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Greek verb · G863

ἀφίημι

aphiemiaf-ee'-ay-mee

to send forth, send away, let go; to leave alone, leave, neglect; to let, suffer, permit

143 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: aphíēmi

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G863is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 11 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 38
    spellings
  • 3
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G863

to send forth, in various applications (as follow)

The King James renders it: cry, forgive, forsake, lay aside, leave, let (alone, be, go, have), omit, put (send) away, remit, suffer, yield up.

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

aphiemi is rendered "to send forth, send away, let go; to leave alone, leave, neglect; to let, suffer, permit". It stands 143 times in the Greek text, across eleven books.

  • Forty-seven of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "to send forth, send away, let go".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 3:15“Let it be so now,” Jesus replied. “It is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness in this way.” Then John permitted Him.
  • The Greek text spells it thirty-eight different ways.

The first use

“Let it be so now,” Jesus replied. “It is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness in this way.” Then John permitted Him.

Matthew 3:15ἄφες

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Forty-seven of the word's 143 uses are in Matthew.

The other 16 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

The word carries three meanings: to send forth, send away, let go, and to leave alone, leave, neglect, and to let, suffer, permit.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
to send forth, send away, let goof divorce (DBTagged as
  • left7
  • are forgiven5
  • do forgive5
  • do leave5
  • have been forgiven5
  • to forgive5
  • will be forgiven5
  • do allow4

and 53 more, 113 uses in all

WhereGenesis 35:18And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni…
to leave alone, leave, neglectMat.4:11 5:24 15:14Tagged as
  • having left14
  • He left4
  • Having neglected1
  • leaves1
  • you have abandoned1
WhereMatthew 4:11Then the devil left Him, and angels came and ministered to Him.
to let, suffer, permitTagged as
  • do permit5
  • do yield1
  • He allowed1
  • he permits1
  • He was permiting1
WhereMatthew 3:15“Let it be so now,” Jesus replied. “It is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness in this…

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.

The words it stands beside

All 143, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

38 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

  • ἀφῆκεν19
  • ἀφέντες15
  • ἄφες15
  • ἄφετε10
  • ἀφεθήσεται9
  • ἀφεὶς5
  • ἀφῆτε5
  • ἀφιέναι5
  • ἀφίεται5
  • ἀφίενταί4
  • ἀφίησιν4
  • ἀφεθῇ3

and 26 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular20V-AAI-3S
  • verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singular15V-2AAM-2S
  • verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural15V-2AAP-NPM
  • verb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singular12V-FPI-3S
  • verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person plural10V-2AAM-2P
  • verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)6V-PAN
  • verb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person plural6V-RPI-3P
  • verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular5V-2AAP-NSM
  • verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person plural5V-2AAS-2P
  • verb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singular5V-PPI-3S
  • verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular4V-PAI-3S
  • verb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person plural4V-PPI-3P

Matthew

forty-seven uses
  • “Let it be so now,” Jesus replied. “It is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness in this way.” Then John permitted Him.

    Matthew 3:15

    • ἄφεςaphesverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do permit
    • ἀφίησινaphiesinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he permits
  • Then the devil left Him, and angels came and ministered to Him.

    Matthew 4:11

    • ἀφίησινaphiesinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: leaves
  • And at once they left their nets and followed Him.

    Matthew 4:20

    • ἀφέντεςaphentesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having left
  • and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed Him.

    Matthew 4:22

    • ἀφέντεςaphentesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having left
  • leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.

    Matthew 5:24

    • ἄφεςaphesverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do leave
  • if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well;

    Matthew 5:40

    • ἄφεςaphesverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do yield
  • And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

    Matthew 6:12

    • ἄφεςaphesverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do forgive
    • ἀφήκαμενaphekamenverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: forgive
  • For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

    Matthew 6:14

    • ἀφῆτεapheteverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: you shall forgive
    • ἀφήσειapheseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will forgive
  • But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive yours.

    Matthew 6:15

    • ἀφῆτεapheteverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: you shall forgive
    • ἀφήσειapheseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will forgive
  • How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while there is still a beam in your own eye?

    Matthew 7:4

    • ἄφεςaphesverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do permit that
  • So He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she got up and began to serve Him.

    Matthew 8:15

    • ἀφῆκενaphekenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: left
  • But Jesus told him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”

    Matthew 8:22

    • ἄφεςaphesverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do leave
  • Just then some men brought to Him a paralytic lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.”

    Matthew 9:2

    • ἀφίενταίaphientaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: are forgiven
  • Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk?’

    Matthew 9:5

    • ἀφίενταίaphientaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: Are forgiven
  • But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” Then He said to the paralytic, “Get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”

    Matthew 9:6

    • ἀφιέναιaphienaiverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to forgive
  • Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.

    Matthew 12:31

    • ἀφεθήσεταιaphethesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will be forgiven
    • ἀφεθήσεταιaphethesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will be forgiven
  • Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the one to come.

    Matthew 12:32

    • ἀφεθήσεταιaphethesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it will be forgiven
    • ἀφεθήσεταιaphethesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it will be forgiven
  • Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”

    Matthew 13:30

    • ἄφετεapheteverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do allow
  • Then Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to Him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”

    Matthew 13:36

    • ἀφεὶςapheisverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having dismissed
  • Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”

    Matthew 15:14

    • ἄφετεapheteverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do leave
  • What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?

    Matthew 18:12

    • ἀφήσειapheseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he will leave
  • Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother who sins against me? Up to seven times?”

    Matthew 18:21

    • ἀφήσωaphesoverb · future active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I will forgive
  • His master had compassion on him, forgave his debt, and released him.

    Matthew 18:27

    • ἀφῆκενaphekenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: forgave
  • Then the master summoned him and declared, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave all your debt because you begged me.

    Matthew 18:32

    • ἀφῆκάaphekaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I forgave
  • That is how My heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.”

    Matthew 18:35

    • ἀφῆτεapheteverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: you may forgive
  • But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”

    Matthew 19:14

    • ἄφετεapheteverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do permit
  • “Look,” Peter replied, “we have left everything to follow You. What then will there be for us?”

    Matthew 19:27

    • ἀφήκαμενaphekamenverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: left
  • And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.

    Matthew 19:29

    • ἀφῆκενaphekenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has left
  • And when they heard this, they were amazed. So they left Him and went away.

    Matthew 22:22

    • ἀφέντεςaphentesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having left
  • Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died without having children. So he left his wife to his brother.

    Matthew 22:25

    • ἀφῆκενaphekenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he left
  • Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.

    Matthew 23:13

    • ἀφίετεaphieteverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: do you allow
  • Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.

    Matthew 23:23

    • ἀφήκατεaphekateverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you have neglected
    • ἀφιέναιaphienaiverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be leaving aside
  • Look, your house is left to you desolate.

    Matthew 23:38

    • ἀφίεταιaphietaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: is left
  • “Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”

    Matthew 24:2

    • ἀφεθῇaphetheaverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may be left
  • Two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left.

    Matthew 24:40

    • ἀφίεταιaphietaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: is left
  • Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left.

    Matthew 24:41

    • ἀφίεταιaphietaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: is left
  • So He left them and went away once more and prayed a third time, saying the same thing.

    Matthew 26:44

    • ἀφεὶςapheisverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having left
  • But this has all happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted Him and fled.

    Matthew 26:56

    • ἀφέντεςaphentesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having forsaken
  • But the others said, “Leave Him alone. Let us see if Elijah comes to save Him.”

    Matthew 27:49

    • ἄφεςaphesverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: Wait
  • When Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, He yielded up His spirit.

    Matthew 27:50

    • ἀφῆκενaphekenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: yielded up

Mark

thirty-four uses
  • And at once they left their nets and followed Him.

    Mark 1:18

    • ἀφέντεςaphentesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having left
  • Immediately Jesus called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed Him.

    Mark 1:20

    • ἀφέντεςaphentesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having left
  • So He went to her, took her by the hand, and helped her up. The fever left her, and she began to serve them.

    Mark 1:31

    • ἀφῆκενaphekenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: left
  • And He healed many who were ill with various diseases and drove out many demons. But He would not allow the demons to speak, because they knew who He was.

    Mark 1:34

    • ἤφιενephienverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He was allowing
  • When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”

    Mark 2:5

    • ἀφίενταίaphientaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: are forgiven
  • “Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

    Mark 2:7

    • ἀφιέναιaphienaiverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to forgive
  • “Which is easier: to say to a paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, pick up your mat, and walk’?

    Mark 2:9

    • ἀφίενταίaphientaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: Are forgiven
  • But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” He said to the paralytic,

    Mark 2:10

    • ἀφιέναιaphienaiverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to forgive
  • Truly I tell you, the sons of men will be forgiven all sins and blasphemies, as many as they utter.

    Mark 3:28

    • ἀφεθήσεταιaphethesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will be forgiven
  • so that, ‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven.’”

    Mark 4:12

    • ἀφεθῇaphetheaverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may be forgiven
  • After they had dismissed the crowd, they took Jesus with them, since He was already in the boat. And there were other boats with Him.

    Mark 4:36

    • ἀφέντεςaphentesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having dismissed
  • But Jesus would not allow him. “Go home to your own people,” He said, “and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and what mercy He has shown you.”

    Mark 5:19

    • ἀφῆκενaphekenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He did permit
  • And He did not allow anyone to accompany Him except Peter, James, and John the brother of James.

    Mark 5:37

    • ἀφῆκενaphekenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He allowed
  • You have disregarded the commandment of God to keep the tradition of men.”

    Mark 7:8

    • Ἀφέντεςaphentesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Having neglected
  • he is no longer permitted to do anything for his father or mother.

    Mark 7:12

    • ἀφίετεaphieteverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you do allow
  • “First let the children have their fill,” He said. “For it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”

    Mark 7:27

    • ἄφεςaphesverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do permit
  • And He left them, got back into the boat, and crossed to the other side.

    Mark 8:13

    • ἀφεὶςapheisverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having left
  • But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and told them, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

    Mark 10:14

    • ἄφετεapheteverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do permit
  • Peter began to say to Him, “Look, we have left everything and followed You.”

    Mark 10:28

    • ἀφήκαμενaphekamenverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: left
  • “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for My sake and for the gospel

    Mark 10:29

    • ἀφῆκενaphekenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has left
  • The disciples answered as Jesus had instructed them, and the people gave them permission.

    Mark 11:6

    • ἀφῆκανaphekanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they allowed
  • And He would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts.

    Mark 11:16

    • ἤφιενephienverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He was permiting
  • And when you stand to pray, if you hold anything against another, forgive it, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your trespasses as well.”

    Mark 11:25

    • ἀφίετεaphieteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do forgive
    • ἀφῇapheaverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may forgive
  • At this, the leaders sought to arrest Jesus, for they knew that He had spoken this parable against them. But fearing the crowd, they left Him and went away.

    Mark 12:12

    • ἀφέντεςaphentesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having left
  • “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.

    Mark 12:19

    • ἀφῇapheaverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may leave
  • Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died, leaving no children.

    Mark 12:20

    • ἀφῆκενaphekenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he left
  • In this way, none of the seven left any children. And last of all, the woman died.

    Mark 12:22

    • ἀφῆκανaphekanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: left
  • “Do you see all these great buildings?” Jesus replied. “Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”

    Mark 13:2

    • ἀφεθῇaphetheaverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may be left
  • It is like a man going on a journey who left his house, put each servant in charge of his own task, and instructed the doorkeeper to keep watch.

    Mark 13:34

    • ἀφεὶςapheisverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having left
  • But Jesus said, “Leave her alone; why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful deed to Me.

    Mark 14:6

    • ἄφετεapheteverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do leave alone
  • Then everyone deserted Him and fled.

    Mark 14:50

    • ἀφέντεςaphentesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having left
  • And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine. He put it on a reed and held it up for Jesus to drink, saying, “Leave Him alone. Let us see if Elijah comes to take Him down.”

    Mark 15:36

    • ἄφετεapheteverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: Wait
  • But Jesus let out a loud cry and breathed His last.

    Mark 15:37

    • ἀφεὶςapheisverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having uttered

Luke

thirty-one uses
  • and He stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. And she got up at once and began to serve them.

    Luke 4:39

    • ἀφῆκενaphekenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it left
  • And when they had brought their boats ashore, they left everything and followed Him.

    Luke 5:11

    • ἀφέντεςaphentesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having left
  • When Jesus saw their faith, He said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.”

    Luke 5:20

    • ἀφέωνταίapheontaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: have been forgiven
  • But the scribes and Pharisees began thinking to themselves, “Who is this man who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

    Luke 5:21

    • ἀφεῖναιapheinaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to forgive
  • Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk?’

    Luke 5:23

    • ἀφέωνταίapheontaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: Have been forgiven
  • But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on the earth to forgive sins...” He said to the paralytic, “I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”

    Luke 5:24

    • ἀφιέναιaphienaiverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to forgive
  • How can you say, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while you yourself fail to see the beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

    Luke 6:42

    • ἄφεςaphesverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do allow
  • Therefore I tell you, because her many sins have been forgiven, she has loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little.”

    Luke 7:47

    • ἀφέωνταιapheontaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: have been forgiven
    • ἀφίεταιaphietaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: is forgiven
  • Then Jesus said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”

    Luke 7:48

    • ἀφέωνταίapheontaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: Have been forgiven
  • But those at the table began to say to themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?”

    Luke 7:49

    • ἀφίησινaphiesinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: forgives
  • When He entered the house, He did not allow anyone to go in with Him except Peter, John, James, and the child’s father and mother.

    Luke 8:51

    • ἀφῆκενaphekenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He did allow
  • But Jesus told him, “Let the dead bury their own dead. You, however, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”

    Luke 9:60

    • ἄφεςaphesverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do leave
  • Jesus took up this question and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead.

    Luke 10:30

    • ἀφέντεςaphentesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having left
  • And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.’”

    Luke 11:4

    • ἄφεςaphesverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do forgive
    • ἀφίομενaphiomenverb · present active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we forgive
  • And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

    Luke 12:10

    • ἀφεθήσεταιaphethesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it will be forgiven
    • ἀφεθήσεται.¶aphethesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will be forgiven
  • But understand this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

    Luke 12:39

    • ἀφῆκενaphekenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he have allowed
  • ‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone again this year, until I dig around it and fertilize it.

    Luke 13:8

    • ἄφεςaphesverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do leave
  • Look, your house is left to you desolate. And I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”

    Luke 13:35

    • ἀφίεταιaphietaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: is left
  • Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.

    Luke 17:3

    • ἄφεςaphesverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do forgive
  • Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to say, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”

    Luke 17:4

    • ἀφήσειςapheseisverb · future active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: you will forgive
  • I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed: one will be taken and the other left.

    Luke 17:34

    • ἀφεθήσεταιaphethesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will be left
  • Two women will be grinding grain together: one will be taken and the other left.”

    Luke 17:35

    • ἀφεθήσεται.¶aphethesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will be left
  • But Jesus called the children to Him and said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

    Luke 18:16

    • ἄφετεapheteverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do permit
  • “Look,” said Peter, “we have left all we had to follow You.”

    Luke 18:28

    • ἀφέντεςaphentesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having abandoned
  • “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God

    Luke 18:29

    • ἀφῆκενaphekenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has left
  • They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”

    Luke 19:44

    • ἀφήσουσινaphesousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: will leave
  • “As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”

    Luke 21:6

    • ἀφεθήσεταιaphethesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will be left
  • Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up His garments by casting lots.

    Luke 23:34

    • ἄφεςaphesverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do forgive

John

fifteen uses
  • He left Judea and returned to Galilee.

    John 4:3

    • ἀφῆκενaphekenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He left
  • Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,

    John 4:28

    • Ἀφῆκενaphekenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: Left
  • So he inquired as to the hour when his son had recovered, and they told him, “The fever left him yesterday at the seventh hour.”

    John 4:52

    • ἀφῆκενaphekenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: left
  • He who sent Me is with Me. He has not left Me alone, because I always do what pleases Him.”

    John 8:29

    • ἀφῆκένaphekenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He has left
  • The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock.

    John 10:12

    • ἀφίησινaphiesinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he leaves
  • The man who had been dead came out with his hands and feet bound in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth. “Unwrap him and let him go,” Jesus told them.

    John 11:44

    • ἄφετεapheteverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do allow
  • If we let Him go on like this, everyone will believe in Him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”

    John 11:48

    • ἀφῶμενaphomenverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: we shall let him alone
  • “Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “She has kept this perfume in preparation for the day of My burial.

    John 12:7

    • ἄφεςaphesverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do leave alone
  • I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.

    John 14:18

    • ἀφήσωaphesoverb · future active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I will leave
  • Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid.

    John 14:27

    • ἀφίημιaphiemiverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I leave
  • I came from the Father and entered the world. In turn, I will leave the world and go to the Father.”

    John 16:28

    • ἀφίημιaphiemiverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I leave
  • “Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.

    John 16:32

    • ἀφῆτεapheteverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: you may leave
  • “I told you that I am He,” Jesus replied. “So if you are looking for Me, let these men go.”

    John 18:8

    • ἄφετεapheteverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do allow
  • If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you withhold forgiveness from anyone, it is withheld.”

    John 20:23

    • ἀφῆτεapheteverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: you may forgive
    • ἀφέωνταιapheontaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they have been forgiven

Acts

three uses
  • So in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone. Let them go! For if their purpose or endeavor is of human origin, it will fail.

    Acts 5:38

    • ἄφετεapheteverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do release
  • Repent, therefore, of your wickedness, and pray to the Lord. Perhaps He will forgive you for the intent of your heart.

    Acts 8:22

    • ἀφεθήσεταίaphethesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will be forgiven
  • Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”

    Acts 14:17

    • ἀφῆκενaphekenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He has left

Romans

two uses
  • Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women and burned with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.

    Romans 1:27

    • ἀφέντεςaphentesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having left
  • “Blessed are they whose lawless acts are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

    Romans 4:7

    • ἀφέθησανaphethesanverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: are forgiven

1 Corinthians

three uses
  • But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.

    1 Corinthians 7:11

    • ἀφιέναι.¶aphienaiverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: is to send away
  • To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If a brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.

    1 Corinthians 7:12

    • ἀφιέτωaphietoverb · present active, command · 3rd person singulartagged: he should divorce
  • And if a woman has an unbelieving husband and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him.

    1 Corinthians 7:13

    • ἀφιέτωaphietoverb · present active, command · 3rd person singulartagged: she should divorce

Hebrews

two uses
  • and placed everything under his feet.” When God subjected all things to him, He left nothing outside of his control. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to him.

    Hebrews 2:8

    • ἀφῆκενaphekenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He left
  • Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith in God,

    Hebrews 6:1

    • ἀφέντεςaphentesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having left

James

one use
  • And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.

    James 5:15

    • ἀφεθήσεταιaphethesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it will be forgiven

1 John

two uses
  • If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

    1 John 1:9

    • ἀφῇapheaverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: He may forgive
  • I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven through His name.

    1 John 2:12

    • ἀφέωνταιapheontaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: have been forgiven

Revelation

three uses
  • But I have this against you: You have abandoned your first love.

    Revelation 2:4

    • ἀφῆκεςaphekesverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: you have abandoned
  • But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols.

    Revelation 2:20

    • ἀφεῖςapheisverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: you permit
  • For three and a half days all peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will view their bodies and will not permit them to be laid in a tomb.

    Revelation 11:9

    • ἀφίουσινaphiousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they allow

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