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ἀφίημι

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greekNew TestamentVerb143 occurrences11 books131 verses

Definition

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.), 1 Corinthians 7:11-13; of death, τ. πνεῦμα (Genesis 35:18, Hdt., al.), Matthew 27:50; (φωνήν, to utter a cry, Mark 15:37; of debts, to remit, forgive (cl.), τ. δανεῖον, Matthew 18:27; τ. ὀφειλήν, Matthew 18:32; esp. of sins (Cremer 296f.), τ. ἁμαρτίας, ἁμαρτήματα, ἀνομίας, Matthew 9:2, Romans 4:7" (LXX), 1 John 1:9, al.; punctiliar and iterative present (M, Pr., 119), Mark 2:5, Luke 11:4; Ion. pf., ἀφέωνται (M, Pr., 38), Luke 5:23.

2. to leave alone, leave, neglect: Matthew 4:11; 5:24; 15:14, Mark 1:20, 31, John 4:3, 28 al.; τ. ἐντολὴν τ. θεοῦ, Mark 7:8; τον̀ τ. ἀρχῆς τ. Χριστοῦ λόγον, Hebrews 6:1; τ. ἀγάπην τ. πρώτην, Revelation 2:4; ptcp., ἀφείς, pleonastic (as in Aram.; M, Pr., 14; Dalman, Words, 21f.), Matthew 13:36; 22:22, Mark 8:13, al.

3. to let, suffer, permit: Matthew 3:15; with accusative, Matthew 3:15; 19:14, al.; with accusative of thing(s) and dative of person(s), Matthew 5:40; with inf. pres., Matthew 23:14, al.; aor., Mark 5:37, al.; in late Gk. (M, Pr., 175f.), before ἵνα, Mark 11:16, John 12:7; with subjunct. (M, Pr., l.with; Bl., §64, 2), Matthew 7:4; 27:49, Mark 15:36, Luke 6:42 (see further MM, see word).

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ἀφίημι:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

143 total
  1. Luke 13:8ἄφες · leave it alone
    ‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone again this year, until I dig around it and fertilize it.
  2. Luke 13:35ἀφίεται · is left to you desolate
    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 17:3ἄφες · forgive
    Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.
  4. Luke 17:4ἀφήσεις · you must 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 · 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 · left
    Two women will be grinding grain together: one will be taken and the other left.”
  7. Luke 18:16Ἄφετε · Let
    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 18:28ἀφέντες · have left
    “Look,” said Peter, “we have left all we had to follow You.”
  9. Luke 18:29ἀφῆκεν · has 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 19:44ἀφήσουσιν · They will not 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 21:6ἀφεθήσεται · will 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 23:34ἄφες · 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 4:3ἀφῆκεν · He left
    He left Judea and returned to Galilee.
  14. John 4:28Ἀφῆκεν · left
    Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,
  15. John 4:52ἀφῆκεν · left
    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 8:29ἀφῆκέν · He has not left
    He who sent Me is with Me. He has not left Me alone, because I always do what pleases Him.”
  17. John 10:12ἀφίησιν · abandons
    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 11:44ἄφετε · let
    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 11:48ἀφῶμεν · we let
    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 12:7Ἄφες · Leave her alone
    “Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “She has kept this perfume in preparation for the day of My burial.
  21. John 14:18ἀφήσω · I will not leave
    I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
  22. John 14:27ἀφίημι · I 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 16:28ἀφίημι · I will 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 · {and} you will 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 18:8ἄφετε · let
    “I told you that I am He,” Jesus replied. “So if you are looking for Me, let these men go.”
  26. John 20:23ἀφῆτε · you forgive; ἀφέωνται · they are forgiven
    If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you withhold forgiveness from anyone, it is withheld.”
  27. Acts 5:38ἄφετε · Let them go
    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.
  28. Acts 8:22ἀφεθήσεταί · He will forgive
    Repent, therefore, of your wickedness, and pray to the Lord. Perhaps He will forgive you for the intent of your heart.
  29. Acts 14:17ἀφῆκεν · He has not 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.”
  30. Romans 1:27ἀφέντες · abandoned
    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.
  31. Romans 4:7ἀφέθησαν · are forgiven
    “Blessed are they whose lawless acts are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
  32. 1 Corinthians 7:11ἀφιέναι · must not divorce
    But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.
  33. 1 Corinthians 7:12ἀφιέτω · he must not 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.
  34. 1 Corinthians 7:13ἀφιέτω · she must not divorce
    And if a woman has an unbelieving husband and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him.
  35. Hebrews 2:8ἀφῆκεν · He 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.
  36. Hebrews 6:1ἀφέντες · let us leave
    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,
  37. James 5:15ἀφεθήσεται · he 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.
  38. 1 John 1:9ἀφῇ · forgive
    If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
  39. 1 John 2:12ἀφέωνται · have been forgiven
    I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven through His name.
  40. Revelation 2:4ἀφῆκες · You have abandoned
    But I have this against you: You have abandoned your first love.
  41. Revelation 2:20ἀφεῖς · You tolerate
    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.
  42. Revelation 11:9ἀφίουσιν · will not permit
    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.