to release: leave

Greek Verb

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)

to release: leave

Greek Verb

ἀφίημι, 2nd pers.singular ἀφίης[Refs 5th c.BC+] Ionic dialect ἀπίει[Refs 5th c.BC+], 1st pers.plural ἀφίεμεν[Refs 5th c.BC+]imperfect ἀφίειν, with double augment ἠφίειν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers.singular ἀφίει[Refs 8th c.BC+], Ionic dialect ἀπίει[NT+5th c.BC+]; 2nd pers.plural ἀφίετε[Refs 4th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers.plural ἀφίεσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future ἀφήσω[Refs 8th c.BC+], Ionic dialect ἀπ-[Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ἀφεῖκα[Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist I ἀφῆκα, Ionic dialectἀπ, Epic dialect ἀφέηκα, used in indicative only, [Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist 2 indicative only in dual and plural, ἀφέτην, ἀφεῖμεν, ἀφεῖτε or ἄφετε, ἀφεῖσαν or ἄφεσα; imperative ἄφες, subjunctive ἀφῶ, optative αφείην (2nd pers.plural ἀφεῖτε[Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive ἀφεῖναι, participle ἀφείς:—middle, ἀφίεμαι, Ionic dialect ἀπίεμαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: imperfect 3rd.pers.singular ἀφίετο[Refs 8th c.BC+]: future ἀφήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist 2 ἀφείμην[Refs 5th c.BC+]; imperative ἀφοῦ, ἄφεσθε, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; infinitive -έσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+], participle -έμενος[Refs 5th c.BC+]; Arc.infinitive ἀφεῶσθαι[Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, perfect ἀφεῖμαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]; infinitive ἀφεῖσθαι[Refs 3rd c.BC+]: pluperfect 2nd pers.singular ἀφεῖσο[Refs 4th c.BC+]: rarer perfect 3rd.pers.plural ἀφέωνται[NT]: aorist ἀφείθην[Refs 5th c.BC+], Ionic dialect ἀπείθην[Refs 5th c.BC+]; later Aeolic dialect infinitive ἀφέθην[Refs 2nd c.BC+]: future ἀφεθήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]: ῑ always in Attic dialect [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—send forth, discharge, of missiles, ἔγχος, δίσκον ἀφῆκεν, [Refs 8th c.BC+] throw oneself upon, give oneself up to it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. γλῶσσαν let loose one's tongue, make utterance, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. φθογγήν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. θυμὸν ἔς τινας give vent to. (see.[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀργὴν εἴς τινα vent upon, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀ. δάκρυα shed tears, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀ. παντοδαπὰ χρώματα change colour in all ways, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently of liquids, etc, emit, ἀ. τὸ ὑγρόν, τὸν θολόν, τὸ σπέρμα, etc, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of plants, ἄνθος ἀφιεῖσαι putting forth, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a spider, ἀ. ἀράχνιον[Refs 4th c.BC+]; put forth, produce, καρπόν[Refs 4th c.BC+] leave issue, [NT]:—passive, to be emitted, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of troops, to be let go, launched against the enemy, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) let fall from one's grasp, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to κατέχω, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 3) give up or hand over to, τὴν Ἰωνίην τοῖσι βαρβάροισι[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἡ Ἀττικὴ ἀπεῖτο ἤδη[Refs 5th c.BC+] II) send away, II.1) of persons, κακῶς ἀφίει[Refs 8th c.BC+] II.1.b) let go, loose, set free, ζωόν τινα ἀ.[Refs]; let loose, βοῦς[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. ἐλεύθερον, ἀζήμιον, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς οἴκους, ἐκ γῆς, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with accusative person et genitive of things, release from a thing, ἀποικίης[Refs 5th c.BC+]: in legal sense, acquit of a charge or engagement, φόνου τινα[Refs 4th c.BC+]; συναλλαγμάτων[Refs]: with accusative only, acquit, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, κινδύνου ἀφιέμενοι[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοὺς γέροντας τοὺς ἀφειμένους released from duty, [Refs 4th c.BC+] II.1.c) let go, dissolve, disband, of an army or fleet, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; dismiss, δικαστήρια (opposed to λύειν ἐκκλησίαν) [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.1.d) put away, divorce, γυναῖκα[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. γάμους break off a marriage, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τὸν υἱόν disown him, [Refs 4th c.BC+] (but with metaphorically from releasing a debtor). II.1.e) dedicate, τὰ νεογνὰ τῷ θεῷ[Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2) of things, get rid of, ἀφέτην πολυκαγκέα δίψαν[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀφίει μένος [ἔγχεος] slackened its force, [Refs]; ἀ. ὀργήν put away wrath (see.[Refs 4th c.BC+]; γόους[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. πνεῦμα, ψυχήν, give up the ghost, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: in Prose, give up, leave off, μόχθον[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξυμμαχίαν, σπονδάς, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, ἀ. τὸ προλέγειν[Refs 1st c.BC+] II.2.b) ἀ. πλοῖον ἐς. loose ship for a place, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2.c) in legal sense (see. supr. Ib), with dative person et accusative of things, ἀ. τινὶ αἰτίην remit him a charge, [NT+4th c.BC+]; ἀ. πληγάς τινι excuse him a flogging, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. ὅρκον Jusj. in Legal cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δάνειόν τινι[NT] III) leave alone, pass by, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; neglect, τὰ θεῖα [Refs 5th c.BC+] leave unguarded, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄτιμον, ἔρημον ἀ. τινά, [NT+5th c.BC+]; leave, περὶ κινήσεως, ὅθεν ὑπάρχει, τοῖς ἄλλοις ἀφεῖσαν[Refs]:—passive, especially in perfect imperative, ἀφείσθω ἐπὶ τοῦ παρόντος missum fiat, [Refs] III.2) with accusative et infinitive, ἀ. τὸ πλοῖον φέρεσθαι let the boat be carried away, [Refs 5th c.BC+] IV) with accusative person et infinitive, suffer, permit one to do a thing, ἀ. τινὰ ἀποπλέειν[Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive understood, ἡνίκα προῖκ᾽ ἀφιᾶσιν (i.e. θεᾶσθαι) οἱ θεατρῶναι[Refs 4th c.BC+]: with subjunctive, ἄφες ἐκβάλω[NT+1st c.AD+]; ἄφες ἵνα. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; οὐκ ἤφιεν ἵνα. [NT]:—passive, ἀφείθη σχολάζειν[Refs 4th c.BC+] V) seemingly intransitive (i.e. στρατόν, ναῦς, etc.), break up, march, sail, etc, [Refs 5th c.BC+] V.2) with infinitive, give up doing, ἀφεὶς σκοπεῖν τὰ δίκαια[Refs 4th c.BC+] B) middle, send forth from oneself, much like active; θορήν[Refs 5th c.BC+] B.2) loose something of one's own from, δειρῆς δ᾽ οὔ πω. ἀφίετο πήχεε λευκώ she loosed not her arms from off my neck, [Refs 8th c.BC+] B.3) frequently in Attic dialect with genitive only, τέκνων ἀφοῦ let go of the children! [Refs 5th c.BC+]

Greek

Verb

an intensive form of , 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; from g575 (ἀπό) and (to send