forgiveness

Greek Noun Female

ἄφεσις, -εως, ἡ (ἀφίημι), [in LXX for יוֹבֵל, דְּרוֹר, etc. (see Deiss, BS, 98 ff; MM, see word);] 1) dismissal, release: Luk.4:18. 2) Metaphorical, of sins (never in LXX), pardon, remission of penalty: ἁμαρτιῶν, Mat.26:28, Mrk.1:4, Luk.1:77 3:3 24:47, Act.2:38 5:31 10:43 13:38 26:18, Col.1:14; παραπτωμάτων, Eph.1:7; absol, Mrk.3:29, Heb.9:22 10:18 (cf. DB, ii, 56; DCG, i, 437, ii, 605; Cremer, 297 f.). SYN.: πάρεσις, which see (and cf. Tr, § xxxiii) (AS)

forgiveness

Greek Noun Female

ἄφεσις, εως, ἡ, (ἀφίημι) letting go, release, περὶ τῆς τῶν πλοίων ἀφέσεως Philipp. cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γῆ ἐν ἀφέσει land in private hands, opposed to βασιλική, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] b) of persons, dismissal: in ritual, λαοῖς ἄ.[Refs 4th c.AD+]; release, [NT+2nd c.BC+] 2) with genitive, ἀ. φόνου quittance from murder, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; discharge from a bond, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; opposed to ἀπόδοσις χρημάτων, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; exemption from attendance, leave of absence, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀ. τῆς στρατείας exemption from service, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; remission of a debt, ταλάντου[Refs 2nd c.BC+]; χρημάτων[Refs 3rd c.BC+]; i.e. καταδίκης, [Refs] 2.b) forgiveness, NT.Mark.3.29; ἁμαρτιῶν[NT] 3) relaxation, exhaustion, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 4) divorce, τινὶ πέμπειν[Refs 1st c.AD+] 5) starting of horses in a race, ἵππων ἄ. ποιεῖν[Refs 1st c.BC+]: hence, starting-post itself, ἰσώσας τἀφέσει (Musgr. for τῇ φύσει) τὰ τέρματα having made the winning-post one with the starting-post, i.e. having completed the δίαυλος and come back to the starting-post, uncertain conjecture in [Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically, the first start, beginning of anything, [Refs 4th c.AD+] 6) discharge, emission, ὕδατος[Refs 4th c.BC+]; the dropping of a foal, [Refs] 6.b) discharge, release of an engine, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] 7) ={ἀφεσμός}, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 8) release, ὕδατος[Refs 3rd c.BC+]: hence, in concrete sense, conduit, sluice,[Refs 3rd c.AD+]channels, [LXX] 9) Astrology texts, reckoning of the vital quadrant, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] simply, starting from, [Refs]

Greek

Noun Feminine

freedom; (figuratively) pardon; deliverance, forgiveness, liberty, remission; from g863 (ἀφίημι)