διαλύω G1262
to disperse, disband, dissolve; to break up an assembly or group
This verb means to dissolve, disperse, or break up a gathered group. Acts 5:36 describes how after Theudas was killed, his followers 'were dispersed' and came to nothing. Classical usage included disbanding armies, dismissing assemblies, or breaking things into elements. The notion of dissolution—a unified group fragmenting into scattered individuals—is central to this term's meaning.
Senses
1. sense 1 — To disperse or disband, causing a unified group to scatter and dissolve. Gamaliel's historical example in Acts 5:36 illustrates how Theudas's movement dissolved after the leader's death—his followers 'were dispersed' (passive voice), scattered without organization. The translations capture both the physical scattering and the organizational dissolution of what had been a cohesive movement. 1×
AR["تَفَرَّقُوا"]·ben["ছড়িয়ে-গেল"]·DE["διελύθησαν"]·EN["were-disbanded"]·FR["disperser"]·heb["נִתְפַּרְדוּ"]·HI["और"]·ID["dibubarkan"]·IT["sciogliere"]·jav["kabubaraké"]·KO["그-에게"]·RU["рассеялись"]·ES["fueron-disueltos"]·SW["walitawanyika"]·TR["dağıldı"]·urd["منتشر-ہو-گئے"]
Related Senses
H0935 1. come, arrive (Qal) (2413×)G1473 1. first person singular pronoun (2084×)H3318 1. Qal: go out, depart, come forth (891×)H7725 1. to return, come/go back (Qal) (874×)H5927 1. go up, ascend (Qal) (779×)H7971 1. to send, dispatch (Qal) (701×)G2064 1. come / arrive (physical movement toward) (588×)H5307 1. Qal: fall down physically (339×)H5375 1. Qal: to lift up, raise (330×)H5975 1. to stand, stand up (310×)H5674a 1. Qal: pass by, pass through (256×)H3381 1. Qal: to go down, descend (physical movement) (242×)G1831 1. go/come out physically (193×)H5337 1. deliver, rescue, save (Hifil) (188×)H7901 1. lie down, rest, sleep (183×)G1525 1. enter a place physically (179×)H7812 1. prostrate oneself, bow down, worship (173×)H3318 2. Hifil: bring out, lead out, take out (persons) (172×)H7725 2. to bring back, restore (Hifil) (151×)H5674a 2. Qal: cross over (134×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
διαλύω, future -λύσω, etc., loose one from another, part asunder, διαπλέκων καὶ διαλύων twining and untwining, Refs 5th c.BC+; δ. τὸν σύλλογον, τὴν συνουσίαν, τὴν πανήγυριν, etc., break it up, dismiss it, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὴν σκηνὴν εἰς κοίτην δ. break up the party and go to bed, Refs; τὸ ναυτικόν disband it, Refs 5th c.BC+:— middle, συνουσίας Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, of an army, assembly, etc.,…