G863 – aphiemi – ἀφίημι – to send away; fig. to forgive, allow, divorce

Strong’s ID:
G863
Greek Word:
ἀφίημι
Transliteration:
aphiemi
Pronunciation:
af-ee’-ay-mee
Part of Speech:
verb
Etymology:
from and ιημι hiemi (to send), i.e., “to send away from”
Usage Count:
145
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Find “aphiemi” in the Bible (New Testament)

Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon

1) to send away
2) figuratively: to forgive
3) figuratively: to allow
4) figuratively: to divorce

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Strong’s Greek Lexicon

from and ιημι hiemi (to send; an intens. form of ειμι eimi, to go); to send forth, in various applications (as follow):—cry, forgive, forsake, lay aside, leave, let (alone, be, go, have), omit, put (send) away, remit, suffer, yield up.

Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.

Thayer’s Greek Definitions

1) to send away
1a) to bid going away or depart
1a1) of a husband divorcing his wife
1b) to send forth, yield up, to expire
1c) to let go, let alone, let be
1c1) to disregard
1c2) to leave, not to discuss now, (a topic)
1c2a) of teachers, writers and speakers
1c3) to omit, neglect
1d) to let go, give up a debt, forgive, to remit
1e) to give up, keep no longer
2) to permit, allow, not to hinder, to give up a thing to a person
3) to leave, go way from one
3a) in order to go to another place
3b) to depart from any one
3c) to depart from one and leave him to himself so that all mutual claims are abandoned
3d) to desert wrongfully
3e) to go away leaving something behind
3f) to leave one by not taking him as a companion
3g) to leave on dying, leave behind one
3h) to leave so that what is left may remain, leave remaining
3i) abandon, leave destitute

Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.