STRONGS G425:
ἄνεσις,
-εως,
ἡ, (
ἀνίημι to let loose, slacken, anything tense,
e. g. a bow),
a loosening, relaxing; spoken of a more tolerable condition in captivity:
ἔχειν ἄνεσιν, to be held in less rigorous confinement
[R. V. have indulgence],
Acts 24:23 (Josephus, Antiquities 18, 6, 10
φυλακὴ μὲν γὰρ καὶ τήρησις ἦν,
μετὰ μέντοι ἀνέσεως τῆς εἰς δίαιταν).
relief, rest, from persecutions,
2 Thessalonians 1:7; from the troubles of poverty,
2 Corinthians 8:13; relief from anxiety, quiet,
2 Corinthians 2:13 (
2 Cor 2:12);
2 Cor 7:5. (
Sept.; in Greek writings from Thucydides [Herodotus 5, 28] down.)
[Synonym: see
ἀνάπαυσις, at the end.]
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