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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 - When Peter said G5346, “From strangers G245,” Jesus G2424 said G5346 to him, “Then G686 the sons G5207 are [fn]exempt G1658.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:33 - They answered G611 Him, “We are Abraham’s G11 descendants G4690 and have never G3762 G4455 been enslaved G1398 to anyone G3762; how G4459 is it that You say G3004, ‘You will become G1096 free G1658’?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:36 - “So G3767 if G1437 the Son G5207 sets G1659 you free G1659, you really G3689 will be free G1658.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:20 -

For when G3753 you were slaves G1401 of sin G266, you were free G1658 in relation to righteousness G1343.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:3 - So G686 then G3767, if G1437 while her husband G435 is G2198 alive G2198 she [fn]gives G1096 herself G1096 to another G2087 man G435, she will be called G5537 an adulteress G3428; but if G1437 her husband G435 dies G599, she is free G1658 from the law G3551, so that she is not an adulteress G3428 if she [fn]gives G1096 herself G1096 to another G2087 man G435.

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Were you called G2564 as a slave G1401? Do not let it concern G3199 you. But if G1487 you are also G2532 able G1410 to become G1096 free G1658, take G5530 G3123 advantage G5530 G3123 of that.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:22 - For the one who was called G2564 in the Lord G2962 as a slave G1401, is the Lord’s G2962 freed G558 person G558; likewise G3668 the one who was called G2564 as free G1658, is Christ’s G5547 slave G1401.

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A wife G1135 is bound G1210 as long G3745 G5550 as G3745 her husband G435 lives G2198; but if G1437 her husband G435 [fn]dies G2837, she is free G1658 to be married G1060 to whom G3739 she wishes G2309, only G3440 in the Lord G2962.

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Am G1510 I not free G1658? Am G1510 I not an apostle G652? Have I not seen G3708 Jesus G2424 our Lord G2962? Are you not my work G2041 in the Lord G2962?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:19 -

For though I am G1510 free G1658 from all G3956 people G3956, I have made G1402 myself G1683 a slave G1402 to all G3956, so G2443 that G2443 I may gain G2770 more G4183.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:13 - For [fn]by one G1520 Spirit G4151 we were all G3956 baptized G907 into one G1520 body G4983, whether G1535 Jews G2453 or G1535 Greeks G1672, whether G1535 slaves G1401 or G1535 free G1658, and we were all G3956 made G4222 to G4222 drink G4222 of one G1520 Spirit G4151.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:28 - There G1762 is G1762 neither G3756 G1762 Jew G2453 nor G3761 Greek G1672, there G1762 is G1762 neither G3756 G1762 slave G1401 nor G3761 free G1658, there G1762 is G1762 [fn]neither G3756 G1762 male G730 nor G2532 female G2338; for you are all G3956 one G1520 in Christ G5547 Jesus G2424.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:22 - For it is written G1125 that Abraham G11 had G2192 two G1417 sons G5207, one G1520 by the slave G3814 woman G3814 and one G1520 by the free G1658 woman G1658.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:23 - But the son by the slave G3814 woman G3814 [fn]was born G1080 according G2596 to the flesh G4561, and the son by the free G1658 woman G1658 through G1223 the promise G1860.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:26 - But the Jerusalem G2419 above G507 is free G1658; [fn]she is our mother G3384.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:30 - But what G5101 does the Scripture G1124 say G3004?

“DRIVE G1544 OUT THE SLAVE G3814 WOMAN G3814 AND HER SON G5207,

FOR THE SON G5207 OF THE SLAVE G3814 WOMAN G3814 SHALL NOT BE G2816 AN G2816 HEIR G2816 WITH THE SON G5207 OF THE FREE G1658 WOMAN G1658.”

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So G1352 then G1352, brothers G80 and sisters, we are not children G5043 of a slave G3814 woman G3814, but of the free G1658 woman G1658.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:8 - knowing G6063 that whatever G1437 G5100 good G18 thing G18 each G1538 one G1538 does G4160, he will receive G2865 this G3778 back G2865 from the Lord G2962, whether G1535 slave G1401 or G1535 free G1658.

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:11 - a renewal in which G3699 there G1762 is G1762 no G3756 distinction between Greek G1672 and Jew G2453, circumcised G4061 and uncircumcised G203, [fn]barbarian G915, [fn]Scythian G4658, slave G1401, and free G1658, but Christ G5547 is all G3956, and in all G3956.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:16 - Act as free G1658 people G1658, and [fn]do not use G2192 your freedom G1657 as a [fn]covering G1942 for evil G2549, but use it as bond-servants G1401 of God G2316.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:15 - Then G2532 the kings G935 of the earth G1093 and the eminent G3175 people G3175, and the commanders G5506 and the wealthy G4145 and the strong G2478, and every G3956 slave G1401 and free G1658 person G1658 hid G2928 themselves G1438 in the caves G4693 and among G1519 the rocks G4073 of the mountains G3735;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:16 - And he causes G4160 all G3956, the small G3398 and the great G3173, the rich G4145 and the poor G4434, and the free G1658 and the slaves G1401, [fn]to be given G1325 a mark G5480 on their right G1188 hands G5495 or G2228 on their foreheads G3359,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:18 - so G2443 that G2443 you may eat G2068 the flesh G4561 of kings G935 and the flesh G4561 of commanders G5506, the flesh G4561 of mighty G2478 men G2478, the flesh G4561 of horses G2462 and of those G3588 who sit G2521 on them, and the flesh G4561 of all G3956 people G3956, both G5037 free G1658 and slaves G1401, and small G3398 and great G3173.”
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