Original: ἄφεσις

Transliteration: áphesis

Phonetic: af'-es-is

Short Definition: Deliverance

- Original: ἄφεσις

- Transliteration: Aphesis

- Phonetic: af'-es-is

- Definition:

1. release from bondage or imprisonment

2. forgiveness or pardon, of sins (letting them go as if they had never been committed), remission of the penalty

- Origin: from G863

- TDNT entry: 09:29,9

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

- Strong's: From G863; freedom; (figuratively) pardon: - deliverance forgiveness liberty remission.

Cognate: G3929, G3935, G863