Strong G863G863Gἀφίημι
to release: leave
One of the 3 senses of Strong G863
- Transliteration
- aphiēmi
- Pronunciation
- af-ee'-ay-mee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G575 and ἵημι hiēmi (to send; an intensive form of εἶμι eimi (to go)); to send forth in various applications: - cry forgive forsake lay aside leave let (alone be go have) omit put (send) away remit suffer yield up.
Detailed definition
ἀφ-ίημι,
[in LXX for נשׂא, נוח hi., נתן, סלח ni., עזב, etc.;]
1. to send forth, send away, let go: of divorce (DB, iii, 274a), τ. γυναῖκα (Hdt.), 1Co.7:11-13; of death, τ. πνεῦμα (Gen.35:18, Hdt., al.), Mat.27:50; (φωνήν, to utter a cry, Mrk.15:37; of debts, to remit, forgive (cl.), τ. δανεῖον, Mat.18:27; τ. ὀφειλήν, Mat.18:32; esp. of sins (Cremer 296f.), τ. ἁμαρτίας, ἁμαρτήματα, ἀνομίας, Mat.9:2, Rom.4:7" (LXX), 1Jn.1:9, al.; punctiliar and iterative present (M, Pr., 119), Mrk.2:5, Luk.11:4; Ion. pf., ἀφέωνται (M, Pr., 38), Luk.5:23.
2. to leave alone, leave, neglect: Mat.4:11 5:24 15:14, Mrk.1:20, 31 Jhn.4:3, 28 al.; τ. ἐντολὴν τ. θεοῦ, Mrk.7:8; τον̀ τ. ἀρχῆς τ. Χριστοῦ λόγον, Heb.6:1; τ. ἀγάπην τ. πρώτην, Rev.2:4; ptcp., ἀφείς, pleonastic (as in Aram.; M, Pr., 14; Dalman, Words, 21f.), Mat.13:36 22:22, Mrk.8:13, al.
3. to let, suffer, permit: Mat.3:15; with accusative, Mat.3:15, 19:14, al.; with accusative of thing(s) and dative of person(s), Mat.5:40; with inf. pres., Mat.23:14, al.; aor., Mrk.5:37, al.; in late Gk. (M, Pr., 175f.), before ἵνα, Mrk.11:16, Jhn.12:7; with subjunct. (M, Pr., l.with; Bl., §64, 2), Mat.7:4 27:49, Mrk.15:36, Luk.6:42 (see further MM, see word).
(AS)
[in LXX for נשׂא, נוח hi., נתן, סלח ni., עזב, etc.;]
1. to send forth, send away, let go: of divorce (DB, iii, 274a), τ. γυναῖκα (Hdt.), 1Co.7:11-13; of death, τ. πνεῦμα (Gen.35:18, Hdt., al.), Mat.27:50; (φωνήν, to utter a cry, Mrk.15:37; of debts, to remit, forgive (cl.), τ. δανεῖον, Mat.18:27; τ. ὀφειλήν, Mat.18:32; esp. of sins (Cremer 296f.), τ. ἁμαρτίας, ἁμαρτήματα, ἀνομίας, Mat.9:2, Rom.4:7" (LXX), 1Jn.1:9, al.; punctiliar and iterative present (M, Pr., 119), Mrk.2:5, Luk.11:4; Ion. pf., ἀφέωνται (M, Pr., 38), Luk.5:23.
2. to leave alone, leave, neglect: Mat.4:11 5:24 15:14, Mrk.1:20, 31 Jhn.4:3, 28 al.; τ. ἐντολὴν τ. θεοῦ, Mrk.7:8; τον̀ τ. ἀρχῆς τ. Χριστοῦ λόγον, Heb.6:1; τ. ἀγάπην τ. πρώτην, Rev.2:4; ptcp., ἀφείς, pleonastic (as in Aram.; M, Pr., 14; Dalman, Words, 21f.), Mat.13:36 22:22, Mrk.8:13, al.
3. to let, suffer, permit: Mat.3:15; with accusative, Mat.3:15, 19:14, al.; with accusative of thing(s) and dative of person(s), Mat.5:40; with inf. pres., Mat.23:14, al.; aor., Mrk.5:37, al.; in late Gk. (M, Pr., 175f.), before ἵνα, Mrk.11:16, Jhn.12:7; with subjunct. (M, Pr., l.with; Bl., §64, 2), Mat.7:4 27:49, Mrk.15:36, Luk.6:42 (see further MM, see word).
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G863G appears in 58 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- leave39
- let5
- forsake3
- alone2
- forsaken2
- leaveth2
- cry1
- lay1
- put1
- send1
- suffer1
First verses
- Matthew 4:11Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
- Matthew 4:22And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.
- Matthew 5:24Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
- Matthew 8:15And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.
- Matthew 8:22But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
- Matthew 18:12How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?
- Matthew 19:27Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?
- Matthew 19:29And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
- Matthew 22:22When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way.
- Matthew 22:25Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:
- Matthew 23:38Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
- Matthew 24:40Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
- Matthew 24:41Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
- Matthew 26:44And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.
- Matthew 26:56But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.
- Matthew 27:49The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.
- Mark 1:18And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.
- Mark 1:20And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.
- Mark 1:31And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.
- Mark 4:36And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀφίημι,
2nd pers.singular ἀφίης[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 50d, etc., _3rd.pers._ _sing._ ἀφίησι, also ἀφίει,)] Ionic dialect ἀπίει[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.96)], 1st pers.plural ἀφίεμεν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1426; _imperative_ ἀφίει [prev. author] “V.” 428:)]imperfect ἀφίειν, with double augment ἠφίειν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 293a)]; 3rd.pers.singular ἀφίει[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.25, “IG” 22.777.15, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 6.20)], Ionic dialect ἀπίει[NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.157, ἠφίει 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.49, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 222b, ἤφιε NT.Mark.11.16)]; 2nd pers.plural ἀφίετε[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.188)]; 3rd.pers.plural ἀφίεσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 821, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.76, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.79, etc., ἠφίεσαν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.6.11, ἠφίουν 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 6.40 (uncertain))]: future ἀφήσω[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.263, etc.)], Ionic dialect ἀπ-[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.193)]: perfect ἀφεῖκα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.3.13, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 56.26:)]aorist I ἀφῆκα, Ionic dialectἀπ-, Epic dialect ἀφέηκα, used in indicative only, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.841, etc.:)]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+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.139),)]infinitive ἀφεῖναι, participle ἀφείς:—middle, ἀφίεμαι, Ionic dialect ἀπίεμαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.101, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.60, etc.)]: imperfect 3rd.pers.singular ἀφίετο[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.240, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.47)]: future ἀφήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1629)]: aorist 2 ἀφείμην[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 7.11)]; imperative ἀφοῦ, ἄφεσθε, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1521, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 509)]; infinitive -έσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.83)], participle -έμενος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 354b)]; Arc.infinitive ἀφεῶσθαι[Refs 4th c.BC+ (“SIG” 306.19(Tegea, 4th c.BC))]:—passive, perfect ἀφεῖμαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1165, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 635a)]; infinitive ἀφεῖσθαι[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“SIG” 577.77 (Milet., 3rd-2nd c.BC))]: pluperfect 2nd pers.singular ἀφεῖσο[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 572)]: rarer perfect 3rd.pers.plural ἀφέωνται[NT (NT.John.20.23, _imperative_ ἀφεώσθω “IG” 5(2).6.14)]: aorist ἀφείθην[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1377, ἀφέθην Batrachomyomachia 87)], Ionic dialect ἀπείθην[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.112)]; later Aeolic dialect infinitive ἀφέθην[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“Milet.” 3 No.152.34 (2nd c.BC))]: future ἀφεθήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 472a, etc. [ῐ mostly in _Epic dialect_ (except in augment tenses))]: ῑ always in Attic dialect [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus also has ἀφῑετε, for the sake of meter, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.126])]:—send forth, discharge, of missiles, ἔγχος, δίσκον ἀφῆκεν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.372, 23.432; ἀφῆκ᾽ ἀργῆτα κεραυνόν 8.133; ἀπῆκε βέλος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.18, etc.: hence in various senses, ἀ. ἑαυτὸν ἐπί τι)] throw oneself upon, give oneself up to it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 373d; ἀ. αὑτὸν εἰς τὴν πολιτείαν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alcibiades” 13)]; ἀ. γλῶσσαν let loose one's tongue, make utterance, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.15, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 991)]; ἀ. φθογγήν[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 418; ἔπος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 731; φωνάς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.218; γόους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 59 (see. below 11.2); ἀρὰς ἀφῆκας παιδί [prev. author] “Hipp.” 1324)]; ἀ. θυμὸν ἔς τινας give vent to.. (see.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (below 11.2), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1088)]; ὀργὴν εἴς τινα vent upon.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.58)]; ἀ. δάκρυα shed tears, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.153)]; ἀ. παντοδαπὰ χρώματα change colour in all ways, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 222b)]; frequently of liquids, etc., emit, ἀ. τὸ ὑγρόν, τὸν θολόν, τὸ σπέρμα, etc., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 487a18, 524a12, 489a9; ἀ. τὸ ᾠόν, τὸ κύημα, [prev. work] 568b30, a22)]; of plants, ἄνθος ἀφιεῖσαι putting forth, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.126, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 7.7.3)]; of a spider, ἀ. ἀράχνιον[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 555b5; ἱδρῶτα 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marius” 26)]; put forth, produce, καρπόν[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 3.4.5; φύλλον [prev. work] 6.5.1 (but ἀ. σπέρμα)] leave issue, [NT (NT.Mark.12.22))]:—passive, to be emitted, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.77 (tmesis))]; of troops, to be let go, launched against the enemy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.112.)]
2 let fall from one's grasp, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.221)]; opposed to κατέχω, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.508d; πόντιον ἀ. τινά 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 797.)]
3 give up or hand over to, τὴν Ἰωνίην τοῖσι βαρβάροισι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.106; ἐχθροῖς αἶαν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 306; ἀ. τινὰ δημόσια εἶναι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.13)]:—passive, ἡ Ἀττικὴ ἀπεῖτο ἤδη[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.49.)]
II send away,
II.1 of persons, κακῶς ἀφίει[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.25; αὐτὸν δὲ κλαίοντα.. ἀφήσω 2.263.)]
II.1.b let go, loose, set free, ζωόν τινα ἀ.[Refs (20.464)]; let loose, βοῦς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.69; περιστεράς 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 62.3; ἀ. Αἴγιναν αὐτόνομον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.139)]; ἀ. ἐλεύθερον, ἀζήμιον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 591a, “Lg.” 765c; τινὰς ἀφορολογήτους 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.46.5; ἀφέντ᾽ ἐᾶν τινα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 754, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 463)]; ἐς οἴκους, ἐκ γῆς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 320, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 739)]: with accusative person et genitive of things, release from a thing, ἀποικίης[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.157)]: in legal sense, acquit of a charge or engagement, φόνου τινα[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 37.59 (_absolutely_, ἐὰν αἰδέσηται καὶ ἀφῇ [prev. passage]))]; συναλλαγμάτων[Refs ([prev. author] 33.12)]: with accusative only, acquit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.1.2, etc. (see. below 2 c))]:—passive, κινδύνου ἀφιέμενοι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.106)]; τοὺς γέροντας τοὺς ἀφειμένους released from duty, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1275a15; ἐγκλημάτων ἀφεῖσο 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 572.)]
II.1.c let go, dissolve, disband, of an army or fleet, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.77, etc.)]; dismiss, δικαστήρια (opposed to λύειν ἐκκλησίαν) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 595.)]
II.1.d put away, divorce, γυναῖκα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.39)]; ἀ. γάμους break off a marriage, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 973)]; ἀ. τὸν υἱόν disown him, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1163b22)] (but with metaphorically from releasing a debtor).
II.1.e dedicate, τὰ νεογνὰ τῷ θεῷ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 5.14; ἱερὸν.. ἄβατον ἀφεῖτο 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 116c.)]
II.2 of things, get rid of, ἀφέτην πολυκαγκέα δίψαν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.642)]; ἀφίει μένος [ἔγχεος] slackened its force, [Refs (13.444)]; ἀ. ὀργήν put away wrath (see.[Refs 4th c.BC+ (above 1.1), 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 317; ὀργήν τινι 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 1.10.6)]; γόους[Refs 5th c.BC+ ((see. above 1.1) 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1022; νόσημα 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 2.39)]; ἀ. πνεῦμα, ψυχήν, give up the ghost, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 571, “Or.” 1171)]: in Prose, give up, leave off, μόχθον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.206)]; ξυμμαχίαν, σπονδάς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.78, 115, etc.)]:—middle, ἀ. τὸ προλέγειν[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 19.1.)]
II.2.b ἀ. πλοῖον ἐς.. loose ship for a place, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.42.)]
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+ ([prev. author] 6.30; τὰς ἁμαρτάδας [prev. author] 8.140.β᾽,cf. NT.Matt.6.12, +others; τὰς δίκας.. ἀφίεσαν τοῖς ἐπιτρόποις 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.79; ἀ. τινὶ εἰς ἐλευθερίαν χιλίας δραχμάς [prev. author] 59.30, compare “IG” 22.43 A 27)]; ἀ. πληγάς τινι excuse him a flogging, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1426)]; ἀ. ὅρκον Jusj. in Legal cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.98; φόρον 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 21.24.8 (_passive_))]; δάνειόν τινι[NT (NT.Matt.18.27.)]
III leave alone, pass by, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.95, etc.)]; neglect, τὰ θεῖα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1537; τὸν καιρόν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.8; λέκτρων εὐνάς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 544: followed by a predicate, ἀφύλακτον ἀ. τὴν ἑωυτῶν)] leave unguarded, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.70)]; ἄτιμον, ἔρημον ἀ. τινά, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1279, “Ant.” 887; ἀ. τινὰς ὀρφανούς NT.John.14.18; ἀ. τι ἀόριστον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1265a39)]; leave, περὶ κινήσεως, ὅθεν ὑπάρχει, τοῖς ἄλλοις ἀφεῖσαν[Refs ([prev. author] “Metaphorical” 985b20, compare 987b14)]:—passive, especially in perfect imperative, ἀφείσθω ἐπὶ τοῦ παρόντος missum fiat, [Refs ([prev. author] “EN” 1166a34, compare “Pol.” 1286a5, 1289b12.)]
III.2 with accusative et infinitive, ἀ. τὸ πλοῖον φέρεσθαι let the boat be carried away, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.194; μὴ ἀφεῖναί με ἐπὶ ξένης ἀδιαφορηθῆναι “PLond.” 2.144.14(1st c.AD).)]
IV with accusative person et infinitive, suffer, permit one to do a thing, ἀ. τινὰ ἀποπλέειν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.25, compare 6.62, +others, etc.: with)]infinitive understood, ἡνίκα προῖκ᾽ ἀφιᾶσιν (i.e. θεᾶσθαι) οἱ θεατρῶναι[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 30.6)]: with subjunctive, ἄφες ἐκβάλω[NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Matt.7.4, compare 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.9.15; ἄφες ἐγὼ θρηνήσω “POxy.” 413.184 (1st c.AD))]; ἄφες ἵνα.. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 4.13.19)]; οὐκ ἤφιεν ἵνα.. [NT (NT.Mark.11.16)]:—passive, ἀφείθη σχολάζειν[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 981b24.)]
V seemingly intransitive (i.e. στρατόν, ναῦς, etc.), break up, march, sail, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.193; ἀ. ἐς τὸ πέλαγος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.19; compare 11.2b.)]
V.2 with infinitive, give up doing, ἀφεὶς σκοπεῖν τὰ δίκαια[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 94.)]
B middle, send forth from oneself, much like active; θορήν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.101.)]
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+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.240.)]
B.3 frequently in Attic dialect with genitive only, τέκνων ἀφοῦ let go of the children ! [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1521; τοῦ κοινοῦ τῆς σωτηρίας ἀ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.60; λόγων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 458c, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.178; μὴ ἀφίεσο τοῦ Θεαιτήτου, ἀλλ᾽ ἐρώτα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 146b, etc.; ἀφεῖσθαι τοῦ δικαίου τούτου 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 37.1; ἀφέμενος τῆς ἰαμβικῆς ἰδέας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1449b8.)]
2nd pers.singular ἀφίης[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 50d, etc., _3rd.pers._ _sing._ ἀφίησι, also ἀφίει,)] Ionic dialect ἀπίει[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.96)], 1st pers.plural ἀφίεμεν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1426; _imperative_ ἀφίει [prev. author] “V.” 428:)]imperfect ἀφίειν, with double augment ἠφίειν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 293a)]; 3rd.pers.singular ἀφίει[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.25, “IG” 22.777.15, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 6.20)], Ionic dialect ἀπίει[NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.157, ἠφίει 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.49, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 222b, ἤφιε NT.Mark.11.16)]; 2nd pers.plural ἀφίετε[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.188)]; 3rd.pers.plural ἀφίεσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 821, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.76, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.79, etc., ἠφίεσαν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.6.11, ἠφίουν 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 6.40 (uncertain))]: future ἀφήσω[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.263, etc.)], Ionic dialect ἀπ-[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.193)]: perfect ἀφεῖκα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.3.13, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 56.26:)]aorist I ἀφῆκα, Ionic dialectἀπ-, Epic dialect ἀφέηκα, used in indicative only, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.841, etc.:)]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+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.139),)]infinitive ἀφεῖναι, participle ἀφείς:—middle, ἀφίεμαι, Ionic dialect ἀπίεμαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.101, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.60, etc.)]: imperfect 3rd.pers.singular ἀφίετο[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.240, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.47)]: future ἀφήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1629)]: aorist 2 ἀφείμην[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 7.11)]; imperative ἀφοῦ, ἄφεσθε, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1521, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 509)]; infinitive -έσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.83)], participle -έμενος[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 354b)]; Arc.infinitive ἀφεῶσθαι[Refs 4th c.BC+ (“SIG” 306.19(Tegea, 4th c.BC))]:—passive, perfect ἀφεῖμαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1165, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 635a)]; infinitive ἀφεῖσθαι[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“SIG” 577.77 (Milet., 3rd-2nd c.BC))]: pluperfect 2nd pers.singular ἀφεῖσο[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 572)]: rarer perfect 3rd.pers.plural ἀφέωνται[NT (NT.John.20.23, _imperative_ ἀφεώσθω “IG” 5(2).6.14)]: aorist ἀφείθην[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1377, ἀφέθην Batrachomyomachia 87)], Ionic dialect ἀπείθην[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.112)]; later Aeolic dialect infinitive ἀφέθην[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“Milet.” 3 No.152.34 (2nd c.BC))]: future ἀφεθήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 472a, etc. [ῐ mostly in _Epic dialect_ (except in augment tenses))]: ῑ always in Attic dialect [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus also has ἀφῑετε, for the sake of meter, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.126])]:—send forth, discharge, of missiles, ἔγχος, δίσκον ἀφῆκεν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.372, 23.432; ἀφῆκ᾽ ἀργῆτα κεραυνόν 8.133; ἀπῆκε βέλος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.18, etc.: hence in various senses, ἀ. ἑαυτὸν ἐπί τι)] throw oneself upon, give oneself up to it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 373d; ἀ. αὑτὸν εἰς τὴν πολιτείαν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alcibiades” 13)]; ἀ. γλῶσσαν let loose one's tongue, make utterance, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.15, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 991)]; ἀ. φθογγήν[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 418; ἔπος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 731; φωνάς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.218; γόους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 59 (see. below 11.2); ἀρὰς ἀφῆκας παιδί [prev. author] “Hipp.” 1324)]; ἀ. θυμὸν ἔς τινας give vent to.. (see.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (below 11.2), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1088)]; ὀργὴν εἴς τινα vent upon.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.58)]; ἀ. δάκρυα shed tears, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.153)]; ἀ. παντοδαπὰ χρώματα change colour in all ways, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 222b)]; frequently of liquids, etc., emit, ἀ. τὸ ὑγρόν, τὸν θολόν, τὸ σπέρμα, etc., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 487a18, 524a12, 489a9; ἀ. τὸ ᾠόν, τὸ κύημα, [prev. work] 568b30, a22)]; of plants, ἄνθος ἀφιεῖσαι putting forth, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.126, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 7.7.3)]; of a spider, ἀ. ἀράχνιον[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 555b5; ἱδρῶτα 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marius” 26)]; put forth, produce, καρπόν[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 3.4.5; φύλλον [prev. work] 6.5.1 (but ἀ. σπέρμα)] leave issue, [NT (NT.Mark.12.22))]:—passive, to be emitted, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.77 (tmesis))]; of troops, to be let go, launched against the enemy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.112.)]
2 let fall from one's grasp, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.221)]; opposed to κατέχω, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.508d; πόντιον ἀ. τινά 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 797.)]
3 give up or hand over to, τὴν Ἰωνίην τοῖσι βαρβάροισι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.106; ἐχθροῖς αἶαν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 306; ἀ. τινὰ δημόσια εἶναι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.13)]:—passive, ἡ Ἀττικὴ ἀπεῖτο ἤδη[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.49.)]
II send away,
II.1 of persons, κακῶς ἀφίει[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.25; αὐτὸν δὲ κλαίοντα.. ἀφήσω 2.263.)]
II.1.b let go, loose, set free, ζωόν τινα ἀ.[Refs (20.464)]; let loose, βοῦς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.69; περιστεράς 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 62.3; ἀ. Αἴγιναν αὐτόνομον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.139)]; ἀ. ἐλεύθερον, ἀζήμιον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 591a, “Lg.” 765c; τινὰς ἀφορολογήτους 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.46.5; ἀφέντ᾽ ἐᾶν τινα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 754, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 463)]; ἐς οἴκους, ἐκ γῆς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 320, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 739)]: with accusative person et genitive of things, release from a thing, ἀποικίης[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.157)]: in legal sense, acquit of a charge or engagement, φόνου τινα[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 37.59 (_absolutely_, ἐὰν αἰδέσηται καὶ ἀφῇ [prev. passage]))]; συναλλαγμάτων[Refs ([prev. author] 33.12)]: with accusative only, acquit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.1.2, etc. (see. below 2 c))]:—passive, κινδύνου ἀφιέμενοι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.106)]; τοὺς γέροντας τοὺς ἀφειμένους released from duty, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1275a15; ἐγκλημάτων ἀφεῖσο 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 572.)]
II.1.c let go, dissolve, disband, of an army or fleet, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.77, etc.)]; dismiss, δικαστήρια (opposed to λύειν ἐκκλησίαν) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 595.)]
II.1.d put away, divorce, γυναῖκα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.39)]; ἀ. γάμους break off a marriage, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 973)]; ἀ. τὸν υἱόν disown him, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1163b22)] (but with metaphorically from releasing a debtor).
II.1.e dedicate, τὰ νεογνὰ τῷ θεῷ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 5.14; ἱερὸν.. ἄβατον ἀφεῖτο 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 116c.)]
II.2 of things, get rid of, ἀφέτην πολυκαγκέα δίψαν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.642)]; ἀφίει μένος [ἔγχεος] slackened its force, [Refs (13.444)]; ἀ. ὀργήν put away wrath (see.[Refs 4th c.BC+ (above 1.1), 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 317; ὀργήν τινι 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 1.10.6)]; γόους[Refs 5th c.BC+ ((see. above 1.1) 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1022; νόσημα 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 2.39)]; ἀ. πνεῦμα, ψυχήν, give up the ghost, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 571, “Or.” 1171)]: in Prose, give up, leave off, μόχθον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.206)]; ξυμμαχίαν, σπονδάς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.78, 115, etc.)]:—middle, ἀ. τὸ προλέγειν[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 19.1.)]
II.2.b ἀ. πλοῖον ἐς.. loose ship for a place, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.42.)]
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+ ([prev. author] 6.30; τὰς ἁμαρτάδας [prev. author] 8.140.β᾽,cf. NT.Matt.6.12, +others; τὰς δίκας.. ἀφίεσαν τοῖς ἐπιτρόποις 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.79; ἀ. τινὶ εἰς ἐλευθερίαν χιλίας δραχμάς [prev. author] 59.30, compare “IG” 22.43 A 27)]; ἀ. πληγάς τινι excuse him a flogging, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1426)]; ἀ. ὅρκον Jusj. in Legal cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.98; φόρον 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 21.24.8 (_passive_))]; δάνειόν τινι[NT (NT.Matt.18.27.)]
III leave alone, pass by, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.95, etc.)]; neglect, τὰ θεῖα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1537; τὸν καιρόν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.8; λέκτρων εὐνάς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 544: followed by a predicate, ἀφύλακτον ἀ. τὴν ἑωυτῶν)] leave unguarded, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.70)]; ἄτιμον, ἔρημον ἀ. τινά, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1279, “Ant.” 887; ἀ. τινὰς ὀρφανούς NT.John.14.18; ἀ. τι ἀόριστον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1265a39)]; leave, περὶ κινήσεως, ὅθεν ὑπάρχει, τοῖς ἄλλοις ἀφεῖσαν[Refs ([prev. author] “Metaphorical” 985b20, compare 987b14)]:—passive, especially in perfect imperative, ἀφείσθω ἐπὶ τοῦ παρόντος missum fiat, [Refs ([prev. author] “EN” 1166a34, compare “Pol.” 1286a5, 1289b12.)]
III.2 with accusative et infinitive, ἀ. τὸ πλοῖον φέρεσθαι let the boat be carried away, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.194; μὴ ἀφεῖναί με ἐπὶ ξένης ἀδιαφορηθῆναι “PLond.” 2.144.14(1st c.AD).)]
IV with accusative person et infinitive, suffer, permit one to do a thing, ἀ. τινὰ ἀποπλέειν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.25, compare 6.62, +others, etc.: with)]infinitive understood, ἡνίκα προῖκ᾽ ἀφιᾶσιν (i.e. θεᾶσθαι) οἱ θεατρῶναι[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 30.6)]: with subjunctive, ἄφες ἐκβάλω[NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Matt.7.4, compare 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.9.15; ἄφες ἐγὼ θρηνήσω “POxy.” 413.184 (1st c.AD))]; ἄφες ἵνα.. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 4.13.19)]; οὐκ ἤφιεν ἵνα.. [NT (NT.Mark.11.16)]:—passive, ἀφείθη σχολάζειν[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 981b24.)]
V seemingly intransitive (i.e. στρατόν, ναῦς, etc.), break up, march, sail, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.193; ἀ. ἐς τὸ πέλαγος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.19; compare 11.2b.)]
V.2 with infinitive, give up doing, ἀφεὶς σκοπεῖν τὰ δίκαια[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 94.)]
B middle, send forth from oneself, much like active; θορήν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.101.)]
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+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.240.)]
B.3 frequently in Attic dialect with genitive only, τέκνων ἀφοῦ let go of the children ! [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1521; τοῦ κοινοῦ τῆς σωτηρίας ἀ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.60; λόγων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 458c, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.178; μὴ ἀφίεσο τοῦ Θεαιτήτου, ἀλλ᾽ ἐρώτα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 146b, etc.; ἀφεῖσθαι τοῦ δικαίου τούτου 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 37.1; ἀφέμενος τῆς ἰαμβικῆς ἰδέας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1449b8.)]