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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 Box Mat 17:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:26 - Peter saith to him, From strangers. Jesus saith to him, Then are the children free.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:33 - They answered him, We are Abraham's offspring, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:36 - If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:20 - For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:3 - So then, if while her husband liveth, she is married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband is dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:21 - Art thou called being a servant? care not for it; but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:22 - For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's free-man: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:39 - The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband is dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:1

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:19 - For though I am free from all men, yet I have made myself servant to all, that I might gain the more.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:13 - For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Gentiles, whether bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:28 - There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:22 - For it is written, that Abraham had two sons; the one by a bond-maid, the other by a free-woman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:23 - But he who was of the bond-woman, was born according to the flesh; but he of the free-woman was by promise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:26 - But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:30 - Nevertheless, what saith the scripture? Cast out the bond-woman and her son: for the son of the bond-woman shall not be heir with the son of the free-woman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:31 - So then, brethren, we are not children of the bond-woman, but of the free.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:8 - Knowing that whatever good thing any man doeth, the same will he receive from the Lord, whether he be bond or free.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:11 - Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:16 - As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:15 - And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bond-man, and every free-man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:16 - And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:18 - That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
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