Greek word study

ἀφίημιaphíēmi I send away, release, remit, forgive, permit

(a) I send away, (b) I let go, release, permit to depart, (c) I remit, forgive, (d) I permit, suffer.

Translated in the King James as: cry, forgive, forsake, lay aside, leave, let (alone, be, go, have), omit, put (send) away, remit, suffer, yield up

Appears 142 times in Scripture

Origin: from G575 (ἀπό) and (to send;

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Where it appears

Matthew 47×
Matt 3:15Matt 4:11Matt 4:20Matt 4:22Matt 5:24Matt 5:40Matt 6:12Matt 6:14Matt 6:15Matt 7:4Matt 8:15Matt 8:22Matt 9:2Matt 9:5Matt 9:6Matt 12:31Matt 12:32Matt 13:30Matt 13:36Matt 15:14Matt 18:12Matt 18:21Matt 18:27Matt 18:32Matt 18:35+ 22 more in Matthew
Mark 33×
Mark 1:18Mark 1:20Mark 1:31Mark 1:34Mark 2:5Mark 2:7Mark 2:9Mark 2:10Mark 3:28Mark 4:12Mark 4:36Mark 5:19Mark 5:37Mark 7:8Mark 7:12Mark 7:27Mark 8:13Mark 10:14Mark 10:28Mark 10:29Mark 11:6Mark 11:16Mark 11:25Mark 12:12Mark 12:20+ 8 more in Mark
Luke 31×
Luke 4:39Luke 5:11Luke 5:20Luke 5:21Luke 5:23Luke 5:24Luke 6:42Luke 7:47Luke 7:48Luke 7:49Luke 8:51Luke 9:60Luke 10:30Luke 11:4Luke 12:10Luke 12:39Luke 13:8Luke 13:35Luke 17:3Luke 17:4Luke 17:34Luke 17:35Luke 18:16Luke 18:28Luke 18:29+ 6 more in Luke
John 15×
John 4:3John 4:28John 4:52John 8:29John 10:12John 11:44John 11:48John 12:7John 14:18John 14:27John 16:28John 16:32John 18:8John 20:23+ 1 more in John
Acts 3×
Acts 5:38Acts 8:22Acts 14:17
Romans 2×
Rom 1:27Rom 4:7
1 Corinthians 3×
1 Cor 7:111 Cor 7:121 Cor 7:13
Hebrews 2×
Heb 2:8Heb 6:1
James 1×
James 5:15
1 John 2×
1 John 1:91 John 2:12
Revelation 3×
Rev 2:4Rev 2:20Rev 11:9

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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA), Dodson Greek Lexicon (public domain). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.