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Strong's Number G863

ἀφίημι

aphiemi · af-ee'-ay-mee

Transliteration:

aphiemi{af-ee'-ay-mee}

Word Origin:

from 575 and hiemi (to send, an intens. form of eimi, to go)

TDNT:

1:509,88

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

an intensive form of , to go); to send forth, in various applications (as follow)

Usage in the KJV:

leave 11, forgive 23, suffer 8, let 19, forsake 6, let alone 1, misc 13

Total: 146
Occurs 143 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

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