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)