διαλύω: 1 aorist passive διελυθην; to dissolve (cf. διά C. 4): in Act_5:36 of a body of men broken up and dispersed, as often in Greek writings.

διαλύω dialyō 1x to dissolve, dissipate, disperse, Act_5:36

δια -λύω , [in LXX for ΰαδ , H2254 , etc.;] to part asunder, dissolve; of an assembly, pass ., to disperse: Act_5:36 .†

διαλύω [page 151] Nearest to its one appearance in NT Act_5:36 , of the dispersal of a horde of rebels is the use in BGU III. 1012 .12 (? B.C. 170) ἵνα οὖν μὴ συμβῆι διαλυθῆναι αὐτά ( sc. τὰ πρόβατα ). Cf. also Michel 1001 viii. 6 ( c. B.C. 200) where it is forbidden to make any proposal ὡς δεείσῃ διαλῦσαι τὸ κοινὸν εἲ τὰς θυσίας τὰς προγεγραμμένας , to break up the society or (intermit) the aforementioned sacrifices there is a slight zeugma. Still parallel to dissolvo is the frequent use in the Paris papyri in connexion with λιμός 12 .23 (B.C. 157) ὅπως μὴ ὑπὸ τῆς λιμοῦ δι [αλύ ]ω : here note the intransitive use, as in P Leid E .13 (ii/B.C.) ἡμεῖς δ᾽ ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ μεταξὺ διαλύωμεν καὶ τῷ λειμῷ κινδυνεύομεν τὸ ἱερὸν ἐγλιπεῖν see Proleg. p. 159. So P Par 22 .21 (ii/B.C.) ὥστ᾽ ἂν κινδυνεύειν τῷ λιμῷ διαλυθῆναι , 26 .9 (petition of the Serapeum Twins B.C. 163 2) (= Selections , p. 14) ὡς ἂν ὑπὸ τῆς λιμοῦ διαλυόμεναι , and 38 .28 (B.C. 162) καὶ μὴ διαλύωμαι τῷ λιμῷ . Another kindred use is that in P Strass I. 20 .10 (iii/A.D.) ἔδοξεν ἡμᾶ ]ς̣ δίκας μη̣κέτι λέγειν , ἀλλὰ φιλίᾳ μᾶλλον τὰ̣ς . . c. 15 letters . . ] στάσ̣εις διαλύσασθαι . Not far away is P Hib I. 96 .5 (B.C. 259) ὁμολογοῦσιν διαλελύσθαι πρὸς ἀλλήλους πάν [τα τὰ ἐγκλήματα , settled all the claims (Edd.). Διάλυσις is similarly used with reference to debts, P Oxy I. 104 .20 (A.D. 96), ib. VII. 1034 introd. (ii/A.D.). In P Hamb I. 25 .5 (B.C. 238) αὐτο̣ὺς̣ διαλῦσαι , δ . = reconcile. So P Magd 42 .12 (B.C. 222) μά (λιστα ) διάλυσον αὐτούς · εἰ δὲ μ [ή ], ἀπό (στειλον ) ὅπως ἐπὶ τῶν λα (οκριτῶν ) δι (ακριθῶσιν ) it is the endorsement of the king upon a petition. In P Leid W xxii. 27 (ii/iii A.D.) ὡς δὲ ἐν τῷ Νόμῳ διαλύεται Ἀβραιστί , uti vero in Lege (Moοsis) ( sic! ) solvitur (nomen) Hebraice (Ed.), it is used apparently to denote the resolution of the patriarchs names into magical combinations of letters.

διαλύω fut. -λυ?σω perf. -λέλυ^κα Pass., aor1 -ελυ?́θην perf. -λέλυ^μαι "to loose one from another, to part asunder, undo", Hdt. : "to dissolve" an assembly, id=Hdt. , Thuc. , etc.; τὴν σκηνὴν εἰς κοίτην δ. "to break up" the party and go to bed, Xen.; δ. τὴν στρατιάν "to disband" it, Thuc. :—Pass., of an assembly, "to break up", Hdt. , etc.: of a man, "to die", Xen. "to dissolve" into its elements, "to break up", Plat. "to put an end to" friendship, "break off" a truce, Thuc. , etc.:—so in Mid., διαλύσασθαι ξεινίην Hdt. "to put an end" to enmity, Thuc. ; and in Mid., Dem. , etc. c. acc. pers. "to reconcile", τινὰ πρός τινα id=Dem.; οὐ γὰρ ἦν ὁ διαλύσων Thuc. :—Pass. and Mid., διαλύεσθαι νείκους "to be parted" from quarrel, i. e. "to be reconciled", Eur. , Xen. , etc. generally, "to put an end to, do away with", διαβολήν Thuc. ; so in Mid., id=Thuc. , etc. "to solve" a difficulty, Plat. δ. τιμάς "to pay the full value, discharge" a debt, Hdt. , etc.: c. acc. pers. "to pay" him "off", Dem. absol. "to slacken one's hold, undo", Theocr.

δια-λύω [in LXX for אבה, חבל, etc. ;] to part asunder, dissolve; of an assembly, pass., to disperse: Act.5:36.† (AS)