Strong's G863 · Greek
ἀφίημι
aphiemi · /af-ee'-ay-mee/
Definition
from 575 and hiemi (to send; an intensive form of eimi, to go); to send forth, in various applications (as follow):--cry, forgive, forsake, lay aside, leave, let (alone, be, go, have), omit, put (send) away, remit, suffer, yield up.
KJV: cry, forgive, forsake, lay aside, leave, let (alone, be, go, have), omit, put (send) away, remit, suffer, yield up
Root / derivation: from 575 and hiemi (to send
KJV usage breakdown
How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered ἀφίημι across 133 verses.
Every occurrence (KJV)
133 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.
Matthew40 verses
And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness.1343 Then he suffered him.
Matthew 4:11Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
Matthew 4:20And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.
Matthew 4:22And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.
Matthew 5:24Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
Matthew 5:40And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.
Matthew 6:12And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
Matthew 6:14For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
Matthew 6:15But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Matthew 7:4Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
Matthew 8:15And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.
Matthew 8:22But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
Matthew 9:2And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.
Matthew 9:5For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?
Matthew 9:6But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.
Matthew 12:31Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
Matthew 12:32And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
Matthew 13:30Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
Matthew 13:36Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
Matthew 15:14Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
Matthew 18:12How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?
Matthew 18:21Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
Matthew 18:27Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt.
Matthew 18:32Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:
Matthew 18:35So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
Matthew 19:14But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 19:27Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?
Matthew 19:29And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
Matthew 22:22When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way.
Matthew 22:25Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:
Matthew 23:13But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
Matthew 23:23Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. anise: Gr. dill
Matthew 23:38Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
Matthew 24:2And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Matthew 24:40Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Matthew 24:41Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Matthew 26:44And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.
Matthew 26:56But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.
Matthew 27:49The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.
Matthew 27:50Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
Mark35 verses
And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.
Mark 1:20And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.
Mark 1:31And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.
Mark 1:34And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast out many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew him. to speak: or, to say that they knew him
Mark 2:5When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
Mark 2:7Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
Mark 2:9Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
Mark 2:10But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)
Mark 3:28Verily I say unto you All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:
Mark 4:12That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.
Mark 4:36And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships.
Mark 5:19Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.
Mark 5:37And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.
Mark 7:8For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.
Mark 7:12And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;
Mark 7:27But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.
Mark 8:13And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the other side.
Mark 10:14But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
Mark 10:28Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.
Mark 10:29And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's,
Mark 11:6And they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded: and they let them go.
Mark 11:16And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple.
Mark 11:25And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
Mark 11:26But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.
Mark 12:12And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.
Mark 12:19Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
Mark 12:20Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.
Mark 12:21And the second took her, and died neither left he any seed: and the third likewise.
Mark 12:22And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also.
Mark 13:2And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Mark 13:34For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
Mark 14:6And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.
Mark 14:50And they all forsook him, and fled.
Mark 15:36And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.
Mark 15:37And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.
Luke30 verses
And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them.
Luke 5:11And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him.
Luke 5:20And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.
Luke 5:21And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?
Luke 5:23Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?
Luke 5:24But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house.
Luke 6:42Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.
Luke 7:47Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
Luke 7:48And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.
Luke 7:49And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also?
Luke 8:51And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden.
Luke 9:60Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.
Luke 10:30And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
Luke 11:4And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
Luke 11:42But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Luke 12:10And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven.
Luke 12:39And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.
Luke 13:8And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:
Luke 13:35Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
Luke 17:3Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
Luke 17:4And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
Luke 17:34I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
Luke 17:35Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Luke 17:36Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. this verse is not found in most of the Greek copies
Luke 18:16But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
Luke 18:28Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.
Luke 18:29And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,
Luke 19:44And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
Luke 21:6As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Luke 23:34Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
John14 verses
He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.
John 4:28The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men,
John 4:52Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.
John 8:29And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.
John 10:12But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
John 11:44And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
John 11:48If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
John 12:7Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.
John 14:18I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. comfortless: or, orphans
John 14:27Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
John 16:28I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
John 16:32Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me. his own: or, his own home
John 18:8Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way:
John 20:23Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
Acts2 verses
Romans2 verses
And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
Romans 4:7Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
1 Corinthians3 verses
But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
1 Corinthians 7:12But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
1 Corinthians 7:13And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
Hebrews2 verses
Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him.
Hebrews 6:1Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, principles: or, word of the beginning of
1 John2 verses
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Frequently asked questions
What does Strong's G863 (aphiemi) mean?
from 575 and hiemi (to send; an intensive form of eimi, to go); to send forth, in various applications (as follow):--cry, forgive, forsake, lay aside, leave, let (alone, be, go, have), omit, put (send) away, remit, suffer, yield up.
How many times does G863 appear in the Bible?
Strong's G863 (ἀφίημι) appears in 133 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “left.”
How is aphiemi translated in the KJV?
In the KJV, Strong's G863 is rendered as “left” (36×), “forgive” (23×), “forgiven” (21×), “let” (14×), among other words.
Where does the Greek word ἀφίημι come from?
from 575 and hiemi (to send