2001 Translation

APHESIN, aphesin

Sounds Like: ah-FEH-sin

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

From the root: ἈΦΕΣΙΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to the act of sending away, letting go, or releasing. It is commonly used to denote the forgiveness of sins, the release from debt, or general freedom and deliverance. It is the accusative singular form of the noun 'ἈΦΕΣΙΣ'.

Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G859 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 8:3, 11:1, 14:9, 16:8

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 2 — 5:67
• Book 12 — 2:40
• Book 17 — 9:233

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Three — 7:125, 10:72
• Book Seven — 9:15

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 61:1
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 54:1, 111:4, 116:3, 141:2

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Exodus — 18:2, 23:11
• Leviticus — 16:26, 25:10, 27:18
• Deuteronomy — 15:1, 15:3
• Ezra (Alpha) — 4:62
• Esther — 2:18
• Judith — 11:14
• 1 Maccabees — 13:34
• Isaiah — 61:1
• Jeremiah — 41:8, 41:15, 41:17

The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments

• Mandate 4 — 3:1, 3:2, 3:3

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 26:28
• Mark — 1:4, 3:29
• Luke — 3:3, 4:19, 24:47
• Acts — 2:38, 5:31, 10:43, 26:18
• Ephesians — 1:7
• Colossians — 1:14

From the same root

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

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.

• ἈΦΕΣΕΙΣ — release, remission, forgiveness, pardon, deliverance, liberty, discharge, a release, a remission, a forgiveness, a pardon, a deliverance, a liberty, a discharge
• ἈΦΕΣΙΣ — forgiveness, release, remission, liberty, a forgiveness, a release

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