noun · feminine
anesias
Strong’sG425
relief, remission, indulgence, freedom, rest
stem anesi-5 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἄνεσις, -εως, ἡ,
(< ἀνίημι), [in LXX: II Es 4:22 (שָׁלוּ), II Ch 23:15, I Es 4:62, Wi 13:13, Si 15:20 26:10*;]
SYN.: ἀνάπαυσις (q.v.).†
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G425 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidan'-es-is
relaxation or (figuratively) relief
Fromfrom G447;
King Jameseased, liberty, rest.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
genitive εως, Ionic dialect ιος, ἡ: (ἀνιημι):— loosening, relaxing, τῶν χορδῶν of the strings, opposed to ἐπίτασις, Refs 5th c.BC+; coupled with χάλασις,Refs 4th c.BC+; πάγων ἄ., i.e. a thaw, Refs 1st c.AD+; of the ebb-tide, Refs 1st c.BC+
2 metaphorically, remission, abatement, κακῶνRefs 5th c.BC+; opposed to θλῖψις, NT; λύπης, μοχθηρίας, etc., Refs 1st c.BC+; ἄ. φόρων, τελῶν, remission of tribute, taxes, Refs 1st c.AD+; of fevers, opposed to παροξυσμός, Refs 2nd c.AD+
3 relaxation, recreation, opposed to σπουδή, Refs 5th c.BC+
4 solution, Refs 1st c.AD+
5 ={τὸ τελευταῖον τῆς παρακμῆς} Refs 2nd c.AD+
II indulgence, licence, ἡδονῶνRefs 5th c.BC+; relaxation of custody, NT
III of musical pitch, Refs 3rd c.AD+; of an unaccented syllable, Refs 1st c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | anesias1×ἄνεσις | anesiais |
| object accusative | anesian4×ἄνεσιν | anesiain |
| direct address vocative | anesiar | anesiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | anesiau | anesiaiu |
| to, for dative | anesia | anesiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
anesia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
anesias“relief”subjectnominative singular1×
2 Corinthians 8:13“relief”ouk gar hina allosoi anesias, vi thlipsias; alla ek isotauIt is not our intention that others may be relieved while you are burdened, but that there may be equality.
anesian“rest”objectaccusative singular4×
Acts 24:23… to hekatontarchēo tērorō auton echarō tē anesian kai mēdenon kōluarō toiu idioiu autou …… guard, but to allow him some freedom and permit his friends to minister …
2 Corinthians 2:13“rest”ouk echamē anesian te pneume mu te mē heuriskara …I had no peace in my spirit, because I did not find my brother …
2 Corinthians 7:5… ercharantoiu nu eis Makedonian oudenan echatē anesian tas sarkas nu, alla en pante …… in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every …
2 Thessalonians 1:7kai vi toi thliborōntoi anesian meta nu en ta apokalupsia tou …and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and …