ἐπιλύω: imperfect ἐπελυον; 1 future passive ἐπιλυθήσομαι; a. properly, to unloose, untie (German auflösen) anything knotted or bound or sealed up; (Xenophon, Theocr, Herodian). b. to clear (a controversy), to decide, settle: Act_19:39; to explain (what is obscure and hard to understand): Mar_4:34 (as in Gen_41:12 variant; Philo, vita contempl. § 10; de agricult. § 3; Sextus Empiricus, 2, 246; γριφους, Athen. 10, p. 449 e.; also in middle, Athen. 10, p. 450 f.; Josephus, Antiquities 8, 6, 5, and often by the Scholiasts).

ἐπιλύω epilyō 2x to loose what has previously been fastened or entangled, as a knot; met. to solve, to explain, what is enigmatical, as a parable, Mar_4:34 ; to settle, put an end to a matter of debate, Act_19:39

** ἐπι -λύω , [in Aq .: Gen_40:8 ; Gen_41:8 ; Gen_41:12 ; Th .: Hos_3:4 * ;] 1. to loose, release. 2. to solve, settle, explain: Mar_4:34 , Act_19:39 .†

ἐπιλύω [page 241] Like ἐπίλυσις , the verb is used in monetary transactions, e.g. P Grenf I. 26 .2 (B.C. 113) ἐπελύσατ [ο ] Ψενενοῦπις Ὀννώφριος δάνειον πυροῦ ἀρ ν̄ς̄ , a usage hitherto unknown : see further Philologus N.F. xvii. pp. 564 f., 577. For the metaphorical meaning as in the NT, cf. Vett. Val. p.173 .6 τὸ τῆς ἀληθείας μέρος ὡς ὑπὸ οὐδενὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐπιλελυμένον αὐτὸς ἐφώτισα , p. 259 .4 προεῖπον γὰρ ἐν τοῖς ἔμπροσθεν , ὅτι ἃ μὲν ἐκ τῶν παλαιῶν σκοτεινῶς συντεταγμένα ἐπελυσάμην .

ἐπιλύω fut. -λύσω "to loose, untie", Theocr. : "to set free, release", Luc. : so in Mid., Plat. ; ἐπιλύεσθαι ἐπιστολάς "to open" letters, Hdt.

ἐπι-λύω [in Aq.: Gen.40:8 41:8, 12; Th.: Hos.3:4 * ;] __1. to loose, release. __2. to solve, settle, explain: Mrk.4:34, Act.19:39.† (AS)