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Lexicon :: Strong's G1658 - eleutheros

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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)
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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 TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:26 - [Vulgate 17:25] et ille dixit ab alienis dixit illi Iesus ergo liberi sunt filii

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:33 - responderunt ei semen Abrahae sumus et nemini servivimus umquam quomodo tu dicis liberi eritis

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:36 - si ergo Filius vos liberaverit vere liberi eritis

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:20 - cum enim servi essetis peccati liberi fuistis iustitiae

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:3 - igitur vivente viro vocabitur adultera si fuerit cum alio viro si autem mortuus fuerit vir eius liberata est a lege ut non sit adultera si fuerit cum alio viro

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:21 - servus vocatus es non sit tibi curae sed et si potes liber fieri magis utere

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:22 - qui enim in Domino vocatus est servus libertus est Domini similiter qui liber vocatus est servus est Christi

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:39 - mulier alligata est quanto tempore vir eius vivit quod si dormierit vir eius liberata est cui vult nubat tantum in Domino

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:1 - non sum liber non sum apostolus nonne Iesum Dominum nostrum vidi non opus meum vos estis in Domino

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:19 - nam cum liber essem ex omnibus omnium me servum feci ut plures lucri facerem

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:13 - etenim in uno Spiritu omnes nos in unum corpus baptizati sumus sive Iudaei sive gentiles sive servi sive liberi et omnes unum Spiritum potati sumus

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:28 - non est Iudaeus neque Graecus non est servus neque liber non est masculus neque femina omnes enim vos unum estis in Christo Iesu

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:22 - scriptum est enim quoniam Abraham duos filios habuit unum de ancilla et unum de libera

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:23 - sed qui de ancilla secundum carnem natus est qui autem de libera per repromissionem

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:26 - illa autem quae sursum est Hierusalem libera est quae est mater nostra

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:30 - sed quid dicit scriptura eice ancillam et filium eius non enim heres erit filius ancillae cum filio liberae

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:31 - itaque fratres non sumus ancillae filii sed liberae qua libertate nos Christus liberavit

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:8 - scientes quoniam unusquisque quodcumque fecerit bonum hoc percipiet a Domino sive servus sive liber

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:11 - ubi non est gentilis et Iudaeus circumcisio et praeputium barbarus et Scytha servus et liber sed omnia et in omnibus Christus

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:16 - quasi liberi et non quasi velamen habentes malitiae libertatem sed sicut servi Dei

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:15 - et reges terrae et principes et tribuni et divites et fortes et omnis servus et liber absconderunt se in speluncis et petris montium

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:16 - et faciet omnes pusillos et magnos et divites et pauperes et liberos et servos habere caracter in dextera manu aut in frontibus suis

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:18 - ut manducetis carnes regum et carnes tribunorum et carnes fortium et carnes equorum et sedentium in ipsis et carnes omnium liberorum ac servorum et pusillorum ac magnorum
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