ἀφίημι

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.), 1 Kor 7,11-13; of death, τ. πνεῦμα (1 Mos 35,18, Hdt., al.), Matt 27,50 (φωνήν, to utter a cry, Mark 15,37 of debts, to remit, forgive (cl.), τ. δανεῖον, Matt 18,27 τ. ὀφειλήν, Matt 18,32 esp. of sins (Cremer 296f.), τ. ἁμαρτίας, ἁμαρτήματα, ἀνομίας, Matt 9,2, Rom 4,7" (LXX), 1 Joh 1,9, al.; punctiliar and iterative present (M, Pr., 119), Mark 2,5, Luk 11,4 Ion. pf., ἀφέωνται (M, Pr., 38), Luk 5,23,

2. to leave alone, leave, neglect: Matt 4,11; 5,24; 15,14, Mark 1,20, 31 Joh 4,3, 28 al.; τ. ἐντολὴν τ. θεοῦ, Mark 7,8 τον̀ τ. ἀρχῆς τ. Χριστοῦ λόγον, Hebr 6,1 τ. ἀγάπην τ. πρώτην, Åb 2,4 ptcp., ἀφείς, pleonastic (as in Aram.; M, Pr., 14; Dalman, Words, 21f.), Matt 13,36; 22,22, Mark 8,13, al.

3. to let, suffer, permit: Matt 3,15 with accusative, Matt 3,15; 19,14, al.; with accusative of thing(s) and dative of person(s), Matt 5,40 with inf. pres., Matt 23,14, al.; aor., Mark 5,37, al.; in late Gk. (M, Pr., 175f.), before ἵνα, Mark 11,16, Joh 12,7; with subjunct. (M, Pr., l.with; Bl., §64, 2), Matt 7,4; 27,49, Mark 15,36, Luk 6,42 (see further MM, see word).