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ἀφίημι

aphiēmiG0863

to release: leave

Used 143 times in the tagged text.

G0863G · ἀφίημι · to release: leave

What it means

  • to send forth, send away, let go
  • to leave alone, leave, neglect
  • to let, suffer, permit
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • ἀφ-ίημι,
  • [in LXX for נשׂא, נוח hi., נתן, סלח ni., עזב, etc. ;]
  • 1. to send forth, send away, let go: of divorce (DB, iii, 274a), τ. γυναῖκα (Hdt.), 1Co.7:11-13; of death, τ. πνεῦμα (Gen.35:18, Hdt., al.), Mat.27:50; (φωνήν, to utter a cry, Mrk.15:37; of debts, to remit, forgive (cl.), τ. δανεῖον, Mat.18:27; τ. ὀφειλήν, Mat.18:32; esp. of sins (Cremer 296f.), τ. ἁμαρτίας, ἁμαρτήματα, ἀνομίας, Mat.9:2, Rom.4:7" (LXX), 1Jn.1:9, al.; punctiliar and iterative present (M, Pr., 119), Mrk.2:5, Luk.11:4; Ion. pf., ἀφέωνται (M, Pr., 38), Luk.5:23.
  • 2. to leave alone, leave, neglect: Mat.4:11 5:24 15:14, Mrk.1:20, 31 Jhn.4:3, 28 al.; τ. ἐντολὴν τ. θεοῦ, Mrk.7:8; τον̀ τ. ἀρχῆς τ. Χριστοῦ λόγον, Heb.6:1; τ. ἀγάπην τ. πρώτην, Rev.2:4; ptcp., ἀφείς, pleonastic (as in Aram.; M, Pr., 14; Dalman, Words, 21f.), Mat.13:36 22:22, Mrk.8:13, al.
  • 3. to let, suffer, permit: Mat.3:15; with accusative, Mat.3:15, 19:14, al.; with accusative of thing(s) and dative of person(s), Mat.5:40; with inf. pres., Mat.23:14, al.; aor., Mrk.5:37, al.; in late Gk. (M, Pr., 175f.), before ἵνα, Mrk.11:16, Jhn.12:7; with subjunct. (M, Pr., l.with; Bl., §64, 2), Mat.7:4 27:49, Mrk.15:36, Luk.6:42 (see further MM, see word).
  • (AS)

G0863H · ἀφίημι · to release: forgive

What it means

  • to send forth, send away, let go
  • to leave alone, leave, neglect
  • to let, suffer, permit
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • ἀφ-ίημι,
  • [in LXX for נשׂא, נוח hi., נתן, סלח ni., עזב, etc. ;]
  • 1. to send forth, send away, let go: of divorce (DB, iii, 274a), τ. γυναῖκα (Hdt.), 1Co.7:11-13; of death, τ. πνεῦμα (Gen.35:18, Hdt., al.), Mat.27:50; (φωνήν, to utter a cry, Mrk.15:37; of debts, to remit, forgive (cl.), τ. δανεῖον, Mat.18:27; τ. ὀφειλήν, Mat.18:32; esp. of sins (Cremer 296f.), τ. ἁμαρτίας, ἁμαρτήματα, ἀνομίας, Mat.9:2, Rom.4:7" (LXX), 1Jn.1:9, al.; punctiliar and iterative present (M, Pr., 119), Mrk.2:5, Luk.11:4; Ion. pf., ἀφέωνται (M, Pr., 38), Luk.5:23.
  • 2. to leave alone, leave, neglect: Mat.4:11 5:24 15:14, Mrk.1:20, 31 Jhn.4:3, 28 al.; τ. ἐντολὴν τ. θεοῦ, Mrk.7:8; τον̀ τ. ἀρχῆς τ. Χριστοῦ λόγον, Heb.6:1; τ. ἀγάπην τ. πρώτην, Rev.2:4; ptcp., ἀφείς, pleonastic (as in Aram.; M, Pr., 14; Dalman, Words, 21f.), Mat.13:36 22:22, Mrk.8:13, al.
  • 3. to let, suffer, permit: Mat.3:15; with accusative, Mat.3:15, 19:14, al.; with accusative of thing(s) and dative of person(s), Mat.5:40; with inf. pres., Mat.23:14, al.; aor., Mrk.5:37, al.; in late Gk. (M, Pr., 175f.), before ἵνα, Mrk.11:16, Jhn.12:7; with subjunct. (M, Pr., l.with; Bl., §64, 2), Mat.7:4 27:49, Mrk.15:36, Luk.6:42 (see further MM, see word).
  • (AS)

G0863I · ἀφίημι · to release: permit

What it means

  • to send forth, send away, let go
  • to leave alone, leave, neglect
  • to let, suffer, permit
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • ἀφ-ίημι,
  • [in LXX for נשׂא, נוח hi., נתן, סלח ni., עזב, etc. ;]
  • 1. to send forth, send away, let go: of divorce (DB, iii, 274a), τ. γυναῖκα (Hdt.), 1Co.7:11-13; of death, τ. πνεῦμα (Gen.35:18, Hdt., al.), Mat.27:50; (φωνήν, to utter a cry, Mrk.15:37; of debts, to remit, forgive (cl.), τ. δανεῖον, Mat.18:27; τ. ὀφειλήν, Mat.18:32; esp. of sins (Cremer 296f.), τ. ἁμαρτίας, ἁμαρτήματα, ἀνομίας, Mat.9:2, Rom.4:7" (LXX), 1Jn.1:9, al.; punctiliar and iterative present (M, Pr., 119), Mrk.2:5, Luk.11:4; Ion. pf., ἀφέωνται (M, Pr., 38), Luk.5:23.
  • 2. to leave alone, leave, neglect: Mat.4:11 5:24 15:14, Mrk.1:20, 31 Jhn.4:3, 28 al.; τ. ἐντολὴν τ. θεοῦ, Mrk.7:8; τον̀ τ. ἀρχῆς τ. Χριστοῦ λόγον, Heb.6:1; τ. ἀγάπην τ. πρώτην, Rev.2:4; ptcp., ἀφείς, pleonastic (as in Aram.; M, Pr., 14; Dalman, Words, 21f.), Mat.13:36 22:22, Mrk.8:13, al.
  • 3. to let, suffer, permit: Mat.3:15; with accusative, Mat.3:15, 19:14, al.; with accusative of thing(s) and dative of person(s), Mat.5:40; with inf. pres., Mat.23:14, al.; aor., Mrk.5:37, al.; in late Gk. (M, Pr., 175f.), before ἵνα, Mrk.11:16, Jhn.12:7; with subjunct. (M, Pr., l.with; Bl., §64, 2), Mat.7:4 27:49, Mrk.15:36, Luk.6:42 (see further MM, see word).
  • (AS)

Same idea, other words · Forgiveness, atonement and reconciliation

The Old Testament pictures forgiveness as lifting or covering sin and atonement as a covering made by sacrifice. The New Testament adds release and reconciliation, and names Christ as the place where propitiation happens.

Where it appears

  • Matthew47
  • Mark34
  • Luke31
  • John15
  • Acts3
  • Romans2
  • 1 Corinthians3
  • Hebrews2
  • James1
  • 1 John2
  • Revelation3

Every use · 101–143 of 143 · BSB

  1. Luke 13:8ἄφεςdo leave

    ‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone again this year, until I dig around it and fertilize it.

  2. Luke 13:35ἀφίεταιis left

    Look, your house is left to you desolate. And I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”

  3. Luke 17:3ἄφεςdo forgive

    Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.

  4. Luke 17:4ἀφήσειςyou will forgive

    Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to say, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”

  5. Luke 17:34ἀφεθήσεται.will be left.

    I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed: one will be taken and the other left.

  6. Luke 17:35ἀφεθήσεται.¶will be left.

    Two women will be grinding grain together: one will be taken and the other left.”

  7. Luke 18:16ἄφετεdo permit

    But Jesus called the children to Him and said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

  8. Luke 18:28ἀφέντεςhaving abandoned

    “Look,” said Peter, “we have left all we had to follow You.”

  9. Luke 18:29ἀφῆκενhas left

    “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God

  10. Luke 19:44ἀφήσουσινwill leave

    They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”

  11. Luke 21:6ἀφεθήσεταιwill be left

    “As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”

  12. Luke 23:34ἄφεςdo forgive

    Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up His garments by casting lots.

  13. John 4:3ἀφῆκενHe left

    He left Judea and returned to Galilee.

  14. John 4:28ἈφῆκενLeft

    Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,

  15. John 4:52ἀφῆκενleft

    So he inquired as to the hour when his son had recovered, and they told him, “The fever left him yesterday at the seventh hour.”

  16. John 8:29ἀφῆκένHe has left

    He who sent Me is with Me. He has not left Me alone, because I always do what pleases Him.”

  17. John 10:12ἀφίησινhe leaves

    The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock.

  18. John 11:44ἄφετεdo allow

    The man who had been dead came out with his hands and feet bound in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth. “Unwrap him and let him go,” Jesus told them.

  19. John 11:48ἀφῶμενwe shall let him alone

    If we let Him go on like this, everyone will believe in Him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”

  20. John 12:7ἄφεςdo leave alone

    “Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “She has kept this perfume in preparation for the day of My burial.

  21. John 14:18ἀφήσωI will leave

    I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.

  22. John 14:27ἀφίημιI leave

    Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid.

  23. John 16:28ἀφίημιI leave

    I came from the Father and entered the world. In turn, I will leave the world and go to the Father.”

  24. John 16:32ἀφῆτε·you may leave;

    “Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.

  25. John 18:8ἄφετεdo allow

    “I told you that I am He,” Jesus replied. “So if you are looking for Me, let these men go.”

  26. John 20:23ἀφῆτεyou may forgive

    If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you withhold forgiveness from anyone, it is withheld.”

  27. John 20:23ἀφέωνταιthey have been forgiven

    If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you withhold forgiveness from anyone, it is withheld.”

  28. Acts 5:38ἄφετεdo release

    So in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone. Let them go! For if their purpose or endeavor is of human origin, it will fail.

  29. Acts 8:22ἀφεθήσεταίwill be forgiven

    Repent, therefore, of your wickedness, and pray to the Lord. Perhaps He will forgive you for the intent of your heart.

  30. Acts 14:17ἀφῆκενHe has left

    Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”

  31. Romans 1:27ἀφέντεςhaving left

    Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women and burned with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.

  32. Romans 4:7ἀφέθησανare forgiven

    “Blessed are they whose lawless acts are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

  33. 1 Corinthians 7:11ἀφιέναι.¶is to send away.

    But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.

  34. 1 Corinthians 7:12ἀφιέτωhe should divorce

    To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If a brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.

  35. 1 Corinthians 7:13ἀφιέτωshe should divorce

    And if a woman has an unbelieving husband and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him.

  36. Hebrews 2:8ἀφῆκενHe left

    and placed everything under his feet.” When God subjected all things to him, He left nothing outside of his control. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to him.

  37. Hebrews 6:1ἀφέντεςhaving left

    Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith in God,

  38. James 5:15ἀφεθήσεταιit will be forgiven

    And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.

  39. 1 John 1:9ἀφῇHe may forgive

    If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

  40. 1 John 2:12ἀφέωνταιhave been forgiven

    I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven through His name.

  41. Revelation 2:4ἀφῆκες.you have abandoned.

    But I have this against you: You have abandoned your first love.

  42. Revelation 2:20ἀφεῖςyou permit

    But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols.

  43. Revelation 11:9ἀφίουσινthey allow

    For three and a half days all peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will view their bodies and will not permit them to be laid in a tomb.

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