King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G447
Transliteration: aniēmi
Phonetic Spelling: (an-ee'-ay-mee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to send up, produce, send back
Meaning: to send up, produce, send back
ἀνίημι (participle plural ἀνιέντες); 2 aorist subjunctive ἄνω, participle plural ἀνέντες; 1 aorist passive ἀνέθην; to send back; to relax; contextually, to loosen: τί, Acts 16:26 (τούς δεσμούς, Plutarch, Alex. M. 73); Acts 27:40. Tropically, τήν ἀπειλήν, to give up, omit, calm (?), Ephesians 6:9; (τήν ἔχθραν, Thucydides 3, 10; τήν ὀργήν, Plutarch, Alex. M. 70). to leave, not to uphold, to let sink: Hebrews 13:5, (Deuteronomy 31:6).
Word Summary
aniēmi: to send up, produce, send back
Original Word: ἀνίημιTransliteration: aniēmi
Phonetic Spelling: (an-ee'-ay-mee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to send up, produce, send back
Meaning: to send up, produce, send back
Strong's Concordance
forbear, give up, loosen. From ana and hiemi (to send); to let up, i.e. (literally) slacken or (figuratively) desert, desist from -- forbear, leave, loose.
see GREEK ana
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 447: ἀνίημιἀνίημι (participle plural ἀνιέντες); 2 aorist subjunctive ἄνω, participle plural ἀνέντες; 1 aorist passive ἀνέθην; to send back; to relax; contextually, to loosen: τί, Acts 16:26 (τούς δεσμούς, Plutarch, Alex. M. 73); Acts 27:40. Tropically, τήν ἀπειλήν, to give up, omit, calm (?), Ephesians 6:9; (τήν ἔχθραν, Thucydides 3, 10; τήν ὀργήν, Plutarch, Alex. M. 70). to leave, not to uphold, to let sink: Hebrews 13:5, (Deuteronomy 31:6).