ἄφεσις,
-εως,
ἡ, (
ἀφίημι);
1. release, as from bondage, imprisonment, etc.:
Luke 4:18 (
Luke 4:19) (
Isaiah 61:1f; Polybius 1, 79, 12, etc.).
2. ἄφεσις ἁμαρτιῶν forgiveness, pardon, of sins (properly,
the letting them go, as if they had not been committed [see at length Trench, § xxxiii.]),
remission of their penalty:
Matthew 26:28;
Mark 1:4;
Luke 1:77;
Luke 3:3;
Luke 24:47;
Acts 2:38;
Acts 5:31;
Acts 10:43;
Acts 13:38;
Acts 26:18;
Colossians 1:14;
τῶν παραπτωμάτων,
Ephesians 1:7; and simply
ἄφεσις:
Mark 3:29;
Hebrews 9:22;
Hebrews 10:18 (
φόνου, Plato, legg. 9, p. 869 d.;
ἐγκλημάτων, Diodorus 20, 44 [so Dionysius Halicarnassus 50:8 § 50, see also 7, 33; 7, 46; especially 7, 64;
ἁμαρτημάτων, Philo, vit. Moys. 3:17; others.]).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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Isaiah
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61:1
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Matthew
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26:28
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Mark
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1:4; 3:29
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Luke
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1:77; 3:3; 4:18; 4:19; 24:47
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Acts
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2:38; 5:31; 10:43; 13:38; 26:18
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Ephesians
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1:7
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Colossians
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1:14
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Hebrews
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9:22; 10:18
