Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon
ἄφεσις (G859)
17 ἄφεσις , -εως, ἡ ( ἀφίημι ), [in LXX for יוֹבֵל , דְּרוֹר , etc. (v. Deiss., BS , 98 ff.; MM, s.v.);] dismissal , release : Lk 4:18 . Metaph., of sins (never in LXX), pardon , remission of penalty : ἁμαρτιῶν , Mt 26:28 , Mk 1:4 , Lk 1:77 3:3 24:47 , Ac 2:38 5:31 10:43 13:38 26:18 , Col 1:14 ; παραπτωμάτων , Eph 1:7 ; absol., Mk 3:29 , He 9:22 10:18 (cf. DB , ii, 56; DCG , i, 437, ii, 605; Cremer, 297 f.).† SYN. : πάρεσις , q.v. (and cf. Tr., § xxxiii).
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