Original: ἀφίημι

Transliteration: aphíēmi

Phonetic: af-ee'-ay-mee

Short Definition: Cry

- Original: ἀφίημι

- Transliteration: Aphiemi

- Phonetic: af-ee'-ay-mee

- Definition:

1. to send away

a. to bid going away or depart

1. of a husband divorcing his wife

b. to send forth, yield up, to expire

c. to let go, let alone, let be

1. to disregard

2. to leave, not to discuss now, (a topic) 1c

2. of teachers, writers and speakers

1. to omit, neglect

a. to let go, give up a debt, forgive, to remit

b. to give up, keep no longer

3. to permit, allow, not to hinder, to give up a thing to a person

4. to leave, go way from one

a. in order to go to another place

b. to depart from any one

c. to depart from one and leave him to himself so that all mutual claims are abandoned

d. to desert wrongfully

e. to go away leaving something behind

f. to leave one by not taking him as a companion

g. to leave on dying, leave behind one

h. to leave so that what is left may remain, leave remaining

i. abandon, leave destitute

- Origin: from G575 and hiemi (to send, an intens. form of eimi, to go)

- TDNT entry: 09:29,9

- Part(s) of speech: Verb

- Strong's: From G575 and ἵημι hiē mi (to send; an intensive form of εἶμι eimi (to go)); to send forth in various applications: - cry forgive forsake lay aside leave let (alone be go have) omit put (send) away remit suffer yield up.

Cognate: G3929, G3935, G859