ἀφίημιaphíēmi

1. to send forth, send away, let go: of divorce, τ. γυναῖκα, 1 Corinthians 7:11-13; of death, τ. πνεῦμα (Genesis 35:18, Hdt., and elsewhere), Matthew 27:50; (φωνήν, to utter a cry, Mark 15:37; of debts, to remit, forgive (classical Greek), τ. δανεῖον, Matthew 18:27; τ. ὀφειλήν, Matthew 18:32; especially of sins, τ. ἁμαρτίας, ἁμαρτήματα, ἀνομίας, Matthew 9:2, Romans 4:7(LXX), 1 John 1:9, and elsewhere; punctiliar and iterative present, Mark 2:5, Luke 11:4; Ion. perfect, ἀφέωνται, Luke 5:23.

2. to leave alone, leave, neglect: Matthew 4:11, Matthew 5:24, Matthew 15:14, Mark 1:20, Mark 1:31, John 4:3, John 4:28 and elsewhere; τ. ἐντολὴν τ. θεοῦ, Mark 7:8; τὸν τ. ἀρχῆς τ. Χριστοῦ λόγον, Hebrews 6:1; τ. ὀγάπην τ. πρώτην, Revelation 2:4; participle, ἀφείς, pleonastic, Matthew 13:36, Matthew 22:22, Mark 8:13, and elsewhere

3. to let, suffer, permit: Matthew 3:15; with accusative, Matthew 3:15, Matthew 19:14, and elsewhere; with accusative of thing et dative of person, Matthew 5:40; with infinitive present, Matthew 23:14, and elsewhere; aorist, Mark 5:37, and elsewhere; in late Gk., followed by ἵνα, Mark 11:16, John 12:7; with subjunct., Matthew 7:4, Matthew 27:49, Mark 15:36, Luke 6:42.