πνεῦμα, to expire, Mt. xxvii. 50 (τὴν ψυχήν, Gen. xxxν. 18; Hdt. 4, 190 and often in other Grk. writ. [see πνεῦμα, 2]), φωνήν to utter a cry (emittere vocem, Liv. 1, 58), Mk. xv. 37 (Gen. xlv. 2 and often in Grk. writ.; [cf. Heinichen on Euseb. h. e. 8, 14, 17]). c. to let go, let alone, let be; α. to disregard: Mt. xv. 14. β. to leave, not to discuss now, a topic, used of teachers, writers, speakers, etc.: Heb. vi. 1, (Eur. Andr. 392; Theophr. char. praef. § 3; for other examples fr. Grk. writ. see Bleek on Heb. vol. ii. 2 p. 144 sq.), [al. take the word in Heb. l. c. as expressive of the duty of the readers, rather than the purpose of the writer; and consequently refer the passage to 3 below]. γ. to omit, neglect: Mt. xxiii. 23, [Lk. xi. 42 R G]; Mk. vii. 8; Ro. i. 27. d. to let go, give up, a debt, by not demanding it (opp. to κρατεῖν, Jn. xx. 23), i. e. to remit, forgive: τὸ δάνειον, Mt. xviii. 27; τὴν ὀφειλήν, Mt. xviii. 32; τὰ ὀφειλήματα, Mt. vi. 12; τὰ παραπτώματα, vi. 14 sq.; Mk. xi. 25 sq. [Tr WH om. verse 26]; τὰς ἁμαρτίας, τὰ ἁμαρτήματα, τὰς ἀνομίας, Mt. ix. 2, 5 sq.; xii. 31; Mk. ii. 5, 7; iii. 28; Lk. v. 20 sq. 23; Ro. iv. 7 (fr. Ps. xxxi. (xxxii.) 1); 1 Jn. i. 9; Jas. v. 15, (Is. xxii. 14; xxxiii. 24, etc.); τ. ἐπίνοιαν τῆς καρδίας, Acts viii. 22, (τὴν αἰτίαν, Hdt. 6, 30; τὰ χρέα, Ael. v. h. 14, 24); absolutely, ἀφιέναι τινί to forgive one: Mt. xii. 32; xviii. 21, 35; Mk. iv. 12; Lk. xi. 4; xii. 10; xvii. 3 sq.; xxiii. 34 [L br. WH reject the pass.]. e. to give up, keep no longer: τὴν πρώτην ἀγάπην, Rev. ii. 4. 2. to permit, allow, not to hinder; a. foll. by a pres. inf. [Β. 258 (222)]: Mk. x. 14; Lk. xviii. 16 ἄφετε ἔρχεσθαι καὶ μἡ κωλύετε αὐτά, Mt. xiii. 30; Mk. i. 34; Jn. xi. 44; xviii. 8. by the aor. inf.: Mt. viii. 22; xxiii. 13 (14); Mk. v. 37; vii. 12, 27; Lk. viii. 51; ix. 60; xii. 39; Rev. xi. 9. b. without an inf.: Mt. iii. 15 (ἄφες ἄρτι permit it just now). with acc. of the pers. or thing permitted: Mt. iii. 15 τότε ἀφίησιν αὐτόν, Mk. v. 19; xi. 6; xiv. 6; Lk. xiii. 8; Jn. xii. 7 R G; xi. 48; Acts v. 38 (L T Tr WH; R G ἐάσατε); Rev. ii. 20 (Rec. ἐᾷς). c. ἀφίημι τινί τι, to give up a thing to one: Mt. v. 40 (ἄφες αὐτῷ καὶ τὸ ἱμάτιον). d. foll. by ἵνα: Mk. xi. 16; Jn. xii. 7 L T Tr WH, a later construction, cf. W. § 44, 8; B. 238 (205). e. foll. by the simple hortative subjunc.: Mt. vii. 4; Lk. vi. 42 (ἄφες ἐκβάλω); Mt. xxvii. 49; Mk. xv. 36, (ἄφετε ἴδωμεν); Epict. diss. 1, 9, 15 ἄφες δείξωμεν, 3, 12, 15 ἄφες ἴδω. Cf. B. 209 (181) sq.; W. 285 (268). 3. to leave, go away from one; to depart from any one, a. in order to go to another place: Mt. xxii. 22; xxvi. 44; Mk. viii. 13 (Mt. xvi. 4 καταλιπών); xii. 12; xiii. 34; Jn. iv. 3; xvi. 28. b. to depart from one whom one wishes to quit: Mt. iv. 11; so of diseases departing, ἀφῆκέν τινα ὁ πυρετός, Mt. viii. 15; Mk. i. 31; Lk. iv. 39; Jn. iv. 52. c. to depart from one and leave him to himself, so that all mutual claims are abandoned: τὸν πατέρα, Mt. iv. 22; Mk. i. 20; Mt. xviii. 12 (Lk. xv. 4 καταλείπει). Thus also ἀφείναι τὰ ἑαυτοῦ to leave possessions, home, etc.: Mt. iv. 20; xix. 27, 29; Mk. i. 18; x. 28 sq.; Lk. v. 11; xviii. 28 sq. d. to desert one (wrongfully): Mt. xxvi. 56; Mk. xiv. 50; Jn. x. 12. e. to go away leaving something behind: Mt. v. 24; Jn. iv. 28. f. to leave one by not taking him a companion: opp. to παραλαμβάνειν, Mt. xxiv. 40 sq.; Lk. xvii. 34 sq. g. to leave on dying, leave behind one: τέκνα, γυναῖκα, Mt. xxii. 25; Mk. xii. 20, 22, (Lk. xx. 31 καταλείπω). h. to leave so that what is left may remain, leave remaining: οὐ μὴ ἀφεθῇ ὧδε λίθος ἐπὶ λίθον [or λίθῳ], Mt. xxiv. 2; Mk. xiii. 2. Lk. xxi. 6. i. ἀφιέναι foll. by the acc. of a noun or pron. with an acc. of the predicate [B. § 144, 18]: Lk. x. 30 (ἡμιθανῆ); Jn. xiv. 18 (τινὰ ὀρφανόν); Mt. xxiii. 38; Lk. xiii. 35, (but Lchm. om. ἔρημος in both pass., WH txt. om. in Mt., G T Tr WH om. in Luke; that being omitted, ἀφιέναι means to abandon, to leave destitute of God’s help); Acts xiv. 17 (ἀμάρτυρον ἑαντόν [L T Tr αὐτόν (WH αὑτ. q. v.)]).
ἀφ-ικνέομαι, -οῦμαι: 2 aor. ἀφικόμην; (ἱκνέομαι to come); very often in Grk. writ. fr. Hom. down; to come from (ἀπό) a place (but often the prep. has almost lost its force); to come to, arrive at; in the N. T. once, tropically: Ro. xvi. 19 (ὑμῶν ὑπακοὴ εἰς πάντας ἀφίκετο your obedience has reached the ears of [A. V. is come abroad unto] all men; Sir. xlvii. 16 εἰς νήσους ἀφίκετο τὸ ὄνομά σου. Joseph. antt. 19, 1, 16 εἰς τὸ θέατρον . . . ἀφίκετο ὁ λόγος).*
ἀ-φιλ-άγαθος, -ον, (α priv. and φιλάγαθος), opposed to goodness and good men, [R. V. no lover of good]; found only in 2 Tim. iii. 3.*
ἀ-φιλ-άργυρος, -ον, (α priv. and φιλάργυρος), not loving money, not avaricious; only in the N. T., twice viz. 1 Tim. iii. 3; Heb. xiii. 5. [Cf. Trench § xxiv.]*
ἄφ-ιξις, -εως, ἡ, (ἀφικνέομαι), in Grk. writ. generally arrival; more rarely departure, as Hdt. 9, 17; Dem. 1463, 7; [1484, 8]; Joseph. antt. 4, 8, 47; 3 Macc. vii. 18; and so in Acts xx. 29.*
ἀφ-ίστημι: 1 aor. ἀπέστησα; 2 aor. ἀπέστην; Mid., pres. ἀφίσταμαι, impv. ἀφίστασο (1 Tim. vi. 5 Rec.; cf. W. § 14, 1 e.); [impf. ἀφιστάμην]; fut. ἀποστήσομαι; 1. transitively, in pres., impf., fut. 1 aor. active, to make stand off, cause to withdraw, to remove; trop. to excite to revolt: Acts v. 37 (ἀπέστησε λαὸν . . . ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ drew away after him; τινὰ ἀπό τινος, Deut. vii. 4, and in Grk. writ. fr. Hdt. 1, 76 down). 2. intransitively, in pf., plpf., 2 aor. active, to stand off, stand aloof, in various senses [as in Grk. writ.] acc. to the context: ἀπό with gen. of pers. to go away, depart, from any one, Lk. xiii. 27 (fr. Ps. vi. 9; cf. Mt. vii. 23 ἀποχωρεῖτε ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ); Acts xii. 10; xix. 9; to desert, withdraw from, one, Acts xv. 38; to cease to vex one, Lk. iv. 13; Acts v. 38; xxii. 29; 2 Co. xii. 8; to fall away, become faithless, ἀπὸ θεοῦ, Heb. iii. 12; to shun, flee from, ἀπὸ τῆς ἀδικίας, 2 Tim. ii. 19. Mid. to withdraw one’s self from: absol. to fall away, Lk. viii. 13; [τῆς πίστεως, 1 Tim. iv. 1, cf. W. 427, 428 (398)]; to keep one’s self away from, absent one’s self from, Lk. ii. 37 (οὐκ ἀφίστατο ἀπὸ [T Tr WH om. ἀπὸ] τοῦ ἱεροῦ, she was in the temple every day); from any one’s society or fellowship, 1 Tim. vi. 5 Rec.*
ἄφνω, adv., (akin to αἴφνης, see in αἰφνίδιος above), suddenly: Acts ii. 2; xvi. 26; xxviii. 6. (Sept.; [Aeschyl.], Thuc. and subseq. writ.)*
ἀφόβως, adv., (φόβος), without fear, boldly: Lk. i. 74; Phil. i. 14; 1 Co. xvi. 10; Jude 12. [From Xen. down.]*
ἀφ-ομοιόω, -ῶ: [pf. pass. ptcp. ἀφωμοιωμένος (on augm.
