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Étym<\/b>. ἀφε- rad. verb. de<\/i> ἀφίημι.<\/p>" }, { "dictionary": "LSJ", "reference": "Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1940)", "source": null, "description": "εως, ἡ, (< ἀφίημι) letting go, release<\/b>, περὶ τῆς τῶν πλοίων ἀφέσεως Philipp. ap. D. 18.77, cf. Pl. Plt.<\/i> 273c; καρπῶν PAmh. 2.43.9 (ii BC); γῆ ἐν ἀφέσει land in private hands<\/b>, opp. βασιλική, PTeb. 5.37 (ii BC), etc. of persons, dismissal<\/b>; in ritual, λαοῖς ἄ. Apul. Met.<\/i> 11.17; release<\/b>, Plb. 1.79.12, IG 2.314.21, Ev. Luc. 4.18. c. gen., ἀ. φόνου quittance from<\/b> murder, Pl. Lg.<\/i> 869d; so abs., Hermog. Stat.<\/i> 8; discharge from<\/b> a bond, D. 33.3; ἄ. ἐναντίον μαρτύρων ποιήσασθαι Id. 45.41; opp. ἀπόδοσις χρημάτων, Isoc. 17.29; exemption from attendance, leave of absence<\/b>, Arist. Ath.<\/i> 30.6; ἀ. τῆς στρατείας exemption from<\/b> service, Plu. Ages.<\/i> 24; remission<\/b> of a debt, ταλάντου Michel 1340B 7 (Cnidus, ii BC); χρημάτων IPE<\/i> 1². 32B 70 (Olbia, iii BC); sc. καταδίκης, Inscr.Magn.<\/i> 93c16.forgiveness<\/b>, Ev. Marc. 3.29; ἁμαρτιῶν Ev. Matt. 26.28.relaxation, exhaustion<\/b>, Hp. Epid.<\/i> 3.6.divorce<\/b>, τινὶ πέμπειν Plu. Pomp.<\/i> 42.starting<\/b> of horses in a race, ἵππων ἄ. ποιεῖν D.S. 4.73; hence, starting-post<\/b> itself, ἰσώσας τἀφέσει (Musgr. for τῇ φύσει) τὰ τέρματα having made the winning-post one with the starting-post<\/b>, i.e. having completed the δίαυλος and come back to the starting-post<\/b>, dub.<\/font> cj. in S. El.<\/i> 686, cf. Paus. 5.15.5, 6.20.9; metaph<\/i>, the first start, beginning<\/b> of anything, Man. 3.405, etc.discharge, emission<\/b>, ὕδατος Arist. PA<\/i> 697a24; βέλους D.S. 17.41; τοῦ θοροῦ, τοῦ ᾠοῦ Arist. GA<\/i> 756a12; τοῦ κυήματος Id. HA<\/i> 608a1; the dropping<\/b> of a foal, ib.<\/i> 576a25.discharge, release<\/b> of an engine, Ph. Bel.<\/i> 58.24. = ἀφεσμός, Arist. HA<\/i> 625a20 (pl.).release<\/b>, ὕδατος PPetr. 2 p. 34 (iii BC); hence, in concrete sense, conduit, sluice<\/b>, ib.<\/i> 3 p. 88, PFlor. 388.44 (iii AD); pl., ἀφέσεις θαλάσσης channels<\/b>, LXX 2 Ki. 22.16.Astrol., reckoning of the vital quadrant<\/b>, Ptol. Tetr.<\/i> 127, cf. Vett.Val. 136.2 (but ἀπὸ Λέοντος τὴν ἄφεσιν ποιούμενοι, simply, starting from<\/b>…, Id. 31.8)." }, { "dictionary": "Pape", "reference": "Pape, Griechisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch (3. Aufl., 1914)", "source": null, "description": "ἡ,1)<\/b> das Entlassen, die Loslassung<\/i>, πλοίων Dem. 18.77 ; eines Gefangenen, Pol. 1.79 u. öfter ; das Abschießen eines Geschosses<\/i>, 27.9 ; die Entlassung der Frau, Ehescheidung<\/i>, Plut. Pomp<\/i>. 44 ; das Loslassen eines Rennpferdes aus den Schranken<\/i> und diese selbst, Paus. 6.20.7 ; Poll. 3.147 ; Eröffnung der Schranken<\/i> ; von einer Stute, das Fohlen<\/i>, Arist. H.A<\/i>. 6.22.2)<\/b> das Erlassen einer Schuld od. Strafe<\/i>, φόνου Plat. Legg<\/i>. IX.869d ; ὀφλήματος καὶ τάξεως Dem. 24.45.3)<\/b> = ἀφεσμός, Arist. H.A<\/i>. 9.40." }, { "dictionary": "TBESG", "reference": "Translators Brief lexicon of Extended Strongs for Greek based on Abbot-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) (=AS), with corrections and adapted by Tyndale Scholars", "source": null, "description": " ἄφεσις<\/b>, -εως, ἡ (< ἀφίημι), [in LXX for יוֹבֵל, דְּרוֹר, etc. (see Deiss., BS, 98 ff.; MM, see word) ;] __1. dismissal, release<\/b>: Luk.4:18. __2. Metaph., 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<\/i>, ii, 56; DCG<\/i>, i, 437, ii, 605; Cremer, 297 f.).† SYN.<\/i>: πάρεσις, which see (and cf. Tr., § xxxiii) <\/re> (AS)" } ] } ] }