G863: ἀφίημι (aphíēmi)

G863 ἀφίημι (aphíēmi)

Greek

Quick Definition

ἀφίημι v. I send away, release, remit, forgive, permit

Strong's Definition

from 575 and hiemi (to send; an intensive form of eimi, to go); to send forth, in various applications (as follow)

KJV Usage: cry, forgive, forsake, lay aside, leave, let (alone, be, go, have), omit, put (send) away, remit, suffer, yield up

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἀφίημι (G0863)

verb | pres.2sg. ἀφεῖς · inf. ἀφιέναι · impf.3sg. ἤφιεν · fut. ἀφήσω · aor. ἀφῆκα · impv. ἄφες · 2pl. ἄφετε · subj. ἀφῶ · ptc. ἀφείς · aor.pass. ἀφέθην · fut.pass. ἀφεθήσοραι · pf.pass.3pl. ἀφέωνται | ἵημι (send, set in motion) · ἄφεσις · παραφίημι · προσαφίημι

15.43 · Linear Movement · Leave, Depart, Flee, Escape, Send

to let go away, to dismiss to cause (or permit) a person or persons to leave a particular location

MAT 13:36

15.48 · Linear Movement · Leave, Depart, Flee, Escape, Send

to leave, to depart from to move away from, with the implication of resulting separation

MAT 4:11 · MAT 18:12 · MAT 22:22 · MAT 22:25 · MAT 24:40 · MAT 24:41 · MAT 26:44 · MAT 26:56 · MRK 1:20 · MRK 1:31 · MRK 4:36 · MRK 8:13 · MRK 12:12 · MRK 12:19 · MRK 12:20 · MRK 12:22 · MRK 14:50 · LUK 10:30 · LUK 17:34 · LUK 17:35 · JHN 4:3 · JHN 8:29 · JHN 14:18 · JHN 16:28 · JHN 16:32 · HEB 6:1

85.45 · Existence in Space · Put, Place

to leave, to leave behind to let something be put behind in a place

MAT 4:20 · MAT 4:22 · MAT 19:27 · MAT 19:29 · MAT 23:38 · MRK 1:18 · MRK 10:28 · MRK 10:29 · MRK 13:34 · LUK 5:11 · LUK 13:35 · LUK 18:28 · LUK 18:29 · JHN 4:28 · JHN 10:12

85.62 · Existence in Space · Remain, Stay

to let remain, to leave to permit something to continue in a place

MAT 5:24 · MAT 18:12 · MAT 24:2 · MRK 13:2 · LUK 13:8 · LUK 19:44 · LUK 21:6 · JHN 14:27 · HEB 2:8

34.78 · Association · Marriage, Divorce

to divorce, to separate to dissolve the marriage bond Expressions for divorce are often based on terms meaning literally ‘to send away,’ ‘to separate from,’ or ‘to leave one another.’ However, in a number of languages idiomatic expressions are employed, for example ‘to send him off with his clothes,’ ‘to untie the knot between them,’ or ‘to throw away her hearthstones.’
Some persons have attempted to make an important distinction between ἀφίημι in 1CO 7:11 1CO 7:13 and χωρίζω in 1CO 7:15 on the assumption that ἀφίημι implies legal divorce, while χωρίζω only relates to separation. Such a distinction, however, seems to be quite artificial.

1CO 7:11 · 1CO 7:12 · 1CO 7:13

40.8 · Reconciliation, Forgiveness · Forgiveness

to pardon, to forgive, forgiveness to remove the guilt resulting from wrongdoing It is extremely important to note that the focus in the meanings of ἀφίημι[f], ἄφεσις[a], and ἀπολύω[e] is upon the guilt of the wrongdoer and not upon the wrongdoing itself. The event of wrongdoing is not undone, but the guilt resulting from such an event is pardoned. To forgive, therefore, means essentially to remove the guilt resulting from wrongdoing.
Some languages make a clear distinction between guilt and sin, and terms for forgiveness are therefore related to guilt and not to the wrongdoing. Therefore, ‘to forgive sins’ is literally ‘to forgive guilt.’ Though terms for ‘forgiveness’ are often literally ‘to wipe out,’ ‘to blot out,’ or ‘to do away with,’ it is obviously not possible to blot out or to wipe out an event, but it is possible to remove or obliterate the guilt.

MAT 6:12 · MAT 6:12 · MAT 6:14 · MAT 6:14 · MAT 6:15 · MAT 6:15 · MAT 9:2 · MAT 9:5 · MAT 9:6 · MAT 12:31 · MAT 12:31 · MAT 12:32 · MAT 12:32 · MAT 18:21 · MAT 18:35 · MRK 2:5 · MRK 2:7 · MRK 2:9 · MRK 2:10 · MRK 3:28 · MRK 4:12 · MRK 11:25 · MRK 11:25 · LUK 5:20 · LUK 5:21 · LUK 5:23 · LUK 5:24 · LUK 7:47 · LUK 7:47 · LUK 7:48 · LUK 7:49 · LUK 11:4 · LUK 11:4 · LUK 12:10 · LUK 12:10 · LUK 17:3 · LUK 17:4 · LUK 23:34 · JHN 20:23 · JHN 20:23 · ACT 8:22 · ROM 4:7 · JAS 5:15 · 1JN 1:9 · 1JN 2:12

57.223 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Owe, Debt, Cancel

to cancel a debt, to forgive a debt to release a person from the obligation of repaying what is owed

MAT 18:27 · MAT 18:32

31.63 · Hold a View, Believe, Trust · Change an Opinion Concerning Truth

to refuse to listen to, to reject to no longer pay attention to previous beliefs

MAT 23:23 · MAT 23:23 · MRK 7:8

68.43 · Aspect · Cease, Stop

to give up, to stop, to quit to stop doing something, with the implication of complete cessation

MAT 27:49 · ROM 1:27 · HEB 6:1 · REV 2:4

13.37 · Be, Become, Exist, Happen · State

to cease, to stop, to leave to cease, of a state

MAT 8:15 · LUK 4:39 · JHN 4:52

13.140 · Be, Become, Exist, Happen · Happen

to let, to allow, to leave it to to leave it to someone to do something, with the implication of distancing oneself from the event

MAT 3:15 · MAT 3:15 · MAT 5:40 · MAT 7:4 · MAT 13:30 · MAT 15:14 · MAT 19:14 · MAT 23:13 · MRK 1:34 · MRK 5:19 · MRK 5:37 · MRK 7:12 · MRK 7:27 · MRK 10:14 · MRK 11:6 · MRK 11:16 · MRK 14:6 · MRK 15:36 · LUK 6:42 · LUK 8:51 · LUK 12:39 · LUK 18:16 · JHN 11:44 · JHN 11:48 · JHN 12:7 · JHN 18:8 · ACT 5:38 · ACT 14:17 · REV 2:20 · REV 11:9

90.50 · Case · Agent of a Numerable Event

to produce, to make, to give a marker of an agent relation with numerable events, with the implication of something which proceeds from an agent

MRK 15:37

33.137 · Communication · Interpret, Mean, Explain

Collocation: ἄφες τοὺς νεκροὺς θάψαι τοὺς ἑαυτῶν νεκρούς

that is not what I mean, that is not the issue, that is not the point (an idiom, possibly an adage, literally: let the dead bury their dead) the matter in question is not the real issue Some scholars, however, understand this expression as merely a figurative reference to various types of people and thus translate ‘let those who are spiritually dead take care of their own dead.’

MAT 8:22 · LUK 9:60

23.109 · Physiological Processes and States · Live, Die

Collocation: ἀφίημι τὸ πνεῦμα

to die (an idiom, literally: to send away the spirit) interpreted by some as implying voluntarily laying down one’s life, but such an inference is not justified by normal Greek usage)

MAT 27:50

¹ It is possible that ἀπολύω[a] and ἀφίημι[a] differ somewhat in meaning in that ἀπολύω[a] may suggest more permission and ἀφίημι[a] more dismissal, but this cannot be determined from NT usage. In ACT 15:30, however, οἱ … ἀπολυθέντες implies clearly being sent (see ἀπολύω[b], 15.66). ² ἀφίημι[b] involves two principal semantic components: (1) movement away from and (2) resulting separation. It would appear from most contexts that the focal component of ἀφίημι[b] is resulting separation. ³ LUK 4:39 ἀφίημι[j] differs somewhat from the other meanings in this subdomain in that it is not an individual who ceases to be involved in a particular state, but it is the state itself which ceases. At the same time, however, one may interpret this expression in LUK 4:39 semantically as ‘she ceased to be in a state of fever.’

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἀφ-ίημι ; pres. 2 pers. sing. ἀφεῖς (fr. the form apéw, Rev. ii. 20 for Ree. ἐᾷς), [3 pers. plur. ἀφιοῦσιν Rev. xi. 9 Tdf. edd. 2, 7, ἔν. a form ἀφιέω ; cf. B. 48 (42)]; impf. 3 pers. sing. ἤφιε, with the augm. before the prep., Mk. i. 34; xi. 16, fr. the form apiw; whence also pres. 1 pers. plur. ἀφίομεν Lk. xi. 4 L T Tr WH for ἀφίεμεν Ree. and 3 pers. apiovow Rev. xi. 9 L T Tr WH; [see WH. App. p-: 167]; fut. ἀφήσω; 1 aor. ἀφῆκα, 2 pers. sing. -xes Rev. ii. 4 T Tr WH (cf. κοπιάω] ; 2 aor. impv. ἄφες, ἄφετε, subj. 8 pers. sing. ἀφῇ, 2 pers. plur. ἀφῆτε, [inf. ἀφεῖναι (Mt. xxiii. 23 L T Tr WH; LK. v. 21 L txt. T Tr WH)], ptep. ἀφείς, ἀφέντες ; Pass., pres. ἀφίεμαι, [yet 3 pers. plur. apiovra Jn. xx. 23 WH mrg. ete.; cf. ἀφίω above]; pf. 3 pers. plur. ἀφέωνται (a Doric form [ef. W. § 14, 3 a.; B 49 (42); Kiihner § 285, 4], Mt. ix. 2,5; Mk. ii. 5, [9] —in both these Gospels L [exe. in Mk. mrg.] T Tr WH have restored the pres. 3 pers. plur. ἀφίενται; Lk. v. 20, 23; vii. 47, [48]; Jn. xx. 23 L txt. T Tr txt. WH txt. ; 1 Jn. ii. 12) ; 1 aor. ἀφέθην; fut. ἀφεθήσομαι ; ef. W. § 14, 3; B. 48 (42); [WH. App. p. 167; Veitch 8. v. tye]; (fr. ἀπό and inne); [fr. Hom. down]; to send from (ἀπό) one’s self; 1. to send away; a. to bid go away or depart: τοὺς ὄχλους, Mt. xiii. 36 [al. refer this to 3 below]; τὴν γυναῖκα, of a husband putting away his wife, 1 Co. vii. 11-13, (Hdt. 5, 39; and subst. ἄφεσις, Plut. Pomp. c. 42, 6). b. to send forth, yield up, emit: rd

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἀφίημι aphiēmi 143x

to send away, dismiss, suffer to depart; to emit, send forth; τὴν φωνήν, the voice, to cry out, utter an exclamation, Mk. 15:37; τὸ πνεῦμα, the spirit, to expire, Mt. 27:50; to omit, pass over or by; to let alone, care not for, Mt. 15:14; 23:23; Heb. 6:1; to permit, suffer, let, forbid not; to give up, yield, resign, Mt. 5:40; to remit, forgive, pardon; to relax, suffer to become less intense, Rev. 2:4; to leave, depart from; to desert, forsake; to leave remaining or alone; to leave behind, i.e. at one’s death, Mk. 12:19, 20, 21, 22; Jn. 14:27

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἀφ-ίημι,

[in LXX for נשׂא, נוח hi., נתן, סלח ni., עזב, etc.;]

to send forth, send away, let go: of divorce (DB, iii, 274a), τ. γυναῖκα (Hdt.), I Co 7:11-13; of death, τ. πνεῦμα (Ge 35:18, Hdt., al.), Mt 27:50; (φωνήν, to utter a cry, Mk 15:37; of debts, to remit, forgive (cl.), τ. δανεῖον, Mt 18:27; τ. ὀφειλήν, Mt 18:32; esp. of sins (Cremer 296 f.), τ. ἁμαρτίας, ἁμαρτήματα, ἀνομίας, Mt 9:2, Ro 4:7(LXX), I Jo 1:9, al.; punctiliar and iterative pres. (M, Pr., 119), Mk 2:5, Lk 11:4; Ion. pf., ἀφέωνται (M, Pr., 38), Lk 5:23.

to leave alone, leave, neglect: Mt 4:11 5:24 15:14, Mk 1:20, 31, Jo 4:3, 28 al.; τ. ἐντολὴν τ. θεοῦ, Mk 7:8; τὸν τ. ἀρχῆς τ. Χριστοῦ λόγον, He 6:1; τ. ὀγάπην τ. πρώτην, Re 2:4; ptcp., ἀφείς, pleonastic (as in Aram.; M, Pr., 14; Dalman, Words, 21 f.), Mt 13:36 22:22, Mk 8:13, al.

to let, suffer, permit: Mt 3:15; c. acc., Mt 3:15, 19:14, al.; c. acc. rei et dat. pers., Mt 5:40; c. inf. pres., Mt 23:14, al.; aor., Mk 5:37, al.; in late Gk. (M, Pr., 175 f.), seq. ἵνα, Mk 11:16, Jo 12:7; c. subjunct. (M, Pr., 175 f.; Bl., § 64, 2), Mt 7:4 27:49, Mk 15:36, Lk 6:42 (see further MM, s.v.).

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἀφίημι. Some abnormal NT forms of this very “irregular ’’ verb may be illustrated: cf. Moulton, Ainéectung, p. 82f. The unaugmented aor. pass. ἀφέθησαν in Rom 47 (from Ps 311) where δὲ has ἀφείθησαν) is matched by OG/S 435° (ii/B.c.) ἀφέθη; but BGU IV. 10228 (a.p. 196) ἀφθείθημεν (zc. ἀφειθ.). ᾿Αφέωνται is to be compared with the imper. ἀφεώσθω in Michel §85'4 (Arcadian ?iii/B.C.), as well as with the Herodotean ἀνέωται : see Pro/eg. p. 38 2. Against this note imper. ἀφείσθω in CPHerm 119 verso lii- 14 (Gallienus). The pres. ἀφεῖς in Rev 27° and Ex 32%? is best taken as a regular contraction of doles, from ἀφίω (not a contract verb), which is the normal conjugation into which the -μι verb tends here to merge itself: evidence for ἀφιέω seems to be wanting. The assumption of an ἀφέω, formed by proportion from ἀφήσω, is insufficiently supported by the barbarous Silco inscr., OG/7S 20118 (vi/A.D.). The MGr is ἀφήνω, with aor. ἄφησα and ἀφῆκα Proleg. p. 175, may be referred to for the quasi-auxiliary use of ἄφες, MGr ἄς. We may quote P Amh 11. 377° (B.C. 172) ἄφες αὐτὸν χαίρειν, P Hib I. 415 (c. B.c. 261) &dle]s αὐτὸν εἰσαγαγεῖν “allow him to collect ’’ (Edd.) ; but P Oxy III. 413*8* ἄφες ἐγὼ αὐτὴν θρηνήσω (literary, i/A.D.). The Latin size, sinzte videamus in Mt 27 and Mk 15% severally, may well mean “ Let us see,”’ as Pallis renders it (ἂς δοῦμε) in both cases, only differing in the speakers. The verb has not yet become a mere auxiliary ; it may still be rendered ‘‘allow me to,’’ etc. For the same use in another part of the verb cf. P Oxy VII. 10675 (iii/A.D.) ἀφῆκες αὐτὸν μὴ κηδεῦσαι αὐτόν, “you have allowed his burial to be neglected’”’ (Ed.). So, with infin, again, in P Par 4714 (c. B.C. 153) (= Witkowski, p. 89) ὅτι περάσεται ὁ δραπέ[τη]ς μὴ ἀφῖναι ἡμᾶς ἐπὶ τ]ῶν τόπων ἵναι. The uses of ἀφίημι start from the etymological sense “throw ’’ seen in the cognate aéicto. Thus in Sy/7 35626 (B.C. 6) ἀφεῖναι τὴν γάστραν = “let the pot drop.”’ From this primitive physical meaning may be derived the common meaning ‘‘leave, let go.”” So with dat. (as in Mt 54°) P Tebt 11. 421° (iii/a.p.) θέλις αὐτὸν ἀφεῖναι τῇ θυγατρί σίου] ἄφες “if you wish to let your daughter have it, do so’’ (Edd.). P Grenf I. 26° (B.c. 113) τὴν δὲ ἡμιολίαν ἀφῆκε, “waived the extra 50%,’’ will serve as an ex. of the use seen in Mt 1857, which leads to the general idea of “‘forgiveness.’’ Similarly in OG/S 9013 (Rosetta stone— B.C. 196) els τέλος ἀφῆκεν, of the “ total remission ”’ of certain taxes. (See for the NT usage of the word in this sense Brooke Joh. Epp. p. 20f.) Not far from this is the use seen in P Oxy IV. 744?° (B.c. 1) (= Selections, p. 33) ἐὰν... τέκῃς, Part I.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἀφίημι (aphiēmi) — to release: leave. ἀφίημι, 2nd pers.singular ἀφίης[Refs 5th c.BC+] Ionic dialect ἀπίει[Refs 5th c.BC+], 1st pers.plural ἀφίεμεν[Refs 5th c.BC+]imperfect ἀφίειν, with double augment ἠφίειν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers.singular ἀφίει[Refs 8th c.BC+], Ionic dialect ἀπίει[NT+5th c.BC+]; 2nd pers.plural ἀφίετε[Refs 4th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers.plural ἀφίεσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future ἀφήσω[Refs 8th c.BC+], Ionic dialect ἀπ-[Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ἀφεῖκα[Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist I ἀφῆκα, Ionic dialectἀπ-, Epic dialect ἀφέηκα, used in indicative only, [Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist 2 indicative only in dual and plural, ἀφέτην, ἀφεῖμεν, ἀφεῖτε or ἄφετε, ἀφεῖσαν or ἄφεσα; imperative ἄφες, subjunctive ἀφῶ, optative αφείην (2nd pers.plural ἀφεῖτε[Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive ἀφεῖναι, participle ἀφείς:—middle, ἀφίεμαι, Ionic dialect ἀπίεμαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: imperfect 3rd.pers.singular ἀφίετο[Refs 8th c.BC+]: future ἀφήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist 2 ἀφείμην[Refs 5th c.BC+]; imperative ἀφοῦ, ἄφεσθε, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; infinitive -έσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+], participle -έμενος[Refs 5th c.BC+]; Arc.infinitive ἀφεῶσθαι[Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, perfect ἀφεῖμαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]; infinitive ἀφεῖσθαι[Refs 3rd c.BC+]: pluperfect 2nd pers.singular ἀφεῖσο[Refs 4th c.BC+]: rarer perfect 3rd.pers.plural ἀφέωνται[NT]: aorist ἀφείθην[Refs 5th c.BC+], Ionic dialect ἀπείθην[Refs 5th c.BC+]; later Aeolic dialect infinitive ἀφέθην[Refs 2nd c.BC+]: future ἀφεθήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]: ῑ always in Attic dialect [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—send forth, discharge, of missiles, ἔγχος, δίσκον ἀφῆκεν, [Refs 8th c.BC+] throw oneself upon, give oneself up to it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. γλῶσσαν let loose one's tongue, make utterance, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. φθογγήν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. θυμὸν ἔς τινας give vent to.. (see.[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀργὴν εἴς τινα vent upon.., [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀ. δάκρυα shed tears, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀ. παντοδαπὰ χρώματα change colour in all ways, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently of liquids, etc., emit, ἀ. τὸ ὑγρόν, τὸν θολόν, τὸ σπέρμα, etc., [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of plants, ἄνθος ἀφιεῖσαι putting forth, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a spider, ἀ. ἀράχνιον[Refs 4th c.BC+]; put forth, produce, καρπόν[Refs 4th c.BC+] leave issue, [NT]:—passive, to be emitted, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of troops, to be let go, launched against the enemy, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. let fall from one's grasp, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to κατέχω, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. give up or hand over to, τὴν Ἰωνίην τοῖσι βαρβάροισι[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἡ Ἀττικὴ ἀπεῖτο ἤδη[Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. send away,

II.1. of persons, κακῶς ἀφίει[Refs 8th c.BC+]

II.1. b let go, loose, set free, ζωόν τινα ἀ.[Refs]; let loose, βοῦς[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. ἐλεύθερον, ἀζήμιον, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς οἴκους, ἐκ γῆς, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with accusative person et genitive of things, release from a thing, ἀποικίης[Refs 5th c.BC+]: in legal sense, acquit of a charge or engagement, φόνου τινα[Refs 4th c.BC+]; συναλλαγμάτων[Refs]: with accusative only, acquit, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, κινδύνου ἀφιέμενοι[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοὺς γέροντας τοὺς ἀφειμένους released from duty, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II.1. c let go, dissolve, disband, of an army or fleet, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; dismiss, δικαστήρια (opposed to λύειν ἐκκλησίαν) [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.1. d put away, divorce, γυναῖκα[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. γάμους break off a marriage, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τὸν υἱόν disown him, [Refs 4th c.BC+] (but with metaphorically from releasing a debtor).

II.1. e dedicate, τὰ νεογνὰ τῷ θεῷ[Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. of things, get rid of, ἀφέτην πολυκαγκέα δίψαν[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀφίει μένος [ἔγχεος] slackened its force, [Refs]; ἀ. ὀργήν put away wrath (see.[Refs 4th c.BC+]; γόους[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. πνεῦμα, ψυχήν, give up the ghost, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: in Prose, give up, leave off, μόχθον[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξυμμαχίαν, σπονδάς, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, ἀ. τὸ προλέγειν[Refs 1st c.BC+]

II.2. b ἀ. πλοῖον ἐς.. loose ship for a place, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. c in legal sense (see. supr. Ib), with dative person et accusative of things, ἀ. τινὶ αἰτίην remit him a charge, [NT+4th c.BC+]; ἀ. πληγάς τινι excuse him a flogging, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. ὅρκον Jusj. in Legal cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δάνειόν τινι[NT]

III. leave alone, pass by, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; neglect, τὰ θεῖα [Refs 5th c.BC+] leave unguarded, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄτιμον, ἔρημον ἀ. τινά, [NT+5th c.BC+]; leave, περὶ κινήσεως, ὅθεν ὑπάρχει, τοῖς ἄλλοις ἀφεῖσαν[Refs]:—passive, especially in perfect imperative, ἀφείσθω ἐπὶ τοῦ παρόντος missum fiat, [Refs]

III.2. with accusative et infinitive, ἀ. τὸ πλοῖον φέρεσθαι let the boat be carried away, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

IV. with accusative person et infinitive, suffer, permit one to do a thing, ἀ. τινὰ ἀποπλέειν[Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive understood, ἡνίκα προῖκ᾽ ἀφιᾶσιν (i.e. θεᾶσθαι) οἱ θεατρῶναι[Refs 4th c.BC+]: with subjunctive, ἄφες ἐκβάλω[NT+1st c.AD+]; ἄφες ἵνα.. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; οὐκ ἤφιεν ἵνα.. [NT]:—passive, ἀφείθη σχολάζειν[Refs 4th c.BC+]

V. seemingly intransitive (i.e. στρατόν, ναῦς, etc.), break up, march, sail, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]

V.2. with infinitive, give up doing, ἀφεὶς σκοπεῖν τὰ δίκαια[Refs 4th c.BC+] __B middle, send forth from oneself, much like active; θορήν[Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.2 loose something of one's own from, δειρῆς δ᾽ οὔ πω.. ἀφίετο πήχεε λευκώ she loosed not her arms from off my neck, [Refs 8th c.BC+] __B.3 frequently in Attic dialect with genitive only, τέκνων ἀφοῦ let go of the children ! [Refs 5th c.BC+]

ἀφίημι (aphiēmi) — to release: forgive. ἀφίημι, 2nd pers.singular ἀφίης[Refs 5th c.BC+] Ionic dialect ἀπίει[Refs 5th c.BC+], 1st pers.plural ἀφίεμεν[Refs 5th c.BC+]imperfect ἀφίειν, with double augment ἠφίειν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers.singular ἀφίει[Refs 8th c.BC+], Ionic dialect ἀπίει[NT+5th c.BC+]; 2nd pers.plural ἀφίετε[Refs 4th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers.plural ἀφίεσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future ἀφήσω[Refs 8th c.BC+], Ionic dialect ἀπ-[Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ἀφεῖκα[Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist I ἀφῆκα, Ionic dialectἀπ-, Epic dialect ἀφέηκα, used in indicative only, [Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist 2 indicative only in dual and plural, ἀφέτην, ἀφεῖμεν, ἀφεῖτε or ἄφετε, ἀφεῖσαν or ἄφεσα; imperative ἄφες, subjunctive ἀφῶ, optative αφείην (2nd pers.plural ἀφεῖτε[Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive ἀφεῖναι, participle ἀφείς:—middle, ἀφίεμαι, Ionic dialect ἀπίεμαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: imperfect 3rd.pers.singular ἀφίετο[Refs 8th c.BC+]: future ἀφήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist 2 ἀφείμην[Refs 5th c.BC+]; imperative ἀφοῦ, ἄφεσθε, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; infinitive -έσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+], participle -έμενος[Refs 5th c.BC+]; Arc.infinitive ἀφεῶσθαι[Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, perfect ἀφεῖμαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]; infinitive ἀφεῖσθαι[Refs 3rd c.BC+]: pluperfect 2nd pers.singular ἀφεῖσο[Refs 4th c.BC+]: rarer perfect 3rd.pers.plural ἀφέωνται[NT]: aorist ἀφείθην[Refs 5th c.BC+], Ionic dialect ἀπείθην[Refs 5th c.BC+]; later Aeolic dialect infinitive ἀφέθην[Refs 2nd c.BC+]: future ἀφεθήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]: ῑ always in Attic dialect [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—send forth, discharge, of missiles, ἔγχος, δίσκον ἀφῆκεν, [Refs 8th c.BC+] throw oneself upon, give oneself up to it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. γλῶσσαν let loose one's tongue, make utterance, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. φθογγήν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. θυμὸν ἔς τινας give vent to.. (see.[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀργὴν εἴς τινα vent upon.., [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀ. δάκρυα shed tears, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀ. παντοδαπὰ χρώματα change colour in all ways, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently of liquids, etc., emit, ἀ. τὸ ὑγρόν, τὸν θολόν, τὸ σπέρμα, etc., [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of plants, ἄνθος ἀφιεῖσαι putting forth, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a spider, ἀ. ἀράχνιον[Refs 4th c.BC+]; put forth, produce, καρπόν[Refs 4th c.BC+] leave issue, [NT]:—passive, to be emitted, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of troops, to be let go, launched against the enemy, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. let fall from one's grasp, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to κατέχω, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. give up or hand over to, τὴν Ἰωνίην τοῖσι βαρβάροισι[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἡ Ἀττικὴ ἀπεῖτο ἤδη[Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. send away,

II.1. of persons, κακῶς ἀφίει[Refs 8th c.BC+]

II.1. c let go, dissolve, disband, of an army or fleet, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; dismiss, δικαστήρια (opposed to λύειν ἐκκλησίαν) [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.1. e dedicate, τὰ νεογνὰ τῷ θεῷ[Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. b ἀ. πλοῖον ἐς.. loose ship for a place, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.2. with accusative et infinitive, ἀ. τὸ πλοῖον φέρεσθαι let the boat be carried away, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

V. seemingly intransitive (i.e. στρατόν, ναῦς, etc.), break up, march, sail, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]

ἀφίημι (aphiēmi) — to release: permit. ἀφίημι, 2nd pers.singular ἀφίης[Refs 5th c.BC+] Ionic dialect ἀπίει[Refs 5th c.BC+], 1st pers.plural ἀφίεμεν[Refs 5th c.BC+]imperfect ἀφίειν, with double augment ἠφίειν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers.singular ἀφίει[Refs 8th c.BC+], Ionic dialect ἀπίει[NT+5th c.BC+]; 2nd pers.plural ἀφίετε[Refs 4th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers.plural ἀφίεσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future ἀφήσω[Refs 8th c.BC+], Ionic dialect ἀπ-[Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ἀφεῖκα[Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist I ἀφῆκα, Ionic dialectἀπ-, Epic dialect ἀφέηκα, used in indicative only, [Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist 2 indicative only in dual and plural, ἀφέτην, ἀφεῖμεν, ἀφεῖτε or ἄφετε, ἀφεῖσαν or ἄφεσα; imperative ἄφες, subjunctive ἀφῶ, optative αφείην (2nd pers.plural ἀφεῖτε[Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive ἀφεῖναι, participle ἀφείς:—middle, ἀφίεμαι, Ionic dialect ἀπίεμαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: imperfect 3rd.pers.singular ἀφίετο[Refs 8th c.BC+]: future ἀφήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist 2 ἀφείμην[Refs 5th c.BC+]; imperative ἀφοῦ, ἄφεσθε, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; infinitive -έσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+], participle -έμενος[Refs 5th c.BC+]; Arc.infinitive ἀφεῶσθαι[Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, perfect ἀφεῖμαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]; infinitive ἀφεῖσθαι[Refs 3rd c.BC+]: pluperfect 2nd pers.singular ἀφεῖσο[Refs 4th c.BC+]: rarer perfect 3rd.pers.plural ἀφέωνται[NT]: aorist ἀφείθην[Refs 5th c.BC+], Ionic dialect ἀπείθην[Refs 5th c.BC+]; later Aeolic dialect infinitive ἀφέθην[Refs 2nd c.BC+]: future ἀφεθήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]: ῑ always in Attic dialect [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—send forth, discharge, of missiles, ἔγχος, δίσκον ἀφῆκεν, [Refs 8th c.BC+] throw oneself upon, give oneself up to it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. γλῶσσαν let loose one's tongue, make utterance, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. φθογγήν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. θυμὸν ἔς τινας give vent to.. (see.[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀργὴν εἴς τινα vent upon.., [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀ. δάκρυα shed tears, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀ. παντοδαπὰ χρώματα change colour in all ways, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently of liquids, etc., emit, ἀ. τὸ ὑγρόν, τὸν θολόν, τὸ σπέρμα, etc., [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of plants, ἄνθος ἀφιεῖσαι putting forth, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a spider, ἀ. ἀράχνιον[Refs 4th c.BC+]; put forth, produce, καρπόν[Refs 4th c.BC+] leave issue, [NT]:—passive, to be emitted, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of troops, to be let go, launched against the enemy, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. let fall from one's grasp, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to κατέχω, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. give up or hand over to, τὴν Ἰωνίην τοῖσι βαρβάροισι[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἡ Ἀττικὴ ἀπεῖτο ἤδη[Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. send away,

II.1. of persons, κακῶς ἀφίει[Refs 8th c.BC+]

II.1. c let go, dissolve, disband, of an army or fleet, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; dismiss, δικαστήρια (opposed to λύειν ἐκκλησίαν) [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.1. e dedicate, τὰ νεογνὰ τῷ θεῷ[Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. b ἀ. πλοῖον ἐς.. loose ship for a place, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.2. with accusative et infinitive, ἀ. τὸ πλοῖον φέρεσθαι let the boat be carried away, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

V. seemingly intransitive (i.e. στρατόν, ναῦς, etc.), break up, march, sail, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]