2001 Translation

APHESEI, aphesei

Sounds Like: ah-FEH-see

Translations: release, a release, forgiveness, a forgiveness, pardon, a pardon, remission, a remission, liberty, a liberty

From the root: ΑΦΕΣΙΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a release, a sending away, or a dismissal. In a legal or moral context, it signifies forgiveness, pardon, or remission of sins or debts. It can also refer to liberty or freedom. It is often used in the context of setting someone free from bondage or obligation.

Inflection: Singular, Dative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G859 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 3:3, 5:1

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 5 — 1:60

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 15:4

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Leviticus — 25:28, 25:30, 25:31, 25:33, 25:41
• Odes — 13:77
• Isaiah — 58:6

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Luke — 1:77, 4:19

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΦΕΣΙΣ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ἈΦΕΣΕΩΣ — of release, of forgiveness, of pardon, of liberty, of remission, of deliverance
• ΑΦΕΜΑΤΑ — remissions, a remission, forgiveness, a forgiveness, release, a release, liberty, a liberty
• ΑΦΕΣΕΙ — (to) release, (to) forgiveness, (to) pardon, (to) deliverance, (to) liberty
• ΑΦΕΣΕΙΣ — remissions, forgivenesses, releases, deliverances, liberties
• ΑΦΕΣΕΩΣ — of release, of forgiveness, of remission, of deliverance, of liberty
• ΑΦΕΣΙ — forgiveness, release, pardon, remission, a release, a pardon
• ΑΦΕΣΙΝ — release, forgiveness, remission, pardon, liberty, a release, a forgiveness, a remission, a pardon, a liberty
• ΑΦΕΣΙΣ — forgiveness, release, remission, liberty, a forgiveness, a release, a remission, a liberty

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