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 27:50 (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 ὁ 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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