7 occurrences in 12 translations

'Release' in the Bible

who turned the world into a wilderness,who destroyed its citiesand would not release the prisoners to return home?”

Verse ConceptsPrisonersCities Under AttackImprisonments

to open blind eyes, to release prisoners from dungeons, those who live in darkness from prisons.

Verse ConceptsClarityOvertaken By DarknessHealing Of The BlindGod Freeing CaptivesBlindnessRecoveryBreaking Chainsfreejail

“For I am the Lord your God,The Holy One of Israel, your Savior;I have given Egypt [to the Babylonians] as your ransom,Cush (ancient Ethiopia) and Seba [its province] in exchange for you.

Verse ConceptsEthiopiaAfricaExchange Of NationsI Will Be Their Godliberation

That kind of man (the idolater) feeds on ashes [and is satisfied with ashes]! A deceived mind has led him astray, so that he cannot save himself, or ask, “Is this thing [that I am holding] in my right hand not a lie?”

Verse ConceptsDeceitful HeartsAshesHeart, Fallen And RedeemedDeceiving OneselfLyingAshes Of HumiliationEvil For The Right HandSaving OneselfThose Not SavedStrong DelusionLying And DeceitFalling Away From God

Shake yourself from the dust; arise, sit [on your throne], Jerusalem: release yourself from the bonds of your neck, captive daughter of Zion.

Verse ConceptsdaughtersNecksChainsGet Up!Beauty And Self WorthBreaking Chainsdiscriminationdustfreejerusalemziondignity

Is this not [the] fast I choose: to release [the] bonds of injustice, to untie [the] ropes of [the] yoke, and to let [the] oppressed go free, and {tear} every yoke to pieces?

Verse ConceptsYokesHow To FastPeople Releasing OthersInjusticeFastingFasting And PrayerBreaking Chainsliberation

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)

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