ἄφεσις, -εως, ἡ
(< ἀφίημι), [in LXX for יוֹבֵל, דְּרוֹר, etc. (v. Deiss., BS, 98 ff.; MM, s.v.);]
1. dismissal, release: Lk 4:18.
2. Metaph., of sins (never in LXX), pardon, remission of penalty: ἁμαρτιῶν, Mt 26:28, Mk 1:4, Lk 1:773:324:47, Ac 2:385:3110:4313:3826:18, Col 1:14; παραπτωμάτων, Eph 1:7; absol., Mk 3:29, He 9:2210:18 (cf. DB, ii, 56; DCG, i, 437, ii, 605; Cremer, 297 f.).†
SYN.: πάρεσις, q.v. (and cf. Tr., § xxxiii).