- Original: ἄνεσις - Transliteration: Anesis - Phonetic: an'-es-is - Definition: 1. a loosening, relaxing a. spoken of a more tolerable condition in captivity, to be held in less vigorous confinement b. relief, rest, from persecutions - Origin: from G447 - TDNT entry: 07:07,6 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From G447 ; relaxation or (figuratively) relief: - eased liberty rest. Total KJV Occurrences: 5 • eased, 1 2 Corinthians 8:13 • liberty, 1 Act 24:23 • rest, 3 2 Corinthians 2:13; 2 Corinthians 7:5; 2 Thessalonians 1:7