What Does Mark 10:4 Mean in the King James?
And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The bill makes separation writable; the Greek verb behind “put her away” names the act as release.
THE MEANING
You hear permission being cited as support for a written separation. The document records a dismissal, while “put her away” carries the concrete sense of releasing her. The verse names what is allowed without yet saying that permission is the bond’s original design.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
An allowed act is automatically the original design.
THE ROOT
ἀπολῦσαι
apolysai from
GROWS FROM
λύω
lyō
Loosen, untie, release.
The Greek verb says “release” or “dismiss,” bringing the act itself into view beneath the idiom “put her away.” That sense does not soften the separation; it names what happens to her as a release.
ALSO GROWS
lyō: To loosen, untie, or release.
λύω
The base verb gives the image beneath the release in the divorce phrase.
apolysis: Release or dismissal.
ἀπόλυσις
This related noun keeps the same release and dismissal language in view.
ἀποστασίου
apostasiou from
GROWS FROM
ἀφίστημι (aphistēmi), from ἵστημι (histēmi)
Stand away; withdraw or depart.
“bill of divorcement” in this verse is apostasiou from. The word for the divorce document belongs to a family of words for departure and separation. The paper makes that separation explicit and recordable.
ALSO GROWS
aphistēmi: To stand away, withdraw, or depart.
ἀφίστημι
This related verb makes the separation behind the document more visible.
apostasia: Departure or withdrawal; sometimes rebellion.
ἀποστασία
The same word family can name a departure from allegiance, showing how separation takes a recognizable form.
מֹשֶׁה
Mōsheh
GROWS FROM
משׁה
m-sh-h
Draw out, especially from water.
Moses’ name is linked to being drawn out of the water. Here that name is invoked to authorize a release, placing “drawn out” beside “let go.”
ALSO GROWS
māšâ: To draw out.
מָשָׁה
This verb carries the root meaning associated with Moses’ name.
mĕšîtihû: I drew him out of the water.
מְשִׁיתִהוּ
This form appears in the explanation of Moses’ name and makes its “drawn out” sense concrete.
THE PATTERN
A written separation can formalize a release, while the permission surrounding it remains distinct from the bond’s original design.
When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.THE THREAD
He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.Matthew 19:8 repeats the Greek verbs behind “suffered” (ἐπέτρεψεν, epetrepsen, permitted) and “put away” (ἀπολῦσαι, apolysai, release). Its ending makes explicit that permission addresses hardness of heart and does not name the beginning design.
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