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 · ἀφίησινBut Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffereth him.Matthew 4:11 · ἀφίησινThen the devil leaveth him; and behold, angels came and ministered unto him.Matthew 4:20 · ἀφέντεςAnd they straightway left the nets, and followed him.Matthew 4:22 · ἀφέντεςAnd they straightway left the boat 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 would go to law with thee, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.Matthew 6:12 · ἄφες · ἀφήκαμενAnd forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven 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 cast out the mote out of thine eye; and lo, the 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 him.Matthew 8:22 · ἄφεςBut Jesus saith unto him, Follow me; and leave the dead to bury their own 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 are forgiven.Matthew 9:5 · ἀφίενταίFor which is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven; or to say, Arise, and walk?Matthew 9:6 · ἀφιέναιBut that ye may know that the Son of man hath authority on earth to forgive sins (then saith he to the sick of the palsy), Arise, and take up thy bed, and go unto thy house.Matthew 12:31 · ἀφεθήσεται · ἀφεθήσεταιTherefore I say unto you, Every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven.Matthew 12:32 · ἀφεθήσεται · ἀφεθήσεταιAnd whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in that which is to come.Matthew 13:30 · ἄφετεLet both grow together until the harvest : and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.Matthew 13:36 · ἀφεὶςThen he left the multitudes, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Explain unto us the parable of the tares of the field.Matthew 15:14 · ἄφετεLet them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit.Matthew 18:12 · ἀφήσειHow think ye? if any man have a hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and go unto the mountains, and seek that which goeth astray?Matthew 18:21 · ἀφήσωThen came Peter and said to him, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? until seven times?Matthew 18:27 · ἀφῆκενAnd the lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt.Matthew 18:32 · ἀφῆκάThen his lord called him unto him, and saith to him, Thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou besoughtest me:Matthew 18:35 · ἀφῆτεSo shall also my heavenly Father do unto you, if ye forgive not every one his brother from your hearts.Matthew 19:14 · ἄφετεBut Jesus said, Suffer the little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for to such belongeth the kingdom of heaven.Matthew 19:27 · ἀφήκαμενThen answered Peter and said unto him, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee; what then shall we have?Matthew 19:29 · ἀφῆκενAnd every one that hath left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life.Matthew 22:22 · ἀφέντεςAnd when they heard it, they marvelled, and left him, and went away.Matthew 22:25 · ἀφῆκενNow there were with us seven brethren: and the first married and deceased, and having no seed left his wife unto his brother;Matthew 23:13 · ἀφίετεBut woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter.Matthew 23:23 · ἀφήκατε · ἀφιέναι.Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, justice, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone.Matthew 23:38 · ἀφίεταιBehold, your house is left unto you desolate.Matthew 24:2 · ἀφεθῇBut he answered and 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 men be in the field; one is taken, and one is left:Matthew 24:41 · ἀφίεται.two women shall be grinding at the mill; one is taken, and one is left.Matthew 26:44 · ἀφεὶςAnd he left them again, and went away, and prayed a third time, saying again the same words.Matthew 26:56 · ἀφέντεςBut all this is come to pass, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples left him, and fled.Matthew 27:49 · ἄφες,And the rest said, Let be; let us see whether Elijah cometh to save him.Matthew 27:50 · ἀφῆκενAnd Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit.Mark 1:18 · ἀφέντεςAnd straightway they left the nets, and followed him.Mark 1:20 · ἀφέντεςAnd straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and went after him.Mark 1:31 · ἀφῆκενand he came and took her by the hand, and raised her up; and the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.Mark 1:34 · ἤφιενAnd he healed many that were sick with divers diseases, and cast out many demons; and he suffered not the demons to speak, because they knew him.Mark 2:5 · ἀφίενταίAnd Jesus seeing their faith saith unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins are forgiven.Mark 2:7 · ἀφιέναιWhy doth this man thus speak? he blasphemeth: who can forgive sins but one, even God?Mark 2:9 · ἀφίενταίWhich is easier, to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins are forgiven; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?Mark 3:28 · ἀφεθήσεταιVerily I say unto you, All their sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and their 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 haply they should turn again, and it should be forgiven them.Mark 4:36 · ἀφέντεςAnd leaving the multitude, they take him with them, even as he was, in the boat. And other boats were with him.Mark 5:19 · ἀφῆκενAnd he suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go to thy house unto thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and how he had mercy on thee.Mark 5:37 · ἀφῆκενAnd he suffered no man to follow with him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.Mark 7:8 · ἈφέντεςYe leave the commandment of God, and hold fast the tradition of men.Mark 7:12 · ἀφίετεye no longer suffer him to do aught for his father or his mother;Mark 7:27 · ἄφεςAnd he said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children’s bread and cast it to the dogs.Mark 8:13 · ἀφεὶςAnd he left them, and again entering into the boat departed to the other side.Mark 10:14 · ἄφετεBut when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me; forbid them not: for to such belongeth the kingdom of God.Mark 10:28 · ἀφήκαμενPeter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.Mark 10:29 · ἀφῆκενJesus said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or lands, for my sake, and for the gospel’s sake,Mark 11:6 · ἀφῆκανAnd they said unto them even as Jesus had said: and they let them go.Mark 11:16 · ἤφιενand he would not suffer that any man should carry a vessel through the temple.Mark 11:25 · ἀφίετε · ἀφῇAnd whensoever ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any one; that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.Mark 12:12 · ἀφέντεςAnd they sought to lay hold on him; and they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spake the parable against them: and they left him, and went away.Mark 12:19 · ἀφῇTeacher, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave a wife behind him, and leave no child, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.Mark 12:20 · ἀφῆκενThere were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed;Mark 12:22 · ἀφῆκανand the seven left no seed. Last of all the woman also died.Mark 13:2 · ἀφεθῇAnd Jesus said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left here one stone upon another, which shall not be thrown down.Mark 13:34 · ἀφεὶςIt is as when a man, sojourning in another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, to each one his work, commanded also the porter to watch.Mark 14:6 · ἄφετεBut Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.Mark 14:50 · ἀφέντεςAnd they all left him, and fled.Mark 15:36 · ἄφετε,And one ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let be; let us see whether Elijah cometh to take him down.Mark 15:37 · ἀφεὶςAnd Jesus uttered 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 rose up and ministered unto them.Luke 5:11 · ἀφέντεςAnd when they had brought their boats to land, they left all, and followed him.Luke 5:20 · ἀφέωνταίAnd seeing their faith, he said, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.Luke 5:21 · ἀφεῖναιAnd the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this that speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?Luke 5:23 · ἀφέωνταίWhich is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say, Arise and walk?Luke 5:24 · ἀφιέναιBut that ye may know that the Son of man hath authority on earth to forgive sins (he said unto him that was palsied), I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go unto thy house.Luke 6:42 · ἄφεςOr how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me cast 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 cast 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 even forgiveth sins?Luke 8:51 · ἀφῆκενAnd when he came to the house, he suffered not any man to enter in with him, save Peter, and John, and James, and the father of the maiden and her mother.Luke 9:60 · ἄφεςBut he said unto him, Leave the dead to bury their own dead; but go thou and publish abroad the kingdom of God.Luke 10:30 · ἀφέντεςJesus made answer and said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho; and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead.Luke 11:4 · ἄφες · ἀφίομενAnd forgive us our sins; for we ourselves also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And bring us not into temptation.Luke 12:10 · ἀφεθήσεται · ἀφεθήσεται.¶And every one who shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Spirit it shall not be forgiven.Luke 12:39 · ἀφῆκενBut know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have left his house to be broken through.Luke 13:8 · ἄφεςAnd he answering saith 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 I say unto you, ye shall not see me, until ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.Luke 17:3 · ἄφεςTake heed to yourselves: if thy brother sin, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.Luke 17:4 · ἀφήσειςAnd if he sin against thee seven times in the day, and seven times turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.Luke 17:34 · ἀφεθήσεται.I say unto you, In that night there shall be two men on one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.Luke 17:35 · ἀφεθήσεται.¶There shall be two women grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.Luke 18:16 · ἄφετεBut Jesus called them unto him, saying, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for to such belongeth the kingdom of God.Luke 18:28 · ἀφέντεςAnd Peter said, Lo, we have left our own, 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 wife, or brethren, or parents, or children, for the kingdom of God’s sake,Luke 19:44 · ἀφήσουσινand shall dash thee to 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 · ἀφεθήσεταιAs for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in which there shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.Luke 23:34 · ἄφεςAnd Jesus said, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And parting his garments among them, they cast lots.John 4:3 · ἀφῆκενhe left Judea, and departed again into Galilee.John 4:28 · ἈφῆκενSo the woman left her waterpot, and went away into the city, and saith to the people,John 4:52 · ἀφῆκενSo he inquired of them the hour when he began to amend. They said therefore unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.John 8:29 · ἀφῆκένAnd he that sent me is with me; he hath not left me alone; for I do always the things that are pleasing to him.John 10:12 · ἀφίησινHe that is a hireling, and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, beholdeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, and the wolf snatcheth them, and scattereth them:John 11:44 · ἄφετεHe that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave-clothes; 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 will come and take away both our place and our nation.John 12:7 · ἄφεςJesus therefore said, Suffer her to keep it against the day of my burying.John 14:18 · ἀφήσωI will not leave you desolate: I come unto 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 fearful.John 16:28 · ἀφίημιI came out from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go unto the Father.John 16:32 · ἀφῆτε·Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is 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 told you that I am he; if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way:John 20:23 · ἀφῆτε · ἀφέωνταιwhose soever sins ye forgive, they are forgiven unto them; 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 be overthrown:Acts 8:22 · ἀφεθήσεταίRepent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray the Lord, if perhaps the thought of thy heart shall be forgiven thee.Acts 14:17 · ἀφῆκενAnd yet He left not himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you from heaven rains and fruitful seasons, filling your 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 unseemliness, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was due.Romans 4:7 · ἀφέθησανsaying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, And whose sins are covered.1 Corinthians 7:11 · ἀφιέναι.¶(but should she depart, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband); and that the husband leave not his wife.1 Corinthians 7:12 · ἀφιέτωBut to the rest say I, not the Lord: If any brother hath an unbelieving wife, and she is content to dwell with him, let him not leave her.1 Corinthians 7:13 · ἀφιέτωAnd the woman that hath an unbelieving husband, and he is content to dwell with her, let her not leave her husband.Hebrews 2:8 · ἀφῆκενThou didst put all things in subjection under his feet.For in that he subjected all things unto him, he left nothing that is not subject to him. But now we see not yet all things subjected to him.Hebrews 6:1 · ἀφέντεςWherefore leaving the doctrine of the first principles of Christ, let us press on unto perfection; not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,James 5:15 · ἀφεθήσεταιand the prayer of faith shall save him that is sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, it shall be forgiven him.1 John 1:9 · ἀφῇIf we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.1 John 2:12 · ἀφέωνταιI write unto you, my little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.Revelation 2:4 · ἀφῆκες.But I have this against thee, that thou didst leave thy first love.Revelation 2:20 · ἀφεῖςBut I have this against thee, that thou sufferest the woman Jezebel, who calleth herself a prophetess; and she teacheth and seduceth my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed to idols.Revelation 11:9 · ἀφίουσινAnd from among the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations do men look upon their dead bodies three days and a half, and suffer not their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb.