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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 MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:26 - Rock said to him, "From strangers." Yeshua said to him, "Therefore the sons are exempt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:33 - They answered him, "We are Avraham's seed, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How do you say, 'You will be made free?'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:36 - If therefore the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:20 - For when you were servants of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:3 - So then if, while the husband lives, she is joined to another man, she would be called an adulteress. But if the husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she is joined to another man.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:21 - Were you called being a bondservant? Don't let that bother you, but if you get an opportunity to become free, use it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:22 - For he who was called in the Lord being a bondservant is the Lord's free man. Likewise he who was called being free is Messiah's bondservant.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:39 - A wife is bound by law for as long as her husband lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whoever she desires, only in the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:1 - Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven't I seen Yeshua the Messiah, our Lord? Aren't you my work in the Lord?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:19 - For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:13 - For in one Spirit we were all immersed into one body, whether Yehudim or Yevanim, whether bond or free; and were all given to drink into one Spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:28 - There is neither Yehudi nor Yevanit, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Messiah Yeshua.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:22 - For it is written that Avraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the free woman.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:23 - However, the son by the handmaid was born according to the flesh, but the son by the free woman was born through promise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:26 - But the Yerushalayim that 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 - However what does the Scripture say? "Throw out the handmaid and her son, for the son of the handmaid will not inherit with the son of the free woman."

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:8 - knowing that whatever good thing each one does, he will receive the same again from the Lord, whether he is bound or free.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:11 - where there can't be Yevanit and Yehudi, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, freeman; but Messiah 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 freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:15 - The kings of the eretz, the princes, the commanding officers, the rich, the strong, and every slave and free person, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:16 - He causes all, the small and the great, the rich and the poor, and the free and the slave, to be given marks on their right hands, or on their foreheads;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:18 - that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave, and small and great."
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