ἈΦΕΣΕΩΣ, ἀφεσεως
APHESEŌS, apheseōs
Sounds Like: ah-feh-SEH-ohs
Translations: of release, of forgiveness, of pardon, of liberty, of remission, of deliverance
From the root: ΑΦΕΣΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the act of sending away, letting go, or dismissing. In a spiritual context, it signifies the forgiveness of sins or the remission of debts. It can also refer to physical release or liberation from bondage or captivity. It is often used in the context of a jubilee year, where debts are forgiven and slaves are set free.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G0859 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 11:20
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Leviticus — 25:10, 25:11, 25:12, 25:13, 25:28, 25:40, 25:50, 25:52, 25:54, 27:17, 27:18, 27:21, 27:23, 27:24
- Deuteronomy — 15:2, 15:9, 31:10
- 1 Maccabees — 10:34
- Ezekiel — 46:17, 47:3
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 12:7
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.
- ἈΦΕΣΕΙ — release, a release, forgiveness, a forgiveness, pardon, a pardon, remission, a remission, liberty, a liberty
- 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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