they may serve me!

Verse ConceptsMorningThose Who Rose EarlyWorshipping GodEarly Rising

Pray to the Lord, for the mighty thunderings and hail are too much! I will release you and you will stay no longer."

Verse ConceptsPray For UsPraying For SinnersMore Than Enough

So Pharaoh's heart remained hard, and he did not release the Israelites, as the Lord had predicted through Moses.

So Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh and told him, "Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: 'How long do you refuse to humble yourself before me? Release my people so that they may serve me!

Verse ConceptsHumilityBefore People ActWorshipping GodHumbling Oneself

But if you refuse to release my people, I am going to bring locusts into your territory tomorrow.

Verse ConceptsInsectsLocustsGod's Action Tomorrow

Pharaoh's servants said to him, "How long will this man be a menace to us? Release the people so that they may serve the Lord their God. Do you not know that Egypt is destroyed?"

Verse ConceptsMan TrappingBefore People ActWorshipping God

He said to them, "The Lord will need to be with you if I release you and your dependents! Watch out! Trouble is right in front of you!

Verse ConceptsGod Be With YouWronging Other People

But the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not release the Israelites.

Verse ConceptsFreedom, Of The WillHardness Of HeartGod Hardening PeopleStrong Delusion

But the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he was not willing to release them.

Verse ConceptsGod Hardening People

The Lord said to Moses, "I will bring one more plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt; after that he will release you from this place. When he releases you, he will drive you out completely from this place.

Verse ConceptsRetributionorganization

So Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not release the Israelites from his land.

Verse ConceptsAaron, Moses SpokespersonMiracles, Responses ToGod Hardening PeopleOther Miracles

And [the] Egyptians urged the people [in order] to hurry their release from the land, because they said, "All of us [will] die!"

Verse ConceptsDeath Due To God's PresenceHurrying Others On

When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to release us, the Lord killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of people to the firstborn of animals. That is why I am sacrificing to the Lord the first male offspring of every womb, but all my firstborn sons I redeem.'

Verse ConceptsStubbornness, Consequences OfDeath Of The FirstbornGod KillingMale AnimalsBoth Men And Animals KilledHindering God's WorkGod Killed The PeoplesRegulating Sacrifices

"If a man strikes the eye of his male or female servant and destroys it, he is to release him as a free man in exchange for his eye.

Verse ConceptsEyes HarmedFor The Sake Of ThingsPeople Freeing Slaves

If he knocks out the tooth of his male or female servant, he is to release him as a free man in exchange for his tooth.

Verse ConceptsDentistryBreaking TeethFor The Sake Of ThingsPeople Freeing Slaves

If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying helpless under its load, you shall refrain from leaving it to him, you shall surely release it with him.

Verse Conceptsevil, believers' responses toResponsibility, For God's WorldAnimal RightsHeavy BurdensPeople HelpingLoving Your Enemies

and the seventh thou dost release it, and hast left it, and the needy of thy people have eaten, and their leaving doth the beast of the field eat; so dost thou to thy vineyard -- to thine olive-yard.

Verse Conceptsethics, socialLeisure, Nature And Purpose OfPoverty, Attitudes TowardsPoverty, Remedies ForVineyardOrchardsUnusedAgricultureRestFarming

" 'I will release my terror before you, and I will throw into confusion all the people against whom you come, and I will {make all your enemies turn their back to you}.

Verse ConceptsConfusionenemies, of Israel and JudahTurning One's BackPuzzlementTerror Of Godterrorism

Bible Theasaurus

Departure (21 instances)
Discharge (34 instances)
Dismissal (3 instances)
Firing (3 instances)
Freeing (9 instances)
Release (142 instances)
Relinquish (1 instance)
Spill (9 instances)
Unloose (5 instances)

Reverse Interlinear

Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
הנחה 
Hanachah 
Usage: 1

שׁמט 
Shamat 
Usage: 9

שׁמטּה 
Sh@mittah 
Usage: 5

ἀπολύω 
Apoluo 
Usage: 52

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