anesis · relief, freedom

What it means

anesis (ἄνεσις) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “relief, freedom”.

Relief, rest; some freedom, a loosening of restraints.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A breather in the midst of affliction.
2. Some leeway for a prisoner.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• relief ×2
• rest ×2
• some freedom ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Acts×1
• 2 Corinthians×3
• 2 Thessalonians×1

• Acts 24:23

  And he ordered the centurion that he be kept in custody and have some freedom, and not to prevent anyone of his own people from serving him.

• 2 Corinthians 2:13

  I had no rest in my spirit because I did not find Titus my brother; but saying goodbye to them, I went out to Macedonia.

• 2 Corinthians 7:5

  For even when we came into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted in every way: outside fights, inside fears.

• 2 Corinthians 8:13

  For this is not so that there may be relief for others and affliction for you, but out of equality:

• 2 Thessalonians 1:7

  and to give relief to you who are afflicted along with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of his power,