ἄνεσις,
gen. εως, Ion. ιος, ἡ: (ἀνιημι): -
I
1. loosening, relaxing, τῶν χορδῶν of the strings, opp. ἐπίτασις, Pl. R. 349e; coupled with χάλασις, ib. 590b; τῆς αἰσθήσεως.. δεσμὸν τὸν ὕπνον εἶναί φαμεν, τὴν δέ.. ἄνεσιν ἐγρήγορσιν Arist. Somn.Vig. 454b27; ἀέρος Thphr. CP 2.1.6; πάγων ἄ., i.e. a thaw, Plu. Sert. 17; of the ebb -tide, Str. 7.2.1.
2. metaph., remission, abatement, κακῶν Hdt. 5.28; opp. θλῖψις, [2Co 8:13], al.; λύπης, μοχθηρίας, etc., Plu. 2.102b, etc.; τὴν ἡδονὴν ἄνεσιν λαμβάνειν Phld. D. 3 Fr. 1; ἄ. φόρων, τελῶν, remission of tribute, taxes, Plu. Sert. 6, IG 7.2227 (Thisbe), etc.; κολάσεως Plot. 4.3.24; of fevers, opp. παροξυσμός, Gal. 7.427.
3. relaxation, recreation, opp. σπουδή, Pl. Lg. 724a, Arist. Rh. 1371b34, cf. Cleanth.Stoic. 1.122; ἄ. καὶ σχολή Plb. 1.66.10; ψυχῆς Mnesith.Ath. ap. Ath. 11.484a.
4. solution, Dsc. 5.96.
5. = τὸ τελευταῖον τῆς παρακμῆς Archig. ap. Gal. 7.424.
II indulgence, licence, ἡδονῶν Pl. R. 561a; ἡ τῶν γυναικῶν παρ’ ὑμῖν ἄ. Id. Lg. 637c, cf. Arist. Pol. 1270a1; δούλων ib. 1313b35; relaxation of custody, [Act 24:23].
III of musical pitch, Aristid.Quint. 1.5; of an unaccented syll., Phld. Po. 2.18.
G425 — ἄνεσις
ἀνεσεως, ἡ (ἀνίημι to let loose, slacken, anything tense, e. g. a bow), a loosening, relaxing; spoken of a more tolerable condition in captivity: ἔχειν ἄνεσιν, to be held in less rigorous confinement (R. V. have indulgence), [Act 24:23] (Josephus, Antiquities 18, 6, 10 φυλακή μέν γάρ καί τήρησις ἦν, μετά μέντοι ἀνεσεως τῆς δίαιταν). relief, rest, from persecutions, [2Th 1:7]; from the troubles of poverty, [2Co 8:13]; relief from anxiety, quiet, [2Co 2:13] (); . (the Sept.; in Greek writings from Thucydides (Herodotus 5, 28) down.) (Synonym: see ἀνάπαυσις, at the end.)
ἄνεσις , - εως , ἡ ,
( < ἀνίημι ),
[in LXX : 2Es 4:22 (H7960), [2Ch 23:15], 1Es 4:62 , Wis 13:13 , Sir 15:20 ; Sir 26:10 * ;]
a loosening, relaxation: [Act 24:23] ( RV , indulgence; cf. MM , VGT , s.v. ); by St. Paul, opp . to θλίψι s, expressed or understood, relief: 2Co 2:12 ; [2Co 7:5]; [2Co 8:13], [2Th 1:7]. †
SYN.: ἀνάπαυσις G372 ( q.v. ). †