Strong's Number 859
Transliteration:
aphesis
{af'-es-is}
Word Origin:
TDNT:
1:509,88
Part of Speech:
noun feminine
Usage in the KJV:
remission 9, forgiveness 6, deliverance 1, liberty 1
Total: 17
Definition:
- release from bondage or imprisonment
- forgiveness or pardon, of sins (letting them go as if they had never been committed), remission of the penalty