Strong's Concordance eleutheros: free, i.e. not a slave or not under restraint Original Word: ἐλεύθερος, έρα, ερονPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: eleutheros Phonetic Spelling: (el-yoo'-ther-os) Short Definition: free, delivered from obligation Definition: free, delivered from obligation. HELPS Word-studies 1658 eleútheros (an adjective) – properly, free (liberated), unbound (unshackled); (figuratively) free to realize one's destiny in Christ. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1658: ἐλεύθεροςἐλεύθερος, ἐλευθέρα, ἐλεύθερον (ἘΛΑΥΘΩ equivalent to ἔρχομαι (so Curtius, p. 497, after Etym. Magn. 329, 43; Suidas col. 1202 a., Gaisf. edition; but others besides, cf. Vanicek, p. 61); hence, properly, one who can go whither he pleases) (from Homer down), the Sept. for חָפְשִׁי, free; 1. freeborn; in a civil sense, one who is not a slave: John 8:33; 1 Corinthians 7:22; 1 Corinthians 12:13; Galatians 3:28; Ephesians 6:8; Colossians 3:11; Revelation 6:15; Revelation 13:16; Revelation 19:18; feminine, Galatians 4:22f, 30f. (opposed to ἡ παιδίσκη); of one who ceases to be a slave, freed, manumitted: γίνεσθαι ἐλεύθερον, 1 Corinthians 7:21. 2. free, exempt, unrestrained, not bound by an obligation: 1 Corinthians 9:1; ἐκ πάντων (see ἐκ, I. 6 at the end), 1 Corinthians 9:19; ἀπό τίνος, free from i. e. no longer under obligation to, so that one may now do what was formerly forbidden by the person or thing to which he was bound, Romans 7:3 (cf. Winers Grammar, 196f (185); Buttmann, 157f (138), 269 (231)); followed by an infinitive (Winers Grammar, 319 (299); Buttmann, 260 (224)), ἐλευθέρα ἐστιν ... γαμηθῆναι she is free to be married, has liberty to marry, 1 Corinthians 7:39; exempt from paying tribute or tax, Matthew 17:26. 3. in an ethical sense: free from the yoke of the Mosaic law, Galatians 4:26; 1 Peter 2:16; from the bondage of sin, John 8:36; left to one's own will and pleasure, with the dative of respect, τῇ δικαιοσύνη, so far as relates to righteousness, as respects righteousness, Romans 6:20 (Winers Grammar, § 31, 1 k.; Buttmann, § 133, 12). Probably from the alternate of erchomai; unrestrained (to go at pleasure), i.e. (as a citizen) not a slave (whether freeborn or manumitted), or (genitive case) exempt (from obligation or liability) -- free (man, woman), at liberty. see GREEK erchomai Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 165823 Occurrences ἐλευθέρα — 3 Occ. ἐλευθέρας — 4 Occ. ἐλευθέρων — 1 Occ. ἐλεύθεροί — 6 Occ. ἐλεύθερος — 8 Occ. ἐλευθέρους — 1 Occ. Matthew 17:26 Adj-NMP GRK: Ἰησοῦς Ἄρα¦γε ἐλεύθεροί εἰσιν οἱ NAS: to him, Then the sons are exempt. KJV: are the children free. INT: Jesus Then indeed free are the John 8:33 Adj-NMP John 8:36 Adj-NMP Romans 6:20 Adj-NMP Romans 7:3 Adj-NFS 1 Corinthians 7:21 Adj-NMS 1 Corinthians 7:22 Adj-NMS 1 Corinthians 7:39 Adj-NFS 1 Corinthians 9:1 Adj-NMS 1 Corinthians 9:19 Adj-NMS 1 Corinthians 12:13 Adj-NMP Galatians 3:28 Adj-NMS Galatians 4:22 Adj-GFS Galatians 4:23 Adj-GFS Galatians 4:26 Adj-NFS Galatians 4:30 Adj-GFS Galatians 4:31 Adj-GFS Ephesians 6:8 Adj-NMS Colossians 3:11 Adj-NMS 1 Peter 2:16 Adj-NMP Revelation 6:15 Adj-NMS Revelation 13:16 Adj-AMP Revelation 19:18 Adj-GMP |
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