What does ἀνίημι (aníēmi) mean in the Bible?
ἀνίημι (aníēmi): To relax or loosen, especially used metaphorically for abandoning effort or ceasing to press demands.
Greek · G447
ἀνίημι
To loosen/leave
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ἀνίημι G447
Pronunciation aníēmi
What does ἀνίημι (aníēmi) mean in the Bible?
ἀνίημι (aníēmi): To relax or loosen, especially used metaphorically for abandoning effort or ceasing to press demands.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G447?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include came loose (1), Give up (1), they loosened (1), will I leave (1).
Where does ἀνίημι (aníēmi) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 16:26. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2), Ephesians (1), Hebrews (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It came loose 1× Acts 16:26
Give up 1× Ephesians 6:9
they loosened 1× Acts 27:40
will I leave 1× Hebrews 13:5
Show sample aligned rows
Acts 16:26 ἀνέθη to came loose Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular Acts 27:40 ἀνέντες to they loosened Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural Ephesians 6:9 ἀνιέντες to Give up Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural Hebrews 13:5 ἀνῶ to will I leave Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 16:26
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 3
Acts 2 Ephesians 1 Hebrews 1
Source forms
ἀνέθη 1x anethē Acts 16:26
ἀνέντες 1x anentes Acts 27:40
ἀνιέντες 1x anientes Ephesians 6:9
ἀνῶ 1x anō Hebrews 13:5
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular 1x Acts 16:26
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Acts 27:40
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Singular 1x Hebrews 13:5
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Ephesians 6:9
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To relax or loosen, especially used metaphorically for abandoning effort or ceasing to press demands.
Strong's G447
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 3 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Ephesians 6:9 Source Gloss
to loosen/leave
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
To relax or loosen, especially used metaphorically for abandoning effort or ceasing to press demands.
(ἀνά, ἵημι), [in LXX for רָפָה, נָשָׂא, etc. ;]
1to send up, produce, to send back.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 16:26 Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Passive Indicative
ἀνέθη. aneqh
I let go, loosen, release, give up, neglect
Read verse Acts 27:40 Verb Second Aorist Active Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
ἀνέντες anentev
I let go, loosen, release, give up, neglect
Read verse Ephesians 6:9 Verb Present Active Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
ἀνιέντες anientev
I let go, loosen, release, give up, neglect
Read verse Hebrews 13:5 Verb First Person Singular Second Aorist Active Subjunctive
ἀνῶ, anw
I let go, loosen, release, give up, neglect
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 3 Aligned forms 4 Tenses Aorist, Present Voices Passive, Active
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 1×
Aorist Passive Acts 16:26 1×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 2×
Aorist Active Acts 27:40 1×
Present Active Eph 6:9 1×
Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 1×
Aorist Active Heb 13:5 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 4 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 3 present 1
Voice
active 3 passive 1
Mood
participle 2 indicative 1 subjunctive 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Selected Scripture Witness
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Biblical Witnesses
to give up or desist from a particular action or behavior
Showing 1 selected witness from 4 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἀνίημι is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain