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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

2. (n.) To let loose again; to set free from restraint, confinement, or servitude; to give liberty to, or to set at liberty; to let go.

3. (n.) To relieve from something that confines, burdens, or oppresses, as from pain, trouble, obligation, penalty.

4. (n.) To let go, as a legal claim; to discharge or relinquish a right to, as lands or tenements, by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession, as when the person in remainder releases his right to the tenant in possession; to quit.

5. (n.) To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of; as, to release an ordinance.

6. (n.) The act of letting loose or freeing, or the state of being let loose or freed; liberation or discharge from restraint of any kind, as from confinement or bondage.

7. (n.) Relief from care, pain, or any burden.

8. (n.) Discharge from obligation or responsibility, as from debt, penalty, or claim of any kind; acquittance.

9. (n.) A giving up or relinquishment of some right or claim; a conveyance of a man's right in lands or tenements to another who has some estate in possession; a quitclaim.

10. (n.) The act of opening the exhaust port to allow the steam to escape.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

RELEASE

re-les': (1) The forgiveness of a debt (shemiTTah (Deuteronomy 15:1, 2, 9; Deuteronomy 31:10; see JUBILEE YEAR)), with verb shamaT, "to release," Deuteronomy 31:2, 3. (2) To exempt from taxation or military service (hanachah, "release," "rest" (Esther 2:18)). Some would render "granted a holiday." (3) To set a prisoner or slave at liberty (apoluo, "to let go free" (Matthew 27:15 parallel John 19:10), etc.).

Greek

630. apoluo -- to set free, release
... to set free, release. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: apoluo Phonetic Spelling:
(ap-ol-oo'-o) Short Definition: I release, let go, send away, divorce ...
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3089. luo -- to loose, to release, to dissolve
... to loose, to release, to dissolve. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: luo Phonetic
Spelling: (loo'-o) Short Definition: I loose, untie, release, destroy ...
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629. apolutrosis -- a release effected by payment of ransom
... a release effected by payment of ransom. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration:
apolutrosis Phonetic Spelling: (ap-ol-oo'-tro-sis) Short Definition ...
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3084. lutroo -- to release by paying a ransom, to redeem
... to release by paying a ransom, to redeem. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration:
lutroo Phonetic Spelling: (loo-tro'-o) Short Definition: I ransom, liberate ...
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859. aphesis -- dismissal, release, fig. pardon
... 858, 859. aphesis. 860 . dismissal, release, fig. pardon. ... See 863 (). Word
Origin from aphiemi Definition dismissal, release, fig. pardon ...
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1590. ekluo -- to loose, release, to grow weary
... to loose, release, to grow weary. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: ekluo Phonetic
Spelling: (ek-loo'-o) Short Definition: I am unstrung, become weak, fail ...
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525. apallasso -- to remove, release
... to remove, release. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: apallasso Phonetic Spelling:
(ap-al-las'-so) Short Definition: I free from Definition: I free (a person ...
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1955. epilusis -- a release, an interpretation
... a release, an interpretation. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: epilusis
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-il'-oo-sis) Short Definition: solution, explanation ...
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3085. lutrosis -- a ransoming, a redemption
... Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: lutrosis Phonetic Spelling:
(loo'-tro-sis) Short Definition: liberation, deliverance, release Definition: (in ...
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3080. lusis -- a loosing (by divorce)
... by divorce). Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: lusis Phonetic Spelling:
(loo'-sis) Short Definition: dissolution, release Definition: dissolution ...
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Strong's Hebrew

8058. shamat -- to let drop
... 8057, 8058. shamat. 8059 . to let drop. Transliteration: shamat Phonetic Spelling:
(shaw-mat') Short Definition: release. Word Origin a prim. ...
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8059. shemittah -- a letting drop, a (temporary) remitting
... release. From shamat; remission (of debt) or suspension of labor) -- release. see
HEBREW shamat. 8058, 8059. shemittah. 8060 . Strong's Numbers.
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2010. hanachah -- a giving of rest
... Word Origin from nuach Definition a giving of rest NASB Word Usage holiday (1).
release. From nuwach; permission of rest, ie Quiet -- release. see HEBREW nuwach ...
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1865. deror -- a flowing, free run, liberty
... 1864, 1865. deror. 1866 . a flowing, free run, liberty. Transliteration:
deror Phonetic Spelling: (der-ore') Short Definition: release. ...
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4917. mishlachath -- a discharge, deputation, sending
... discharge, sending. Feminine of mishlowach; a mission, ie (abstractly) and favorable)
release, or (concretely and unfavorable) an army -- discharge, sending. ...
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7971. shalach -- to send
... them go (1), letting us go (1), loot (1), pointing (1), put (10), put forth (7),
puts (2), putting (1), reached (3), reached* (1), release (2), released (3 ...
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5800a. azab -- to leave, forsake, loose
... 2), leaving (1), left (22), left me behind (1), left the behind (1), left behind
(1), let it go (1), neglect (2), stopped (1), surely release (1), withdrawn (1 ...
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6605a. pathach -- to open
... free (1), freeing (1), freely open (2), loose (3), loosed (4), loosen (2), loosens
(1), open (50), opened (46), opened wide (1), opens (4), release (1), set ...
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6299. padah -- to ransom
... To release, preserve -- X at all, deliver, X by any means, ransom, (that are to
be, let be) redeem(-ed), rescue, X surely. 6298, 6299. padah. 6300 . ...
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4422. malat -- to slip away
... A primitive root; properly, to be smooth, ie (by implication) to escape (as if by
slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring ...
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Library

The Release of Hope. (xxiv, xxix. )
... 1. The Release of Hope. (XXIV, XXIX.). From these rapidly descending years
a number of prophecies by Jeremiah have come to us, as ...
//christianbookshelf.org/smith/jeremiah/1 the release of hope.htm

The Release of Saint George.
... CHAPTER ELEVEN. THE RELEASE OF SAINT GEORGE. Seven times had frosty-bearded
winter covered the ground with snow, and behung the ...
/.../kingston/the seven champions of christendom/chapter eleven the release of.htm

A Law Granting Release from Exile, from Service in the Courts, and ...
... Book II. Chapter XXX."A Law granting Release from Exile, from Service in
the Courts, and from the Confiscation of Property. "Let ...
/.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/chapter xxx a law granting release.htm

Release Likewise Granted to Exiles in the Islands.
... Book II. Chapter XXXI."Release likewise granted to Exiles in the Islands.
"Furthermore, it is our command that all those who have ...
/.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/chapter xxxi release likewise granted to.htm

Thursday in Passion Week Pilate Therefore, Willing to Release ...
... Thursday in Passion Week Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again
to them. ... Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them. ...
/.../winkworth/lyra germanica the christian year/thursday in passion week pilate.htm

Psalm 107 Part 2 Correction for Sin, and Release by Prayer.
... THE PSALMS OF DAVID PSALM 107 PART 2 Correction for sin, and release
by prayer. LM Correction for sin, and release by prayer. ...
/.../watts/the psalms and hymns of isaac watts/psalm 107 part 2 correction.htm

Psalm 107:2. Second Part. Correction for Sin, and Release by ...
... THE Psalms of David, In Metre. Psalm 107:2. Second Part. Correction for
sin, and release by prayer. 1 From age to age exalt his ...
/.../watts/the psalms of david/psalm 107 2 0 second part correction.htm

The Trial Before Pilate Resumed.
... I will therefore chastise him, and release him." Now at the feast the governor was
wont to release unto the multitude one prisoner, whom they would. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/barton/his life/the trial before pilate resumed.htm

And Pilate Said unto the Chief Priests and the Multitude...
... him. [20] [3487] And at every feast the custom of the judge was to release
to the people one [21] prisoner, him whom they would. ...
/.../hogg/the diatessaron of tatian/section l and pilate said.htm

Jesus in the Hands of his Enemies
... I will therefore have him flogged and then release him" (for it was the
custom at this feast to release for them one man). But they ...
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Thesaurus

Release (61 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of; as, to release
an ordinance. ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. RELEASE. ...
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Sabbatical (1 Occurrence)
... shabbathon; sabbata anapausis, "a sabbath of solemn rest" (Leviticus 25:4); or shehath
ha-shemittah; etos tes apheseos, "the year of release" (Deuteronomy 15:9 ...
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Barabbas (10 Occurrences)
... Ie, son of Abba or of a father, a notorious robber whom Pilate proposed to condemn
to death instead of Jesus, whom he wished to release, in accordance with the ...
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Remission (18 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) Discharge from that which is due; relinquishment of a claim, right, or
obligation; pardon of transgression; release from forfeiture, penalty, debt, etc ...
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Barab'bas (10 Occurrences)
... Matthew 27:17 they therefore having been gathered together, Pilate said
to them, 'Whom will ye I shall release to you? Barabbas ...
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Canceling (3 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 15:2 This is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release
that which he has lent to his neighbor; he shall not exact it of his neighbor ...
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Cancel (4 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Cancel (4 Occurrences). Deuteronomy 15:1 At the end
of every seven years you shall make a release. (See NIV). ...
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Debts (10 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 15:2 This is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release
that which he has lent to his neighbor; he shall not exact it of his neighbor ...
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Creditor (8 Occurrences)
... from his creditor, who in Exodus 22:25 is forbidden to demand interest, and in
Deuteronomy 15:2 to exact payment in view of the nearness of the year of release...
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Exact (31 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 15:2 This is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release
that which he has lent to his neighbor; he shall not exact it of his neighbor ...
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Resources

Why did Noah release a raven? Why did he later release a dove (Genesis 8)? | GotQuestions.org

Why did the crowds shout, “Crucify Him!” when Pilate wanted to release Jesus? | GotQuestions.org

Why is God going to release Satan after the 1,000 years? | GotQuestions.org

Release: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Concordance

Release (61 Occurrences)

Matthew 1:19
But Joseph her husband, being a kind-hearted man and unwilling publicly to disgrace her, had determined to release her privately from the betrothal.
(WEY)

Matthew 16:19
I will give to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven; and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven."
(WEB)

Matthew 18:18
Most certainly I tell you, whatever things you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever things you release on earth will have been released in heaven.
(WEB)

Matthew 18:27
The lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt.
(Root in WEB ASV YLT NAS RSV)

Matthew 27:15
Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release to the multitude one prisoner, whom they desired.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 27:17
When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called Christ?"
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 27:21
But the governor answered them, "Which of the two do you want me to release to you?" They said, "Barabbas!"
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 27:26
Then he released to them Barabbas, but Jesus he flogged and delivered to be crucified.
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 15:6
Now at the feast he used to release to them one prisoner, whom they asked of him.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 15:9
Pilate answered them, saying, "Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?"
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 15:11
But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should release Barabbas to them instead.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 4:18
"The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,
(WEB WEY ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 6:37
And judge not, and ye shall not be judged: and condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: release, and ye shall be released:
(ASV YLT)

Luke 23:16
I will therefore chastise him and release him."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 23:17
Now he had to release one prisoner to them at the feast.
(WEB KJV WEY BBE DBY WBS YLT)

Luke 23:18
But they all cried out together, saying, "Away with this man! Release to us Barabbas!"-
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 23:20
Then Pilate spoke to them again, wanting to release Jesus,
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 23:22
He said to them the third time, "Why? What evil has this man done? I have found no capital crime in him. I will therefore chastise him and release him."
(WEB WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 18:39
But you have a custom, that I should release someone to you at the Passover. Therefore do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?"
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 19:10
Pilate therefore said to him, "Aren't you speaking to me? Don't you know that I have power to release you, and have power to crucify you?"
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

John 19:12
At this, Pilate was seeking to release him, but the Jews cried out, saying, "If you release this man, you aren't Caesar's friend! Everyone who makes himself a king speaks against Caesar!"
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Acts 3:13
The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up, and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had determined to release him.
(WEB ASV YLT NAS RSV)

Acts 3:14
Yes, you disowned the holy and righteous One, and asked as a favour the release of a murderer.
(WEY NIV)

Acts 4:23
After their release the two Apostles went to their friends, and told them all that the High Priests and Elders had said.
(WEY NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 16:35
In the morning the praetors sent their lictors with the order, "Release those men."
(WEY NAS NIV)

Acts 16:36
So the jailer brought Paul word, saying, "The praetors have sent orders for you to be released. Now therefore you can go, and proceed on your way in peace."
(Root in WEY NAS NIV)

Acts 16:37
But Paul said to them, "They have beaten us publicly, without a trial, men who are Romans, and have cast us into prison! Do they now release us secretly? No, most certainly, but let them come themselves and bring us out!"
(WEB)

Acts 24:26
Meanwhile, he also hoped that money would be given to him by Paul, that he might release him. Therefore also he sent for him more often, and talked with him.
(WEB YLT)

Acts 28:18
who, having examined me, were wishing to release 'me', because of their being no cause of death in me,
(YLT NAS NIV)

2 Corinthians 8:13
for not that for others release, and ye pressured, 'do I speak,'
(YLT)

2 Timothy 4:6
For I am already being poured out, and the time of my release is come.
(DBY YLT)

Hebrews 11:35
Women received their dead by resurrection. Others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 9:14
saying to the sixth angel who had one trumpet, "Free the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!"
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 43:14
May God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release to you your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved."
(WEB JPS ASV NAS)

Exodus 23:5
If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, thou shalt forbear to leave him, thou shalt surely release it with him.
(See JPS ASV NAS)

Exodus 23:11
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.
(YLT)

Leviticus 14:7
He shall sprinkle on him who is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird go into the open field.
(See NIV)

Leviticus 16:22
The goat shall carry all their iniquities on himself to a solitary land, and he shall let the goat go in the wilderness.
(See NAS NIV)

Leviticus 25:10
You shall make the fiftieth year holy, and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee to you; and each of you shall return to his own property, and each of you shall return to his family.
(See NAS)

Leviticus 25:50
And he hath reckoned with his buyer from the year of his being sold to him till the year of jubilee, and the money of his sale hath been by the number of years; as the days of an hireling it is with him.
(See RSV NIV)

Numbers 30:5
But if her father disallow her in the day that he hears, none of her vows, or of her bonds with which she has bound her soul, shall stand: and Yahweh will forgive her, because her father disallowed her.
(See NIV)

Numbers 30:8
But if her husband disallow her in the day that he hears it, then he shall make void her vow which is on her, and the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul: and Yahweh will forgive her.
(See NIV)

Numbers 30:12
But if her husband made them null and void in the day that he heard them, then whatever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband has made them void; and Yahweh will forgive her.
(See NIV)

Deuteronomy 15:1
At the end of every seven years you shall make a release.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Deuteronomy 15:2
This is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release that which he has lent to his neighbor; he shall not exact it of his neighbor and his brother; because Yahweh's release has been proclaimed.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Deuteronomy 15:3
Of a foreigner you may exact it: but whatever of your is with your brother your hand shall release.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Deuteronomy 15:9
Beware that there not be a base thought in your heart, saying, "The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand;" and your eye be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cry to Yahweh against you, and it be sin to you.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Deuteronomy 31:10
Moses commanded them, saying, "At the end of every seven years, in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of tents,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Esther 2:18
Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Job 12:14
Behold, he breaks down, and it can't be built again. He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
(WEB NAS NIV)

Job 14:14
If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my warfare would I wait, until my release should come.
(WEB ASV RSV)

Psalms 102:20
to hear the groans of the prisoner; to free those who are condemned to death;
(See NIV)

Ecclesiastes 8:8
No man has authority over the wind, to keep the wind; or is ruler over the day of his death. In war no man's time is free, and evil will not keep the sinner safe.
(See NIV)

Isaiah 14:17
who made the world like a wilderness, and overthrew its cities; who didn't release his prisoners to their home?"
(WEB)

Isaiah 42:7
To give eyes to the blind, to make free the prisoners from the prison, to let out those who are shut up in the dark.
(See NIV)

Isaiah 61:1
The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is on me; because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to those who are bound;
(WEB NIV)

Jeremiah 15:11
Jehovah said, Verily I will strengthen thee for good; verily I will cause the enemy to make supplication unto thee in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.
(See JPS)

Jeremiah 34:8
The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people who were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty to them;
(See NAS)

Jeremiah 34:15
You had now turned, and had done that which is right in my eyes, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbor; and you had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name:
(See NAS)

Jeremiah 34:17
Therefore thus says Yahweh: you have not listened to me, to proclaim liberty, every man to his brother, and every man to his neighbor: behold, I proclaim to you a liberty, says Yahweh, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth.
(See NAS)

Jeremiah 40:4
Now, behold, I release you this day from the chains which are on your hand. If it seems good to you to come with me into Babylon, come, and I will take care of you; but if it seems bad to you to come with me into Babylon, don't: behold, all the land is before you; where it seems good and right to you to go, there go.
(WEB RSV)

Subtopics

Release

Related Terms

Sabbatical (1 Occurrence)

Barabbas (10 Occurrences)

Remission (18 Occurrences)

Barab'bas (10 Occurrences)

Canceling (3 Occurrences)

Cancel (4 Occurrences)

Debts (10 Occurrences)

Creditor (8 Occurrences)

Exact (31 Occurrences)