to release: leave
aphiemi denotes leaving or releasing, including forgiving sins and permitting someone to go.
The supplied verses most often show departure from or leaving behind people, possessions, places, or things left standing; they also show the removal of sins or offenses and commands to release or permit people. In several clauses, what is left may be a person, an object, a house, peace, or something not removed.
Senses in use
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Leaving behind, departing, or leaving in place · dominant
The active forms describe persons or things being left: in Luke 5:11 the disciples leave everything to follow, and in Mark 14:50 all leave him and flee. The same usage can concern something left behind or remaining: in John 4:28 the woman leaves her jar, while in Mark 13:2 the APB says that no stone will be “left” upon another.
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Forgiving sins or an offense · common
This use occurs in clauses about sins and wrongdoing. In Luke 5:20, the perfect passive form appears in the statement addressed to the man about his sins, which the APB renders “your sins are forgiven you”; in Luke 23:34 it is an aorist active request concerning those acting without knowledge. Mark 11:25 also joins releasing another’s offense with the Father’s release of trespasses.
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Releasing or permitting someone to proceed · occasional
Aorist active commands direct hearers not to restrain a person or group: in John 11:44 the APB renders the instruction “Loose him and let him go,” and in John 18:8, “let these go.” In Luke 18:16 the command concerns children coming, and Acts 5:38 tells the audience to withdraw from the men and leave them.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses the APB uses wording such as “left,” “forgiven,” “release,” “let... go,” and “permit.” Because the APB is a translation of whole verses, those English choices confirm the clause-level contexts without fixing a separate English equivalent in every occurrence.