HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5545
סָלַח
sa.lach — to forgive
1) to forgive, pardon 1a) (Qal) to forgive, pardon 1b) (Niphal) to be forgiven
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Pardon
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G859
ἄφεσις
aphesis — forgiveness
ἄφεσις, -εως, ἡ (ἀφίημι), [in LXX for יוֹבֵל, דְּרוֹר, etc. (see Deiss., BS, 98 ff.; MM, see word) ;] 1. dismissal, release: Luk.4:18. 2. Metaphorical, of sins (never in LXX), pardon, remission of penalty: ἁμαρτιῶν, Mat.26:28, Mrk.1:4, Luk.1:77 3:3 24:47, Act.2:38 5:31 10:43 13:38 26:18, Col.1:14; παραπτωμάτων, Eph.1:7; absol., Mrk.3:29, Heb.9:22 10:18 (cf. DB, ii, 56; DCG, i, 437, ii, 605; Cremer, 297 f.).† SYN.: πάρεσις, which see (and cf. Tr., § xxxiii) (AS)
16 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4774
συγγνώμη
sungnōmē — concession
συν-γνώμη (Rec. συγγ-), -ης, ἡ (συγγιγνώσκω, (a) to agree with; (b) to pardon), [in LXX: Sir prol.14 (B1N1 cm.) 313, 2Mac 14:20* ;] 1. confession. 2. fellow feeling; hence, concession, allowance: 1Co.7:6 (see ICC, in l). 3. pardon.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7397
ἐπιγνώμων
epignōmōn — an arbitrator
1. an arbiter, umpire, judge , with genitive rei, (Plato Philosophus); ἐπ. τῆς τιμῆς an appraiser, (Demosthenes Orator) 2. = συγγνώμων, pardoning , τινί (Moschus Bucolicus) (ML)
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The forgiveness of sins granted freely (Isa. 43:25), readily (Neh. 9:17; Ps. 86:5), abundantly (Isa. 55:7; Rom. 5:20). Pardon is an act of a sovereign, in pure sovereignty, granting simply a remission of the penalty due to sin, but securing neither honour nor reward to the pardoned. Justification (q.v.), on the other hand, is the act of a judge, and not of a sovereign, and includes pardon and, at the same time, a title to all the rewards and blessings promised in the covenant of life.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.