Greek verb · G447
ἀνίημι
aniemian-ee'-ay-mee
to send up, produce, to send back.; to let go, leave without support; to relax, loosen
4 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: aníēmi
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G447is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G447
to let up, i.e. (literally) slacken or (figuratively) desert, desist from
The King James renders it: forbear, leave, loose.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
aniemi is rendered "to send up, produce, to send back.; to let go, leave without support; to relax, loosen". It stands 4 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Two of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "to send up, produce, to send back.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Acts 16:26Suddenly a strong earthquake shook the foundations of the prison. At once all the doors flew open and everyone’s chains came loose.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
Suddenly a strong earthquake shook the foundations of the prison. At once all the doors flew open and everyone’s chains came loose.
Acts 16:26ἀνέθη
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's four uses are in Acts.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word three senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: to send up, produce, to send back., and to let go, leave without support, and to relax, loosen.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to send up, produce, to send back. | Tagged as
| WhereActs 16:26Suddenly a strong earthquake shook the foundations of the prison… |
| to let go, leave without support | Tagged as
| WhereDeuteronomy 31:6Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them… |
| to relax, loosen(see Field, Notes, 124 f.): Act.16:26 27:40; hence, metaphorically, to give up, desist from | Tagged as
| WhereActs 16:26Suddenly a strong earthquake shook the foundations of the prison… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἀνέθη1
- ἀνέντες1
- ἀνιέντες1
- ἀνῶ1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-2AAP-NPM
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singular1V-2AAS-1S
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-API-3S
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-PAP-NPM
Acts
two uses
Suddenly a strong earthquake shook the foundations of the prison. At once all the doors flew open and everyone’s chains came loose.
- ἀνέθηanetheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: were loosed
Cutting away the anchors, they left them in the sea as they loosened the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach.
- ἀνέντεςanentesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having loosened
Ephesians
one use
And masters, do the same for your slaves. Give up your use of threats, because you know that He who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with Him.
- ἀνιέντεςanientesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: giving up
Hebrews
one use
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
- ἀνῶanoverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singulartagged: shall I leave
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.