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ἄφεσις

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄφεσις

Structure: ἀφεσι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: a)fi/hmi

Sense

  1. a letting go, dismissal, a quittance or discharge, exemption, a divorce
  2. a letting go, the starting-post, having made, one

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ ἁγιάσετε τὸ ἔτοσ τὸν πεντηκοστὸν ἐνιαυτὸν καὶ διαβοήσετε ἄφεσιν ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ πᾶσι τοῖσ κατοικοῦσιν αὐτήν. ἐνιαυτὸσ ἀφέσεωσ σημασία αὕτη ἔσται ὑμῖν, καὶ ἀπελεύσεται εἷσ ἕκαστοσ εἰσ τὴν κτῆσιν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἕκαστοσ εἰσ τὴν πατριὰν αὐτοῦ ἀπελεύσεσθε. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 25:10)
  • ἀφέσεωσ σημασία αὕτη, τὸ ἔτοσ τὸ πεντηκοστὸν ἐνιαυτὸσ ἔσται ὑμῖν. οὐ σπερεῖτε, οὐδὲ ἀμήσετε τὰ αὐτόματα ἀναβαίνοντα αὐτῆσ, καὶ οὐ τρυγήσετε τὰ ἡγιασμένα αὐτῆσ, (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 25:11)
  • ὅτι ἀφέσεωσ σημασία ἐστίν, ἅγιον ἔσται ὑμῖν, ἀπὸ τῶν πεδίων φάγεσθε τὰ γενήματα αὐτῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 25:12)
  • Ἐν τῷ ἔτει τῆσ ἀφέσεωσ σημασίασ αὐτῆσ ἐπανελεύσεται ἕκαστοσ εἰσ τὴν κτῆσιν αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 25:13)
  • ἐὰν δὲ μὴ εὐπορηθῇ αὐτοῦ ἡ χεὶρ τὸ ἱκανόν, ὥστε ἀποδοῦναι αὐτῷ, καὶ ἔσται ἡ πρᾶσισ τῷ κτησαμένῳ αὐτὰ ἕωσ τοῦ ἕκτου ἔτουσ τῆσ ἀφέσεωσ. καὶ ἐξελεύσεται ἐν τῇ ἀφέσει, καὶ ἀπελεύσεται εἰσ τὴν κατάσχεσιν αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 25:28)

Synonyms

  1. a letting go

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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