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Lexicon :: Strong's G859 - aphesis

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ἄφεσις
Transliteration
aphesis (Key)
Pronunciation
af'-es-is
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:509,88

Trench's Synonyms: xxxiii. ἄφεσις, πάρεσις.

Strong’s Definitions

ἄφεσις áphesis, af'-es-is; from G863; freedom; (figuratively) pardon:—deliverance, forgiveness, liberty, remission.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's G859 in the following manner: remission (9x), forgiveness (6x), deliverance (1x), liberty (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's G859 in the following manner: remission (9x), forgiveness (6x), deliverance (1x), liberty (1x).

  1. release from bondage or imprisonment

  2. forgiveness or pardon, of sins (letting them go as if they had never been committed), remission of the penalty

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἄφεσις áphesis, af'-es-is; from G863; freedom; (figuratively) pardon:—deliverance, forgiveness, liberty, remission.
STRONGS G859:
ἄφεσις, -εως, ἡ, (ἀφίημι);
1. release, as from bondage, imprisonment, etc.: Luke 4:18 (Luke 4:19) (Isaiah 61:1f; Polybius 1, 79, 12, etc.).
2. ἄφεσις ἁμαρτιῶν forgiveness, pardon, of sins (properly, the letting them go, as if they had not been committed [see at length Trench, § xxxiii.]), remission of their penalty: Matthew 26:28; Mark 1:4; Luke 1:77; Luke 3:3; Luke 24:47; Acts 2:38; Acts 5:31; Acts 10:43; Acts 13:38; Acts 26:18; Colossians 1:14; τῶν παραπτωμάτων, Ephesians 1:7; and simply ἄφεσις: Mark 3:29; Hebrews 9:22; Hebrews 10:18 (φόνου, Plato, legg. 9, p. 869 d.; ἐγκλημάτων, Diodorus 20, 44 [so Dionysius Halicarnassus 50:8 § 50, see also 7, 33; 7, 46; especially 7, 64; ἁμαρτημάτων, Philo, vit. Moys. 3:17; others.]).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
61:1
Matthew
26:28
Mark
1:4; 3:29
Luke
1:77; 3:3; 4:18; 4:19; 24:47
Acts
2:38; 5:31; 10:43; 13:38; 26:18
Ephesians
1:7
Colossians
1:14
Hebrews
9:22; 10:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G859 matches the Greek ἄφεσις (aphesis),
which occurs 17 times in 16 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:28 - hic est enim sanguis meus novi testamenti qui pro multis effunditur in remissionem peccatorum

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:4 - fuit Iohannes in deserto baptizans et praedicans baptismum paenitentiae in remissionem peccatorum

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:29 - qui autem blasphemaverit in Spiritum Sanctum non habet remissionem in aeternum sed reus erit aeterni delicti

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:77

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:77 - ad dandam scientiam salutis plebi eius in remissionem peccatorum eorum

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:3 - et venit in omnem regionem Iordanis praedicans baptismum paenitentiae in remissionem peccatorum

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:18 - Spiritus Domini super me propter quod unxit me evangelizare pauperibus misit me

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:47 - et praedicari in nomine eius paenitentiam et remissionem peccatorum in omnes gentes incipientibus ab Hierosolyma

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:38

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:38 - Petrus vero ad illos paenitentiam inquit agite et baptizetur unusquisque vestrum in nomine Iesu Christi in remissionem peccatorum vestrorum et accipietis donum Sancti Spiritus

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:31 - hunc Deus principem et salvatorem exaltavit dextera sua ad dandam paenitentiam Israhel et remissionem peccatorum

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:43

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:43 - huic omnes prophetae testimonium perhibent remissionem peccatorum accipere per nomen eius omnes qui credunt in eum

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:38

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:38 - notum igitur sit vobis viri fratres quia per hunc vobis remissio peccatorum adnuntiatur ab omnibus quibus non potuistis in lege Mosi iustificari

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:18 - aperire oculos eorum ut convertantur a tenebris ad lucem et de potestate Satanae ad Deum ut accipiant remissionem peccatorum et sortem inter sanctos per fidem quae est in me

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:7 - in quo habemus redemptionem per sanguinem eius remissionem peccatorum secundum divitias gratiae eius

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:14 - in quo habemus redemptionem remissionem peccatorum

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:22 - et omnia paene in sanguine mundantur secundum legem et sine sanguinis fusione non fit remissio

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:18 - ubi autem horum remissio iam non oblatio pro peccato
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