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Lexicon :: Strong's G859 - aphesis

Aa
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.]).
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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 MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:28 - Take of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the testament, which is given for men for the forgiveness of sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:4 - John came, and gave baptism in the waste land, preaching baptism as a sign of forgiveness of sin for those whose hearts were changed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:29 - But whoever says evil things against the Holy Spirit will never have forgiveness, but the evil he has done will be with him for ever:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:77

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:77 - To give knowledge of salvation to his people, through the forgiveness of sins,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:3 - And he came into all the country round about Jordan, preaching baptism as a sign of forgiveness of sin for those whose hearts were changed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:18 - The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make well those who are broken-hearted; to say that the prisoners will be let go, and the blind will see, and to make the wounded free from their chains,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:47 - And that teaching about a change of heart and forgiveness of sins is to be given to Jerusalem first and to all nations in his name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:38

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:38 - And Peter said, Let your hearts be changed, every one of you, and have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will have the Holy Spirit given to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:31 - Him God has put on high at his right hand, as a Ruler and a Saviour, to give to Israel a change of heart and forgiveness of sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:43

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:43 - To him all the prophets give witness, that through his name everyone who has faith in him will have forgiveness of sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:38

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:38 - And so, let it be clear to you, my brothers, that through this man forgiveness of sins is offered to you:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:18 - To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:7 - In whom we have salvation through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins, through the wealth of his grace,

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:14 - In whom we have our salvation, the forgiveness of sins:

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:22 - And by the law almost all things are made clean with blood, and without blood there is no forgiveness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:18 - Now where there is forgiveness of these, there is no more offering for sin.
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