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)

to send forth; send away; let go; to utter a cry; to remit; forgive; to leave alone; leave; neglect; to let; suffer; permit