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SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

ἄφεσις

Lexicon Index Written Scriptures

Lemma	ἄφεσις
Citation form	ἄφεσις, εως, ἡ
Part of speech	noun
Gloss	deliverance, pardon, complete forgiveness
Strong’s	G0859
Transliteration	áphesis
Definition	freedom; (figuratively) pardon
KJV glosses	:--deliverance, forgiveness, liberty, remission.
Derivation	from
SBLGNT occurrences	16

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek form	Grammar and occurrences
ἀφέσει	noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — Luke 1:77 noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — Luke 4:18
ἄφεσιν	noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Matthew 26:28 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Mark 1:4 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Mark 3:29 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Luke 24:47 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Luke 3:3 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Luke 4:18 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Acts 10:43 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Acts 2:38 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Acts 26:18 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Acts 5:31 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Ephesians 1:7 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Colossians 1:14
ἄφεσις	noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Acts 13:38 noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Hebrews 10:18 noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Hebrews 9:22

Morphology

noun; MorphGNT ----ASF-
noun; MorphGNT ----DSF-
noun; MorphGNT ----NSF-

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: αφεσις.