noun · feminine

anesias

Greekἄνεσις (anesis)

Strong’sG425

relief, remission, indulgence, freedom, rest

stem anesi-5 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

relief2×rest2×freedom1×

What it means

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*;]

a loosening, relaxation: Ac 24:23 (RV, indulgence; cf. MM, VGT, s.v.); by St. Paul, opp. to θλίψις, expressed or understood, relief: II Co 2:12 7:5 8:13, II Th 1:7.†

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.

Every form

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

anesistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

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

5 occurrences, every one of them listed

anesias“relief”subjectnominative singular1×

2 Corinthians 8:13“relief”ouk gar hina alloi 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“freedom”diatasseratos to hekatontarchēo tērirō auton echarō tē anesian kai mēdenon kōluarō toiu idioiu autou hupēretarō auto.He ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard, but to allow him some freedom and permit his friends to minister to his needs.

2 Corinthians 2:13“rest”ouk echamē anesian te pneume mu te mē heuriskara min Titon ton adelfon mu, alla apotasseratos autoi exerchama eis Makedonian.I had no peace in my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia.

2 Corinthians 7:5“rest”Kai gar ercharatoiu nu eis Makedonian oudenan echatē anesian tas sarxas nu, alla en pante thlibirōtois exōthen machais, esōthen foboisFor when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction — conflicts on the outside, fears within.

2 Thessalonians 1:7“relief”kai vi toi thlibirōtoi anesian meta nu en ta apokalupsia tou kuriou Iēsu apo ouranou meta angeloiu dunamiau autouand to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels