ἀφ-ίημι, [in LXX for נשׂא, נוח hi., נתן, סלח ni., עזב, etc. ;] 1. to send forth, send away, let go: of divorce (DB, iii, 274a), τ. γυναῖκα (Hdt.), 1Co.7:11-13; of death, τ. πνεῦμα (Gen.35:18, Hdt., al.), Mat.27:50; (φωνήν, to utter a cry, Mrk.15:37; of debts, to remit, forgive (cl.), τ. δανεῖον, Mat.18:27; τ. ὀφειλήν, Mat.18:32; esp. of sins (Cremer 296f.), τ. ἁμαρτίας, ἁμαρτήματα, ἀνομίας, Mat.9:2, Rom.4:7" (LXX), 1Jn.1:9, al.; punctiliar and iterative present (M, Pr., 119), Mrk.2:5, Luk.11:4; Ion. pf., ἀφέωνται (M, Pr., 38), Luk.5:23. 2. to leave alone, leave, neglect: Mat.4:11 5:24 15:14, Mrk.1:20, 31 Jhn.4:3, 28 al.; τ. ἐντολὴν τ. θεοῦ, Mrk.7:8; τον̀ τ. ἀρχῆς τ. Χριστοῦ λόγον, Heb.6:1; τ. ἀγάπην τ. πρώτην, Rev.2:4; ptcp., ἀφείς, pleonastic (as in Aram.; M, Pr., 14; Dalman, Words, 21f.), Mat.13:36 22:22, Mrk.8:13, al. 3. to let, suffer, permit: Mat.3:15; with accusative, Mat.3:15, 19:14, al.; with accusative of thing(s) and dative of person(s), Mat.5:40; with inf. pres., Mat.23:14, al.; aor., Mrk.5:37, al.; in late Gk. (M, Pr., 175f.), before ἵνα, Mrk.11:16, Jhn.12:7; with subjunct. (M, Pr., l.with; Bl., §64, 2), Mat.7:4 27:49, Mrk.15:36, Luk.6:42 (see further MM, see word). (AS)
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G863 — ἀφίημι
aphiēmi · to release: leave · Greek
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Matthew 3:15 · ἄφες · ἀφίησινAnd Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer [it to be so] now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.Matthew 4:11 · ἀφίησινThen the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.Matthew 4:20 · ἀφέντεςAnd they straightway left [their] nets, and followed him.Matthew 4:22 · ἀφέντεςAnd they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.Matthew 5:24 · ἄφεςLeave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.Matthew 5:40 · ἄφεςAnd if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have [thy] cloke also.Matthew 6:12 · ἄφες · ἀφήκαμενAnd forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.Matthew 6:14 · ἀφῆτε · ἀφήσειFor if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:Matthew 6:15 · ἀφῆτε · ἀφήσειBut if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.Matthew 7:4 · ἄφεςOr how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam [is] in thine own eye?Matthew 8:15 · ἀφῆκενAnd he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.Matthew 8:22 · ἄφεςBut Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.Matthew 9:2 · ἀφίενταίAnd, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.Matthew 9:5 · ἀφίενταίFor whether is easier, to say, [Thy] sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?Matthew 9:6 · ἀφιέναιBut that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.Matthew 12:31 · ἀφεθήσεται · ἀφεθήσεταιWherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy [against] the [Holy] Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.Matthew 12:32 · ἀφεθήσεται · ἀφεθήσεταιAnd whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the [world] to come.Matthew 13:30 · ἄφετεLet both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.Matthew 13:36 · ἀφεὶςThen Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.Matthew 15:14 · ἄφετεLet them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.Matthew 18:12 · ἀφήσειHow think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?Matthew 18:21 · ἀφήσωThen came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?Matthew 18:27 · ἀφῆκενThen the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt.Matthew 18:32 · ἀφῆκάThen his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:Matthew 18:35 · ἀφῆτεSo likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.Matthew 19:14 · ἄφετεBut Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.Matthew 19:27 · ἀφήκαμενThen answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?Matthew 19:29 · ἀφῆκενAnd every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.Matthew 22:22 · ἀφέντεςWhen they had heard [these words], they marvelled, and left him, and went their way.Matthew 22:25 · ἀφῆκενNow there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:Matthew 23:13 · ἀφίετεBut woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in [yourselves], neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.Matthew 23:23 · ἀφήκατε · ἀφιέναι.Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier [matters] of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.Matthew 23:38 · ἀφίεταιBehold, your house is left unto you desolate.Matthew 24:2 · ἀφεθῇAnd Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.Matthew 24:40 · ἀφίεται.Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.Matthew 24:41 · ἀφίεται.Two [women shall be] grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.Matthew 26:44 · ἀφεὶςAnd he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.Matthew 26:56 · ἀφέντεςBut all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.Matthew 27:49 · ἄφες,The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.Matthew 27:50 · ἀφῆκενJesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.Mark 1:18 · ἀφέντεςAnd straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.Mark 1:20 · ἀφέντεςAnd straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.Mark 1:31 · ἀφῆκενAnd he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.Mark 1:34 · ἤφιενAnd he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast out many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew him.Mark 2:5 · ἀφίενταίWhen Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.Mark 2:7 · ἀφιέναιWhy doth this [man] thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?Mark 2:9 · ἀφίενταίWhether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, [Thy] sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?Mark 3:28 · ἀφεθήσεταιVerily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:Mark 4:12 · ἀφεθῇThat seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and [their] sins should be forgiven them.Mark 4:36 · ἀφέντεςAnd when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships.Mark 5:19 · ἀφῆκενHowbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.Mark 5:37 · ἀφῆκενAnd he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.Mark 7:8 · ἈφέντεςFor laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, [as] the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.Mark 7:12 · ἀφίετεAnd ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;Mark 7:27 · ἄφεςBut Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast [it] unto the dogs.Mark 8:13 · ἀφεὶςAnd he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the other side.Mark 10:14 · ἄφετεBut when Jesus saw [it], he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.Mark 10:28 · ἀφήκαμενThen Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.Mark 10:29 · ἀφῆκενAnd Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel’s,Mark 11:6 · ἀφῆκανAnd they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded: and they let them go.Mark 11:16 · ἤφιενAnd would not suffer that any man should carry [any] vessel through the temple.Mark 11:25 · ἀφίετε · ἀφῇAnd when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.Mark 12:12 · ἀφέντεςAnd they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.Mark 12:19 · ἀφῇMaster, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave [his] wife [behind him], and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.Mark 12:20 · ἀφῆκενNow there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.Mark 12:22 · ἀφῆκανAnd the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also.Mark 13:2 · ἀφεθῇAnd Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.Mark 13:34 · ἀφεὶς[For the Son of man is] as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.Mark 14:6 · ἄφετεAnd Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.Mark 14:50 · ἀφέντεςAnd they all forsook him, and fled.Mark 15:36 · ἄφετε,And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put [it] on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.Mark 15:37 · ἀφεὶςAnd Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.Luke 4:39 · ἀφῆκενAnd he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them.Luke 5:11 · ἀφέντεςAnd when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him.Luke 5:20 · ἀφέωνταίAnd when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.Luke 5:21 · ἀφεῖναιAnd the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?Luke 5:23 · ἀφέωνταίWhether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?Luke 5:24 · ἀφιέναιBut that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house.Luke 6:42 · ἄφεςEither how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother’s eye.Luke 7:47 · ἀφέωνται · ἀφίεται,Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, [the same] loveth little.Luke 7:48 · ἀφέωνταίAnd he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.Luke 7:49 · ἀφίησιν;And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also?Luke 8:51 · ἀφῆκενAnd when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden.Luke 9:60 · ἄφεςJesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.Luke 10:30 · ἀφέντεςAnd Jesus answering said, A certain [man] went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded [him], and departed, leaving [him] half dead.Luke 11:4 · ἄφες · ἀφίομενAnd forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.Luke 12:10 · ἀφεθήσεται · ἀφεθήσεται.¶And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven.Luke 12:39 · ἀφῆκενAnd this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.Luke 13:8 · ἄφεςAnd he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung [it]:Luke 13:35 · ἀφίεταιBehold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until [the time] come when ye shall say, Blessed [is] he that cometh in the name of the Lord.Luke 17:3 · ἄφεςTake heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.Luke 17:4 · ἀφήσειςAnd if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.Luke 17:34 · ἀφεθήσεται.I tell you, in that night there shall be two [men] in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.Luke 17:35 · ἀφεθήσεται.¶Two [women] shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.Luke 18:16 · ἄφετεBut Jesus called them [unto him], and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.Luke 18:28 · ἀφέντεςThen Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.Luke 18:29 · ἀφῆκενAnd he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God’s sake,Luke 19:44 · ἀφήσουσινAnd shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.Luke 21:6 · ἀφεθήσεται[As for] these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.Luke 23:34 · ἄφεςThen said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.John 4:3 · ἀφῆκενHe left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.John 4:28 · ἈφῆκενThe woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men,John 4:52 · ἀφῆκενThen inquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.John 8:29 · ἀφῆκένAnd he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.John 10:12 · ἀφίησινBut he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.John 11:44 · ἄφετεAnd he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.John 11:48 · ἀφῶμενIf we let him thus alone, all [men] will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.John 12:7 · ἄφεςThen said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.John 14:18 · ἀφήσωI will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.John 14:27 · ἀφίημιPeace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.John 16:28 · ἀφίημιI came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.John 16:32 · ἀφῆτε·Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.John 18:8 · ἄφετεJesus answered, I have told you that I am [he]: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way:John 20:23 · ἀφῆτε · ἀφέωνταιWhose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; [and] whose soever [sins] ye retain, they are retained.Acts 5:38 · ἄφετεAnd now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:Acts 8:22 · ἀφεθήσεταίRepent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.Acts 14:17 · ἀφῆκενNevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.Romans 1:27 · ἀφέντεςAnd likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.Romans 4:7 · ἀφέθησαν[Saying], Blessed [are] they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.1 Corinthians 7:11 · ἀφιέναι.¶But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to [her] husband: and let not the husband put away [his] wife.1 Corinthians 7:12 · ἀφιέτωBut to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.1 Corinthians 7:13 · ἀφιέτωAnd the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.Hebrews 2:8 · ἀφῆκενThou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing [that is] not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him.Hebrews 6:1 · ἀφέντεςTherefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,James 5:15 · ἀφεθήσεταιAnd the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.1 John 1:9 · ἀφῇIf we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.1 John 2:12 · ἀφέωνταιI write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.Revelation 2:4 · ἀφῆκες.Nevertheless I have [somewhat] against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.Revelation 2:20 · ἀφεῖςNotwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.Revelation 11:9 · ἀφίουσινAnd they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.