G0447

ἀνίημι

aniēmiG:V

to loosen/leave

ἀν-ίημι (ἀνά, ἵημι), [in LXX for רָפָה, נָשָׂא, etc. ;] __1. to send up, produce, to send back. __2. to let go, leave without support: Heb.13:5 (cf. Deu.31:6; Hom., Iliad., ii, 71). __3. to relax, loosen (see Field, Notes, 124 f.): Act.16:26 27:40; hence, metaphorically, to give up, desist from: Eph.6:9.† (AS)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

ἀνίημι — aníēmi

ἀνίημι (participle plural ἀνιέντες); 2 aorist subjunctive ἄνω, participle plural ἀνέντες; 1 aorist passive ἀνέθην; to send back; to relax; contextually, to loosen: τί, Act 16:26 (τούς δεσμούς, Plutarch, Alex. M. 73); Act 27:40. Tropically, τήν ἀπειλήν, to give up, omit, calm (?), Eph 6:9; (τήν ἔχθραν, Thucydides 3, 10; τήν ὀργήν, Plutarch, Alex. M. 70). to leave, not to uphold, to let sink: Heb 13:5, (Deu 31:6).

4 occurrences

Acts (2), Ephesians (1), Hebrews (1)