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Lexicon :: Strong's G1658 - eleutheros

Aa
ἐλεύθερος
Transliteration
eleutheros (Key)
Pronunciation
el-yoo'-ther-os
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from the alternate of ἔρχομαι (G2064)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:487,224

Strong’s Definitions

ἐλεύθερος eleútheros, el-yoo'-ther-os; probably from the alternate of G2064; 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.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's G1658 in the following manner: free (18x), free woman (3x), at liberty (1x), free man (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x
The KJV translates Strong's G1658 in the following manner: free (18x), free woman (3x), at liberty (1x), free man (1x).

  1. freeborn

    1. in a civil sense, one who is not a slave

    2. of one who ceases to be a slave, freed, manumitted

  2. free, exempt, unrestrained, not bound by an obligation

  3. in an ethical sense: free from the yoke of the Mosaic Law

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐλεύθερος eleútheros, el-yoo'-ther-os; probably from the alternate of G2064; 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.
STRONGS G1658:
ἐλεύθερος, -έρα, -ερον, (ΕΛΕΥΘΩ 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], 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 τινος, 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 ἐστὶν... 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 δικαιοσύνῃ, so far as relates to righteousness, as respects righteousness, Romans 6:20 (Winers Grammar, § 31, 1 k.; Buttmann, § 133, 12).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
17:26
John
8:33; 8:36
Romans
6:20; 7:3
1 Corinthians
7:21; 7:22; 7:39; 9:1; 9:19; 12:13
Galatians
3:28; 4:22; 4:26; 4:30
Ephesians
6:8
Colossians
3:11
1 Peter
2:16
Revelation
6:15; 13:16; 19:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1658 matches the Greek ἐλεύθερος (eleutheros),
which occurs 23 times in 23 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:26 - And when he said, From other people, Jesus said to him, Then are the sons free.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:33 - They said to him in answer, We are Abraham's seed and have never been any man's servant: why do you say, You will become free?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:36 - If then the son makes you free, you will be truly free.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:20 - When you were servants of sin you were free from righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:3 - So if, while the husband is living, she is joined to another man, she will get the name of one who is untrue to her husband: but if the husband is dead, she is free from the law, so that she is not untrue, even if she takes another man.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:21 - If you were a servant when you became a Christian, let it not be a grief to you; but if you have a chance to become free, make use of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:22 - For he who was a servant when he became a Christian is the Lord's free man; and he who was free when he became a Christian is the Lord's servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:39 - It is right for a wife to be with her husband as long as he is living; but when her husband is dead, she is free to be married to another; but only to a Christian.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:1 - Am I not free? am I not an Apostle? have I not seen Jesus our Lord? are you not my work in the Lord?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:19 - For though I was free from all men, I made myself a servant to all, so that more might have salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:13 - For through the baptism of the one Spirit we were all formed into one body, Jews or Greeks, servants or free men, and were all made full of the same Spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:28 - There is no Jew or Greek, servant or free, male or female: because you are all one in Jesus Christ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:22 - Because it is in the Writings, that Abraham had two sons, one by the servant-woman, and one by the free woman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:23 - Now the son by the servant-woman has his birth after the flesh; but the son by the free woman has his birth through the undertaking of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:26 - But the Jerusalem on high is free, which is our mother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:30 - What then do the Writings say? Send away the servant-woman and her son; for the son of the servant-woman will not have a part in the heritage with the son of the free woman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:31 - So, brothers, we are not children of the servant-woman, but of the free woman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:8 - In the knowledge that for every good thing anyone does, he will have his reward from the Lord, If he is a servant or if he is free.

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:11 - Where there is no Greek or Jew, no one with circumcision or without circumcision, no division between nations, no servant or free man: but Christ is all and in all.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:16 - As those who are free, not using your free position as a cover for wrongdoing, but living as the servants of God;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:15 - And the kings of the earth, and the rulers, and the chief captains, and the men of wealth, and the strong, and every servant and free man, took cover in the holes and the rocks of the mountains;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:16 - And he gives to all, small and great, the poor and those who have wealth, the free and those who are not free, a mark on their right hand or on their brows;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:18 - So that you may take for your food the flesh of kings, and of captains, and of strong men, and of horses and of those who are seated on them, and the flesh of all men, free and unfree, small and great.
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