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GreekG1658Adjective

ἐλεύθερος

eleutheros

23Occurrences
G1658Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

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)

probably from the alternate of G2064 (ἔρχομαι);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
free; (a) in civil sense, not a slave: ,; fem.; (b) as regards restraint and obligation in general: ; ἀπό; with inf.; from the law; from sin; τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ, as regards righteousness.
LXX: chiefly for חׇפְשִׁי

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adjective

Morphology Code

G:A

Full Description

Greek Adjective

Occurrences

ἐλεύθερος appears 23 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Corinthians
6
Galatians
6
Revelation
3
John
2
Romans
2
1 Peter
1
Colossians
1
Ephesians
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 12:13BSB

For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.

1 Corinthians 9:1BSB

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you yourselves not my workmanship in the Lord?

Ephesians 6:8BSB

because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good he does, whether he is slave or free.

Galatians 4:26BSB

But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.

John 8:36BSB

So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.