- Original: ἄφεσις - Transliteration: Aphesis - Phonetic: af'-es-is - Definition: 1. release from bondage or imprisonment 2. forgiveness or pardon, of sins (letting them go as if they had never been committed), remission of the penalty - Origin: from G863 - TDNT entry: 09:29,9 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From G863 ; freedom; (figuratively) pardon: - deliverance forgiveness liberty remission. Total KJV Occurrences: 11 • forgiveness, 4 Act 5:31; Act 13:38; Eph 1:7; Colossians 1:14 • remission, 7 Mar 1:4; Luke 1:77; Luke 3:3; Act 2:38; Act 10:43; Hebrews 9:22; Hebrews 10:18