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Lexicon :: Strong's G863 - aphiēmi

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ἀφίημι
Transliteration
aphiēmi (Key)
Pronunciation
af-ee'-ay-mee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἀπό (G575) and hiemi (to send, an intens. form of eimi, to go)
mGNT
143x in 36 unique form(s)
TR
146x in 40 unique form(s)
LXX
75x in 27 unique form(s)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:509,88

Strong’s Definitions

ἀφίημι aphíēmi, af-ee'-ay-mee; from G575 and ἵημι híēmi (to send; an intensive form of εἶμι eîmi, to go); to send forth, in various applications (as follow):—cry, forgive, forsake, lay aside, leave, let (alone, be, go, have), omit, put (send) away, remit, suffer, yield up.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 146x

The KJV translates Strong's G863 in the following manner: leave (52x), forgive (47x), suffer (14x), let (8x), forsake (6x), let alone (6x), miscellaneous (13x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 146x
The KJV translates Strong's G863 in the following manner: leave (52x), forgive (47x), suffer (14x), let (8x), forsake (6x), let alone (6x), miscellaneous (13x).
  1. to send away

    1. to bid going away or depart

      1. of a husband divorcing his wife

    2. to send forth, yield up, to expire

    3. to let go, let alone, let be

      1. to disregard

      2. to leave, not to discuss now, (a topic)

        1. of teachers, writers and speakers

      3. to omit, neglect

    4. to let go, give up a debt, forgive, to remit

    5. to give up, keep no longer

  2. to permit, allow, not to hinder, to give up a thing to a person

  3. to leave, go way from one

    1. in order to go to another place

    2. to depart from any one

    3. to depart from one and leave him to himself so that all mutual claims are abandoned

    4. to desert wrongfully

    5. to go away leaving something behind

    6. to leave one by not taking him as a companion

    7. to leave on dying, leave behind one

    8. to leave so that what is left may remain, leave remaining

    9. abandon, leave destitute

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀφίημι aphíēmi, af-ee'-ay-mee; from G575 and ἵημι híēmi (to send; an intensive form of εἶμι eîmi, to go); to send forth, in various applications (as follow):—cry, forgive, forsake, lay aside, leave, let (alone, be, go, have), omit, put (send) away, remit, suffer, yield up.
STRONGS G863:
ἀφίημι; present 2 person singular ἀφείς (from the form ἀφέω, Revelation 2:20 for Rec. ἐᾷς) [3 person plural ἀφίοῦσιν Revelation 11:9: Tdf. editions 2, 7, from a form ἀφιέω; cf. Buttmann, 48 (42)]; imperfect 3 person singular ἤφιε, with the augment before the preposition, Mark 1:34; Mark 11:16, from the form ἀφίω; whence also present 1 person plural ἀφίομεν Luke 11:4 L T Tr WH for ἀφίεμεν Rec. and 3 person ἀφίουσιν Revelation 11:9 L T Tr WH; [see WH's Appendix, p. 167]; future ἀφήσω; 1 aorist ἀφῆκα, 2 person singular -κες Revelation 2:4 T Tr WH [cf. κοπιάω]; 2 aorist imperative ἄφες, ἄφετε, subjunctive 3 person singular ἀφῇ, 2 person plural ἀφῆτε, [infinitive ἀφεῖναι (Matthew 23:23 L T Tr WH; Luke 5:21 L text T Tr WH)], participle ἀφείς, ἀφέντες; passive, present ἀφίεμαι [yet 3 person plural ἀφίονται John 20:23 WH marginal reading etc.; cf. ἀφίω above]; perfect 3 person plural ἀφέωνται (a Doric form [cf. Winer's Grammar, § 14, 3 a.; Buttman, 49 (42); Kühner, § 285, 4], Matthew 9:2, 5; Mark 2:5, [Mark 2:9] — in both these Gospels L [except in Mark marginal reading] T Tr WH have restored the present 3 person plural ἀφίενται; Luke 5:20, 23; Luke 7:47 [Luke 7:48]; John 20:23 L text T Tr text WH text; 1 John 2:12); 1 aorist ἀφέθην; future ἀφεθήσομαι; cf. Winers Grammar, § 14, 3; Buttmann, 48 (42); [WHs Appendix, p. 167; Veitch, under the word ἵημι]; (from ἀπό and ἵημι); [from Homer down]; to send from (ἀπό) oneself;
1. to send away;
a. to bid go away or depart: τοὺς ὄχλους, Matthew 13:36 [others refer this to 3 below]; τὴν γυναῖκα, of a husband putting away his wife, 1 Corinthians 7:11-13 (Herodotus 5, 39; and a substantive, ἄφεσις, Plutarch, Pomp c. 42, 6).
b. to send forth, yield up, emit: τὸ πνεῦμα, to expire, Matthew 27:59 (τὴν ψυχήν, Genesis 35:18; Herodotus 4, 190 and often in other Greek writings [see πνεῦμα, 2]), φωνήν to utter a cry (emittere vocem, Livy 1, 58), Mark 15:37 (Genesis 45:2 and often in Greek writings; [cf. Heinichen on Eusebius, h. e. 8, 14, 17]).
c. to let go, let alone, let be;
α. to disregard: Matthew 15:14.
β. to leave, not to discuss now, a topic, used of tethers, writers, speakers, etc.: Hebrews 6:1 (Euripides, Andr. 392; Theophrastus, char. praef. § 3; for other examples from Greek writings see Bleek on Heb. vol. 2:2, p. 144f) [others take the word in Hebrews, the passage cited as expressive of the duty of the readers, rather than the purpose of the writer; and consequently refer the passage to 3 below].
γ. to omit, neglect: Matthew 23:23 [Luke 11:42 R G]; Mark 7:8; Romans 1:27.
d. to let go, give up, a debt, by not demanding it (opposed to κρατεῖν, John 20:23), i. e. to remit, forgive: τὸ δάνειον, Matthew 18:27; τὴν ὀφειλήν, Matthew 18:32; τὰ ὀφειλήματα, Matthew 6:12; τὰ παραπτώματα, Matthew 6:14; Mark 11:25f. [T Tr WH omit Mark 11:26]; τὰς ἁμαρτίας, τὰ ἁμαρτήματα, τάς ἀνομίας, Matthew 9:2, 5; Matthew 12:31; Mark 2:5, 7; Mark 3:28; Luke 5:20f, 23; Romans 4:7 (from Psalm 31:1 (Ps. 32:1)); 1 John 1:9; James 5:15 (Isaiah 22:14; Isaiah 33:24, etc.); τ. ἐπίνοιαν τῆς καρδίας, Acts 8:22, (τὴν αἰτίαν, Herodotus 6, 30; τὰ χρέα, Aelian v. h. 14, 24); absolutely, ἀφιέναι τινί to forgive one: Matthew 12:32; Matthew 18:21, 35; Mark 4:12; Luke 11:4; Luke 12:10; Luke 17:3; Luke 23:34 [L brackets WH reject the passage].
e. to give up, keep no longer: τὴν πρώτην ἀγάπην, Revelation 2:4.
2. to permit, allow, not to hinder;
a. followed by a present infinitive [Buttmann, 258 (222)]: Mark 10:14; Luke 18:16 ἄφετε ἔρχεσθαι καὶ μὴ κωλύετε αὐτά, Matthew 13:30; Mark 1:34; John 11:44; John 18:8. by the aorist infinitive: Matthew 8:22; Matthew 23:13 (14); Mark 5:37; Mark 7:12, 27; Luke 8:51; Luke 9:60; Luke 12:39; Revelation 11:9.
b. without an infinitive: Matthew 3:15 (ἄφες ἄρτι permit it just now). with an accusative of the person or thing permitted: Matthew 3:15 τότε ἀφίησιν αὐτόν, Mark 5:19; Mark 11:6; Mark 14:6; Luke 13:8; John 12:7 R G; John 11:48; Acts 5:38 (L T Tr WH; R G ἐάσατε); Revelation 2:20 (Rec. ἐᾷς).
c. ἀφίημι τινί τι, to give up a thing to one: Matthew 5:40 (ἄφες αὐτῷ καὶ τὸ ἱμάτιον).
d. followed by ἵνα: Mark 11:16; John 12:7 L T Tr WH, a later construction, cf. Winers Grammar, § 44, 8; Buttmann, 238 (205).
e. followed by the simple hortative subjunctive: Matthew 7:4; Luke 6:42 (ἄφες ἐκβάλω); Matthew 27:49; Mark 15:36 (ἄφετε ἴδωμεν); Epictetus diss. 1, 9, 15 ἄφες δείξωμεν, 3, 12, 15 ἄφες ἴδω. Cf. Buttmann, 209f (181f); Winer's Grammar, 285 (268).
3. to leave, go away from one; to depart from anyone,
a. in order to go to another place: Matthew 22:22; Matthew 26:44; Mark 8:13 (Matthew 16:4 καταλιπών); Mark 12:12; 13:34; John 4:3; John 16:28.
b. to depart from one whom one wishes to quit: Matthew 4:11; so of diseases departing, ἀφῆκέν τινα πυρετός, Matthew 8:15; Mark 1:31; Luke 4:39; John 4:52.
c. to depart from one and leave him to himself, so that all mutual claims are abandoned: τὸν πατέρα, Matthew 4:22; Mark 1:20; Matthew 18:12 (Luke 15:4 καταλείπει). Thus also ἀφιέναι τὰ ἑαυτοῦ to leave possessions, home, etc.: Matthew 4:20; Matthew 19:27, 29; Mark 1:18; Mark 10:28; Luke 5:11; Luke 18:28f.
d. to desert one (wrongfully): Matthew 26:56; Mark 14:50; John 10:12.
e. to go away leaving something behind: Matthew 5:24; John 4:28.
f. to leave one by not taking him as a companion: opposed to παραλαμβάνειν, Matthew 24:40f: Luke 17:34f.
g. to leave on dying, leave behind one: τέκνα, γυναῖκα, Matthew 22:25; Mark 12:20, 22 (Luke 20:31 καταλείπω).
h. to leave so that what is left may remain, leave remaining: οὐ μὴ ἀφεθῇ ὧδε λίθος ἐπὶ λίθον [or λίθῳ], Matthew 24:2; Mark 13:2; Luke 21:6.
i. ἀφιέναι followed by the accusative of a noun or pronoun with an accusative of the predicate [Buttmann, § 144, 18]: Luke 10:30 (ἡμιθανῆ); John 14:18 (τινὰ ὀρθανόν); Matthew 23:38; Luke 13:35 (but Lachmann omits ἔρημος in both passages, WH text omits in Matthew, G T Tr WH omit in Luke; that being omitted, ἀφιέναι means to abandon, to leave destitute of God's help); Acts 14:17 (ἀμάρτυρον ἑαυτόν [L T Tr αὐτόν (WH αὑτ. which see)]).
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Strong's Number G863 matches the Greek ἀφίημι (aphiēmi),
which occurs 143 times in 131 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 1 / 3 (Mat 3:15–Mar 4:12)

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Jesus answered him, “Allow it for now, because this is the way for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John allowed him to be baptized.

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Then the devil left him, and angels came and began to serve him.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:20 -

Immediately they left their nets and followed him.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:22 -

Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:24 -

“leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled with your brother or sister, and then come and offer your gift.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:40 -

“As for the one who wants to sue you and take away your shirt, let him have your coat as well.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:12 -

“And forgive us our debts,

as we also have forgiven our debtors.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:14 -

“For if you forgive others their offenses, your heavenly Father will forgive you as well.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:15 -

“But if you don’t forgive others,[fn] your Father will not forgive your offenses.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:4 -

“Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the splinter out of your eye,’ and look, there’s a beam of wood in your own eye?

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:15 -

So he touched her hand, and the fever left her. Then she got up and began to serve him.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:22 -

But Jesus told him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:2 -

Just then some men[fn] brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher. Seeing their faith, Jesus told the paralytic, “Have courage, son, your sins are forgiven.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:5 -

“For which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:6 -

“But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins” ​— ​then he told the paralytic, “Get up, take your stretcher, and go home.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:31 -

“Therefore, I tell you, people will be forgiven every sin and blasphemy, but the blasphemy against[fn] the Spirit will not be forgiven.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:32 -

“Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the one to come.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:30 -

“Let both grow together until the harvest. At harvest time I’ll tell the reapers: Gather the weeds first and tie them in bundles to burn them, but collect the wheat in my barn.’ ”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:36 -

Then he left the crowds and went into the house. His disciples approached him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:14 -

“Leave them alone! They are blind guides.[fn] And if the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:12 -

“What do you think? If someone has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, won’t he leave the ninety-nine on the hillside and go and search for the stray?

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:21 -

Then Peter approached him and asked, “Lord, how many times must I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? As many as seven times? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:27 -

“Then the master of that servant had compassion, released him, and forgave him the loan.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:32 -

“Then, after he had summoned him, his master said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:35 -

“So also my heavenly Father will do to you unless every one of you forgives his brother or sister[fn] from your[fn] heart.”

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Jesus said, “Leave the little children alone, and don’t try to keep them from coming to me, because the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”[fn]

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Then Peter responded to him, “See, we have left everything and followed you. So what will there be for us? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:29 -

“And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother[fn] or children or fields because of my name will receive a hundred times more and will inherit eternal life.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:22 -

When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left him and went away.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:25 -

“Now there were seven brothers among us. The first got married and died. Having no offspring, he left his wife to his brother.

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“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you don’t go in, and you don’t allow those entering to go in.[fn]

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“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You pay a tenth of[fn] mint, dill, and cumin, and yet you have neglected the more important matters of the law ​— ​justice, mercy, and faithfulness.[fn] These things should have been done without neglecting the others.

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“See, your house is left to you desolate.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:2 -

He replied to them, “Do you see all these things? Truly I tell you, not one stone will be left here on another that will not be thrown down.”

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“Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left.

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“Two women will be grinding grain with a hand mill; one will be taken and one left.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:44 -

After leaving them, he went away again and prayed a third time, saying the same thing once more.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:56 -

“But all this has happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted him and ran away.

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But the rest said, “Let’s see if Elijah comes to save him.”

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But Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and gave up his spirit.

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Immediately they left their nets and followed him.

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Immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.

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So he went to her, took her by the hand, and raised her up. The fever left her,[fn] and she began to serve them.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:34 -

and he healed many who were sick with various diseases and drove out many demons. And he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.

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Seeing their faith, Jesus told the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”

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“Why does he speak like this? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone? ”

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“Which is easier: to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, take your mat, and walk’?

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“But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins” ​— ​he told the paralytic —

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“Truly I tell you, people will be forgiven for all sins and whatever blasphemies they utter.

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“so that

they may indeed look,

and yet not perceive;

they may indeed listen,

and yet not understand;

otherwise, they might turn back

and be forgiven.[fn]


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