aphesis denotes the release from sins proclaimed, received, or granted in the cited passages, and also release for captives.

The predominant use concerns release from sins: it is proclaimed, received, granted, or linked with repentance, redemption, and sacrificial blood. In Luke 4:18, the term occurs in proclamations concerning captives and the oppressed.

1. Release from sins · dominant

   In Acts 13:38, the noun stands in the announcement that release from sins is proclaimed, alongside the statement about matters not justified by the law of Moses. Acts 2:38 and Luke 24:47 place it in clauses joining repentance with release from sins, while Ephesians 1:7 and Hebrews 10:18 connect it respectively with redemption and with the absence of a further offering for sin.

   Acts 13:38Acts 2:38Luke 24:47Ephesians 1:7Hebrews 10:18Matthew 26:28
2. Release for captives and the oppressed · rare

   Luke 4:18 lists the form twice in a sequence about proclaiming release to captives and setting the oppressed at liberty, alongside recovery of sight to the blind. The supplied morphology identifies the occurrence as a singular feminine accusative noun.

   Luke 4:18

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the sin-related clauses, the APB regularly uses “forgiveness,” including “forgiveness of sins” and “forgiveness of trespasses.” In Luke 4:18 it uses “release” and “liberty”; These renderings only show the verse-level presentation.