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Lexicon :: Strong's G447 - aniēmi

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ἀνίημι
Transliteration
aniēmi (Key)
Pronunciation
an-ee'-ay-mee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἀνά (G303) and hiemi (to send)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:367,60

Strong’s Definitions

ἀνίημι aníēmi, an-ee'-ay-mee; from G303 and ἵημι híēmi (to send); to let up, i.e. (literally) slacken or (figuratively) desert, desist from:—forbear, leave, loose.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G447 in the following manner: loose (2x), forbear (1x), leave (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G447 in the following manner: loose (2x), forbear (1x), leave (1x).

  1. to send back, relax, loosen

  2. to give up, omit, calm

  3. to leave, not to uphold, to let sink

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀνίημι aníēmi, an-ee'-ay-mee; from G303 and ἵημι híēmi (to send); to let up, i.e. (literally) slacken or (figuratively) desert, desist from:—forbear, leave, loose.
STRONGS G447:
ἀνίημι [participle plural ἀνιέντες]; 2 aorist subjunctive ἀνῶ, participle plural ἀνέντες; 1 aorist passive ἀνέθην; to send back; to relax; contextually, to loosen: τί, Acts 16:26 (τοὺς δεσμούς, Plutarch, Alex. M. 73); Acts 27:40. Tropically, τὴν ἀπειλήν, to give up, omit, calm [?], Ephesians 6:9; (τὴν ἔχθραν, Thucydides 3, 10; τὴν ὀργήν, Plutarch, Alex. M. 70). to leave, not to uphold, to let sink: Hebrews 13:5, (Deuteronomy 31:6).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
31:6
Acts
16:26; 27:40
Ephesians
6:9
Hebrews
13:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G447 matches the Greek ἀνίημι (aniēmi),
which occurs 32 times in 32 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:24 - What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away and not spare[fn] the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people in it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:21 - “Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:11 - but during the seventh year let the land lie unplowed and unused. Then the poor among your people may get food from it, and the wild animals may eat what is left. Do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:6 - Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:8 - The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:19 - Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD. He is a holy God; he is a jealous God. He will not forgive your rebellion and your sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:3 - God gave Oreb and Zeeb, the Midianite leaders, into your hands. What was I able to do compared to you?” At this, their resentment against him subsided.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:5 - When they reached the district of Zuph, Saul said to the servant who was with him, “Come, let’s go back, or my father will stop thinking about the donkeys and start worrying about us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:3 - The elders of Jabesh said to him, “Give us seven days so we can send messengers throughout Israel; if no one comes to rescue us, we will surrender to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:23 - As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by failing to pray for you. And I will teach you the way that is good and right.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:16 - “Enough!” Samuel said to Saul. “Let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night.” “Tell me,” Saul replied.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:1 - But David thought to himself, “One of these days I will be destroyed by the hand of Saul. The best thing I can do is to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up searching for me anywhere in Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:16 - When the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented concerning the disaster and said to the angel who was afflicting the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand.” The angel of the LORD was then at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:15 - And God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem. But as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented concerning the disaster and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand.” The angel of the LORD was then standing at the threshing floor of Araunah[fn] the Jebusite.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:20 - David also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you until all the work for the service of the temple of the LORD is finished.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:9 - He asked them, “What is your advice? How should we answer these people who say to me, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:31 - “When the neighboring peoples bring merchandise or grain to sell on the Sabbath, we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or on any holy day. Every seventh year we will forgo working the land and will cancel all debts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:13 - Look away from me, that I may enjoy life again before I depart and am no more.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:18 - It is good to grasp the one and not let go of the other. Whoever fears God will avoid all extremes.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:14 - Your New Moon feasts and your appointed festivals I hate with all my being. They have become a burden to me; I am weary of bearing them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:9 - So people will be brought low and everyone humbled— do not forgive them.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:6 - I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and briers and thorns will grow there. I will command the clouds not to rain on it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:24 - Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the LORD Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:11 - They will stretch out their hands in it, as swimmers stretch out their hands to swim. God will bring down their pride despite the cleverness[fn] of their hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:10 - The fortified city stands desolate, an abandoned settlement, forsaken like the wilderness; there the calves graze, there they lie down; they strip its branches bare.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:3 - Strengthen the feeble hands, steady the knees that give way;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:27 - Their people, drained of power, are dismayed and put to shame. They are like plants in the field, like tender green shoots, like grass sprouting on the roof, scorched[fn] before it grows up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:2 - He will not shout or cry out, or raise his voice in the streets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:4 - Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:1 - For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not remain quiet, till her vindication shines out like the dawn, her salvation like a blazing torch.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:6 - You have rejected me,” declares the LORD. “You keep on backsliding. So I will reach out and destroy you; I am tired of holding back.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:2 - But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays. And you will go out and frolic like well-fed calves.
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