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Lexicon :: Strong's G863 - aphiēmi

Aa
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)]).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G863 matches the Greek ἀφίημι (aphiēmi),
which occurs 143 times in 131 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 3 / 3 (Luk 23:34–Rev 11:9)

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:34 -

Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, because they do not know what they are doing.”[fn] And they divided his clothes and cast lots.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:3 -

he left Judea and went again to Galilee.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:28 -

Then the woman left her water jar, went into town, and told the people,

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:52 -

He asked them at what time he got better. “Yesterday at one in the afternoon[fn] the fever left him,” they answered.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:29 -

“The one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, because I always do what pleases him.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:12 -

“The hired hand, since he is not the shepherd and doesn’t own the sheep, leaves them[fn] and runs away when he sees a wolf coming. The wolf then snatches and scatters them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:44 -

The dead man came out bound hand and foot with linen strips and with his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unwrap him and let him go.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:48 -

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

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Jesus answered, “Leave her alone; she has kept it for the day of my burial.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:18 -

“I will not leave you as orphans; I am coming to you.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:27 -

“Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Don’t let your heart be troubled or fearful.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:28 -

“I came from the Father and have come into the world. Again, I am leaving the world and going to the Father.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:32 -

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

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:8 -

“I told you I am he,” Jesus replied. “So if you’re looking for me, let these men go.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:23 -

“If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:38 -

“So in the present case, I tell you, stay away from these men and leave them alone. For if this plan or this work is of human origin, it will fail;

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:22 -

“Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, your heart’s intent may be forgiven.

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“although he did not leave himself without a witness, since he did what is good by giving you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons and filling you with food and your hearts with joy.”

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:27 -

The men[fn] in the same way also left natural relations with women and were inflamed in their lust for one another. Men committed shameless acts with men and received in their own persons[fn] the appropriate penalty of their error.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:7 -

Blessed are those whose lawless acts are forgiven

and whose sins are covered.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:11 -

But if she does leave, she must remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband ​— ​and a husband is not to divorce his wife.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:12 -

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

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:13 -

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

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 2:8 -

and subjected everything under his feet.

For in subjecting everything to him, he left nothing that is not subject to him. As it is, we do not yet see everything subjected to him.

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

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:15 -

The prayer of faith will save the sick person, and the Lord will raise him up; if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 1:9 -

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

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:12 -

I am writing to you, little children,

since your sins have been forgiven

on account of his name.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:4 -

“But I have this against you: You have abandoned the love you had at first.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:20 -

“But I have this against you: You tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and teaches and deceives my servants to commit sexual immorality and to eat meat sacrificed to idols.

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And some of[fn] the peoples, tribes, languages, and nations will view their bodies for three and a half days and not permit their bodies to be put into a tomb.


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