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Strong's G863 ἀφίημι (aphiemi)

Aphiemi means “forgive” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H863 — ittay (“Ithai”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G863
Language Greek
Linked Usages 247
Books 39

Strong's G863 Quick Answer

Strong's G863 Ἄφες is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. aphiemi (af-ee'-ay-mee) v. 1. to send forth {in various applications (as follow)} It has 247 linked Bible usages across 39 books. Visible English usage signals include forgive, followed, went, go, and follow. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
aphiemi (af-ee'-ay-mee) v. 1. to send forth {in various applications (as follow)}
Usage
247 linked usages
Books
39 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
forgive, followed, went, go, and follow

Meaning and Definition

aphiemi (af-ee'-ay-mee) v. 1. to send forth {in various applications (as follow)} [from G575 and hiemi "to send" (an intensive form of eimi "to go")] KJV: cry, forgive, forsake, lay aside, leave, let

Original Word
Ἄφες
Morphology
V-2AAM-2S

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G863. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to release: leave

Usage: ἀφ-ίημι, [in LXX for נשׂא, נוח hi., נתן, סלח ni., עזב, etc. ;] __1. to send forth, send away, let go: of divorce (DB, iii, 274a), τ. γυναῖκα (Hdt.), 1Co.7:11-13; of death, τ. πνεῦμα (Gen.35:18, Hdt., al.), Mat.27:50; (φωνήν, to utter a cry, Mrk.15:37; of debts, to remit, forgive (cl.), τ. δανεῖον, Mat.18:27; τ. ὀφειλήν, Mat.18:32; esp. of sins (Cremer 296f.), τ. ἁμαρτίας, ἁμαρτήματα, ἀνομίας, Mat.9:2, Rom.4:7" (LXX), 1Jn.1:9, al.; punctiliar and iterative present (M, Pr., 119), Mrk.2:5, Luk.11:4; Ion.

pf., ἀφέωνται (M, Pr., 38), Luk.5:23. __2. to leave alone, leave, neglect: Mat.4:11 5:24 15:14, Mrk.1:20, 31 Jhn.4:3, 28 al.; τ. ἐντολὴν τ. θεοῦ, Mrk.7:8; τον̀ τ. ἀρχῆς τ. Χριστοῦ λόγον, Heb.6:1; τ. ἀγάπην τ. πρώτην, Rev.2:4; ptcp., ἀφείς, pleonastic (as in Aram.; M, Pr., 14; Dalman, Words, 21f.), Mat.13:36 22:22, Mrk.8:13, al. __3. to let, suffer, permit: Mat.3:15; with accusative, Mat.3:15, 19:14, al.; with accusative of thing(s) and dative of person(s), Mat.5:40; with inf. pres., Mat.23:14, al.;

aor., Mrk.5:37, al.; in late Gk. (M, Pr., 175f.), before ἵνα, Mrk.11:16, Jhn.12:7; with subjunct. (M, Pr., l.with; Bl., §64, 2), Mat.7:4 27:49, Mrk.15:36, Luk.6:42 (see further MM, see word). (AS)

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How Strong's G863 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Strong's G863, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

forgive Matthew 6:12 followed Matthew 4:20 went Matthew 13:36 go Matthew 5:24 Follow Matthew 8:22

How Strong's G863 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is New Testament with 133 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G863 (Ἄφες) appears 119 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

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Strong's G863 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G863 in the New Testament

133 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 3:15 KJV

And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.

Matthew 4:11 KJV

Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

Matthew 4:20 KJV

And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.

Strong's G863 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

74 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 4:13 Septuagint / Brenton

And Cain said to the Lord God, My crime is too great for me to be forgiven.

Genesis 18:26 Septuagint / Brenton

And the Lord said, If there should be in Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will spare the whole city, and the whole place for their sakes.

Genesis 20:6 Septuagint / Brenton

And God said to him in sleep, Yea, I knew that thou didst this with a pure heart, and I spared thee, so that thou shouldest not sin against me, therefore I suffered thee not to touch her.

Strong's G863 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

40 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G863.

Genesis 4:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Cain said to the Lord God, My crime is too great for me to be forgiven.
Genesis 18:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said, If there should be in Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will spare the whole city, and the whole place for their sakes.
Genesis 20:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God said to him in sleep, Yea, I knew that thou didst this with a pure heart, and I spared thee, so that thou shouldest not sin against me, therefore I suffered thee not to touch her.
Genesis 35:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass in her giving up the ghost (for she was dying), that she called his name, The son of my pain; but his father called his name Benjamin.
Genesis 42:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the man, the lord of the land, said to us, Herein shall I know that ye are peaceable; leave one brother here with me, and having taken the corn ye have purchased for your family, depart.
Genesis 45:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he uttered his voice with weeping; and all the Egyptians heard, and it was reported to the house of Pharaoh.
Genesis 50:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus say ye to Joseph, Forgive them their injustice and their sin, forasmuch as they have done thee evil; and now pardon the injustice of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept while they spoke to him.
Exodus 9:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he that did not attend in his mind to the word of the Lord, left the cattle in the fields.
Exodus 12:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord shall pass by to smite the Egyptians, and shall see the blood upon the lintel, and upon both the doorposts; and the Lord shall pass by the door, and shall not suffer the destroyer to enter into your houses to smite you.
Exodus 22:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if anyone should feed down a field or a vineyard, and should send in his beast to feed down another field, he shall make compensation of his own field according to his produce; and if he shall have fed down the whole field, he shall pay for compensation the best of his own field and the best of his vineyard.
Exodus 32:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now if thou wilt forgive their sin, forgive it; and if not, blot me out of thy book, which thou hast written.
Leviticus 4:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall do to the calf as he did to the calf of the sin offering, so shall it be done; and the priest shall make atonement for them, and the trespass shall be forgiven them.
Leviticus 4:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall offer up all his fat on the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.
Leviticus 4:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall take away all the fat, as the fat is taken away from the sacrifice of peace offering, and the priest shall offer it on the altar for a smell of sweet savor to the Lord; and the priest shall make atonement for him, and his sin shall be forgiven him.
Leviticus 4:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall take away all his fat, as the fat of the lamb of the sacrifice of peace offering is taken away, and the priest shall put it on the altar for a whole burnt offering to the Lord; and the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin which he sinned, and it shall be forgiven him.
Leviticus 5:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall bring for his transgressions against the Lord, for his sin which he has sinned, a ewe lamb of the flock, or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin which he has sinned, and his sin shall be forgiven him.
Leviticus 5:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall make the second a whole burnt offering, as it is fit; and the priest shall make atonement for his sin which he has sinned, and it shall be forgiven him.
Leviticus 5:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin, which he has sinned in one of these things, and it shall be forgiven him; and that which is left shall be the priest’s, as an offering of fine flour.
Leviticus 5:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall make compensation for that wherein he has sinned in the holy things; and he shall add the fifth part to it, and give it to the priest; and the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of transgression, and his sin shall be forgiven him.
Leviticus 5:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
he shall even bring a ram without blemish from the flock, valued at a price of silver for his transgression to the priest; and the priest shall make atonement for his trespass of ignorance, wherein he ignorantly trespassed, and he knew it not; and it shall be forgiven him.
Leviticus 5:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord, and he shall be forgiven for any one of all the things which he did and trespassed in it.
Leviticus 16:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the goat upon which the lot of the scapegoat came, he shall present alive before the Lord, to make atonement upon him, so as to send him away as a scapegoat, and he shall send him into the wilderness.
Leviticus 19:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, before the Lord, for the sin which he sinned; and the sin which he sinned shall be forgiven him.
Numbers 14:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Forgive this people their sin according to thy great mercy, as thou wast favorable to them from Egypt until now.
Numbers 15:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and the trespass shall be forgiven them, because it is involuntary; and they have brought their gift, a burnt offering to the Lord for their trespass before the Lord, even for their involuntary sins.
Numbers 15:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall be forgiven as respects all the congregation of the children of Israel, and the stranger that is abiding among you, because it is involuntary to all the people.
Numbers 22:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, Depart quickly to your lord; God does not permit me to go with you.
Deuteronomy 15:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And this is the ordinance of the release: thou shalt remit every private debt which thy neighbor owes thee, and thou shalt not ask payment of it from thy brother; for it has been called a release to the Lord thy God.
Deuteronomy 26:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now, behold, I have brought the first of the fruits of the land, which thou gavest me, O Lord, a land flowing with milk and honey: and thou shalt leave it before the Lord thy God, and thou shalt worship before the Lord thy God;
Joshua 10:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But do not ye stand, but pursue after your enemies, and attack the rear of them, and do not suffer them to enter into their cities; for the Lord our God has delivered them into our hands.
Judges 1:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Amorite drove out the children of Dan into the mountain, for they did not suffer them to come down into the valley.
Judges 2:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
therefore I will not anymore cast out a man of the nations from before their face, which Joshua the son of Nun left in the land. And the Lord left them,
Judges 2:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So the Lord will leave these nations, so as not to cast them out suddenly; and he delivered them not into the hand of Joshua.
Judges 3:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these are the nations which the Lord left to prove Israel with them, all that had not known the wars of Canaan.
Judges 3:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to them, Come down after me, for the Lord God has delivered our enemies, even Moab, into our hand; and they went down after him, and seized on the fords of Jordan before Moab, and he did not suffer a man to pass over.
Judges 16:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Samson said to the young man that held his hand, Suffer me to feel the pillars on which the house rests, and I will stay myself upon them.
Ruth 2:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And do ye by all means carry it for her, and ye shall surely let fall for her some of that which is heaped up; and let her eat, and glean, and rebuke her not.
2 Kingdoms 15:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king and all his house went out on foot: and the king left ten women of his concubines to keep the house.
2 Kingdoms 16:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? even let him alone, and so let him curse, for the Lord has told him to curse David: and who shall say, Why hast thou done thus?
2 Kingdoms 16:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, Behold, my son who came forth out of my bowels seeks my life; still more now may the son of Benjamin: let him curse, because the Lord has told him.
2 Kingdoms 20:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David went into his house at Jerusalem: and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and he put them in a place of custody, and maintained them, and went not in to them; and they were kept living as widows, till the day of their death.
3 Kingdoms 19:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Elijah feared, and rose, and departed for his life: and he comes to Beersheba to the land of Judah, and he left his servant there.
4 Kingdoms 4:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she came to Elisha to the mountain, and laid hold of his feet; and Gehazi drew near to thrust her away. And Elisha said, Let her alone, for her soul is much grieved in her, and the Lord has hidden it from me, and has not told it me.
4 Kingdoms 23:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, Let him alone; let no one disturb his bones. So his bones were spared, together with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.
1 Chronicles 16:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He suffered not a man to oppress them, And he reproved kings for their sakes,
2 Chronicles 10:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thy father made our yoke grievous: now then abate somewhat of thy father’s grievous rule, and of his heavy yoke which he put upon us, and we will serve thee.
2 Chronicles 10:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the young men that had been brought up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak to the people that spoke to thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, and do thou lighten somewhat of it from us; thus shalt thou say, My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s loins.
2 Chronicles 28:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So the warriors left the prisoners and the spoils before the princes and all the congregation.
Ezra 6:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in his place.
Job 39:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And who is he that sent forth the wild ass free? And who loosed his bands?
Job 39:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the ostrich will leave her eggs in the ground, And warm them on the dust,
Job 42:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord prospered Job: And when he prayed also for his friends, he forgave them their sin: And the Lord gave Job twice as much, even the double of what he had before.
Psalms 16:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
because of the enemies of thy hand: O Lord, destroy them from the earth; Scatter them in their life, Though their belly has been filled with thy hidden treasures: They have been satisfied with uncleanness, And have left the remnant of their possessions to their babes.
Psalms 24:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Look upon mine affliction and my trouble; And forgive all my sins.
Psalms 31:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A Psalm of instruction by David. Blessed are they whose transgressions are forgiven, And whose sins are covered.
Psalms 31:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I acknowledged my sin, And hid not mine iniquity: I said, I will confess mine iniquity to the Lord against myself; And thou forgavest the ungodliness of my heart. Pause.
Psalms 84:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou hast forgiven thy people their transgressions; Thou hast covered all their sins. Pause.
Psalms 104:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He suffered no man to wrong them; And he rebuked kings for their sakes:
Psalms 104:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The king sent and loosed him; Even the prince of the people, and let him go free.
Psalms 124:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the Lord will not allow the rod of sinners To be upon the lot of the righteous; Lest the righteous should stretch forth Their hands to iniquity.
Proverbs 4:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Take hold of my instruction; let it not go— But keep it for thyself for thy life.
Proverbs 24:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he becomes destitute, And his stone walls are broken down.
Ecclesiastes 2:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I hated the whole of my labor Which I took under the sun; Because I must leave it to the man who will come after me.
Ecclesiastes 5:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The sleep of a servant is sweet, Whether he eat little or much: But to one who is satiated with wealth, There is none that suffers him to sleep.
Ecclesiastes 10:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, Leave not thy place; For soothing will put an end to great offenses.
Ecclesiastes 11:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In the morning sow thy seed, And in the evening let not thy hand be slack: For thou knowest not what sort shall prosper, whether this or that, Or whether both shall be good alike.
Song of Solomon 3:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
It was as a little while after I parted from them, That I found him whom my soul loves: I held him, and did not let him go, Until I brought him into my mother’s house, And into the chamber of her that conceived me.
Isaiah 22:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore I said, Let me alone, I will weep bitterly; labor not to comfort me for the breach of the daughter of my people.
Isaiah 22:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these things are revealed in the ears of the Lord of hosts: for this sin shall not be forgiven you, until ye die.
Isaiah 32:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As for the rich city, the houses are deserted; they shall abandon the wealth of the city, and the pleasant houses: and the villages shall be caves forever, the joy of wild asses, shepherds’ pastures;
Isaiah 33:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the people dwelling among them shall by no means say, I am in pain: for their sin shall be forgiven them.
Isaiah 55:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
let the ungodly leave his ways, and the transgressor his counsels: and let him return to the Lord, and he shall find mercy; for he shall abundantly pardon your sins.
Jeremiah 12:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I have forsaken my house, I have left my heritage; I have given my beloved one into the hands of her enemies.
Ezekiel 16:39 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will deliver thee into their hands, and they shall break down thy house of harlotry, and destroy thy high place; and they shall strip thee of thy garments, and shall take thy proud ornaments, and leave thee naked and bare.
Matthew 3:15 New Testament, KJV
And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
Matthew 4:11 New Testament, KJV
Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
Matthew 4:20 New Testament, KJV
And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.
Matthew 4:22 New Testament, KJV
And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.
Matthew 5:24 New Testament, KJV
Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
Matthew 5:40 New Testament, KJV
And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.
Matthew 6:12 New Testament, KJV
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
Matthew 6:14 New Testament, KJV
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
Matthew 6:15 New Testament, KJV
But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Matthew 7:4 New Testament, KJV
Or 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 8:15 New Testament, KJV
And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.
Matthew 8:22 New Testament, KJV
But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
Matthew 9:2 New Testament, KJV
And, 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 9:5 New Testament, KJV
For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?
Matthew 9:6 New Testament, KJV
But 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 12:31 New Testament, KJV
Wherefore 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 12:32 New Testament, KJV
And 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 13:30 New Testament, KJV
Let 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 13:36 New Testament, KJV
Then 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 15:14 New Testament, KJV
Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
Matthew 18:12 New Testament, KJV
How 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 18:21 New Testament, KJV
Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
Matthew 18:27 New Testament, KJV
Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt.
Matthew 18:32 New Testament, KJV
Then 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 18:35 New Testament, KJV
So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
Matthew 19:14 New Testament, KJV
But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 19:27 New Testament, KJV
Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?
Matthew 19:29 New Testament, KJV
And 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 22:22 New Testament, KJV
When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way.
Matthew 22:25 New Testament, KJV
Now 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 23:13 New Testament, KJV
But 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 23:23 New Testament, KJV
Woe 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.
Matthew 23:38 New Testament, KJV
Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
Matthew 24:2 New Testament, KJV
And 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 24:40 New Testament, KJV
Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Matthew 24:41 New Testament, KJV
Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Matthew 26:44 New Testament, KJV
And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.
Matthew 26:56 New Testament, KJV
But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.
Matthew 27:49 New Testament, KJV
The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.
Matthew 27:50 New Testament, KJV
Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
Mark 1:18 New Testament, KJV
And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.
Mark 1:20 New Testament, KJV
And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.
Mark 1:31 New Testament, KJV
And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.
Mark 1:34 New Testament, KJV
And 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.
Mark 2:5 New Testament, KJV
When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
Mark 2:7 New Testament, KJV
Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G863, grouped by book.

Genesis 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 12 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ruth 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 40 usages, New Testament
Mark 35 usages, New Testament
Luke 30 usages, New Testament
John 14 usages, New Testament
Acts 2 usages, New Testament
Romans 2 usages, New Testament
1 Corinthians 3 usages, New Testament
Hebrews 2 usages, New Testament
James 1 usage, New Testament
1 John 2 usages, New Testament
Revelation 2 usages, New Testament
1 Esdras 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Judith 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 6 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 18 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 8 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G863 FAQ

What does aphiemi (ἀφίημι) mean?

Aphiemi (Strong's G863) is a Greek word most simply glossed "forgive". aphiemi (af-ee'-ay-mee) v. 1. to send forth {in various applications (as follow)}

How many times is aphiemi (ἀφίημι) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 247 linked usages for Strong's G863 across 39 books.

Where can I study aphiemi (ἀφίημι) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G863 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate aphiemi (ἀφίημι)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as forgive, followed, went, go, and follow. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G863 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 74 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 40 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G863, with linked reader references where each row is available.