Dictionary entry

ἀνίημι

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἀν-ίημι

(ἀνά, ἵημι), [in LXX for רפה, נשׂא, etc.;]

1. to send up, produce, to send back.

2. to let go, leave without support: He 13:5 (cf. De 31:6; Hom., Il., ii, 71).

3. to relax, loosen (v. Field, Notes, 124 f.): Ac 16:2627:40; hence, metaph., to give up, desist from: Eph 6:9.†