Strong's Lexicon
G1658 — ἐλεύθερος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1658 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἐλεύθερος |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | probably from the alternate of G2064 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 23 |
| Transliteration: | eleutheros |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | el-yoo'-ther-os |
| Meaning: | 1. unrestrained (to go at pleasure) 2. (as a citizen) not a slave (whether freeborn or set free (emancipated)) 3. (genitive case) exempt (from obligation or liability) |
| KJV Renderings: | free (man, woman), at liberty |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐλεύθερος, ἐλευθέρα, ἐλεύθερον (ἘΛΑΥΘΩ 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), the Sept. for çÈôÀùÄÑé, free;
1. freeborn; in a civil sense, one who is not a slave: Joh 8:33; 1Co 7:22; 1Co 12:13; Gal 3:28; Eph 6:8; Col 3:11; Rev 6:15; Rev 13:16; Rev 19:18; feminine, Galatians 4:22f, 30f. (opposed to ἡ παιδίσκη); of one who ceases to be a slave, freed, manumitted: γίνεσθαι ἐλεύθερον, 1Co 7:21.
2. free, exempt, unrestrained, not bound by an obligation: 1Co 9:1; ἐκ πάντων (see ἐκ, I. 6 at the end), 1Co 9:19; ἀπό τίνος, 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, Rom 7:3 (cf. Winers Grammar, 196f (185); Buttmann, 157f (138), 269 (231)); followed by an infinitive (Winers Grammar, 319 (299); Buttmann, 260 (224)), ἐλευθέρα ἐστιν ... γαμηθῆναι she is free to be married, has liberty to marry, 1Co 7:39; exempt from paying tribute or tax, Mat 17:26.
3. in an ethical sense: free from the yoke of the Mosaic law, Gal 4:26; 1Pe 2:16; from the bondage of sin, Joh 8:36; left to one’s own will and pleasure, with the dative of respect, τῇ δικαιοσύνη, so far as relates to righteousness, as respects righteousness, Rom 6:20 (Winers Grammar, § 31, 1 k.; Buttmann, § 133, 12).
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἐλεύθερος (free (man)
Matthew 17:26
- KJV: Peter saith unto him Of strangers Jesus saith unto him Then are the children free
- GK: λέγει αυτώ ο Πέτρος από των αλλοτρίων έφη αυτώ ο Ιησούς άρα γε ελεύθεροί εισιν οι υιοί
John 8:33
- KJV: They answered him We be Abraham’s seed and were never in bondage to any man how sayest thou Ye shall be made free
- GK: απεκρίθησαν αυτώ σπέρμα Αβραάμ εσμεν και ουδενί δεδουλεύκαμεν πώποτε πως συ λέγεις ότι ελεύθεροι γενήσεσθε
John 8:36
- KJV: If the Son therefore shall make you free ye shall be free indeed
- GK: εάν ούν ο υιός υμάς ελευθερώση όντως ελεύθεροι έσεσθε
Romans 6:20
- KJV: For when ye were the servants of sin ye were free from righteousness
- GK: ότε γαρ δούλοι ήτε της αμαρτίας ελεύθεροι ήτε τη δικαιοσύνη
Romans 7:3
- KJV: So then if while husband liveth she be married to another man she shall be called an adulteress but if her husband be dead she is free from law so that she is no adulteress though she be married to another man
- GK: άρα ούν ζώντος του ανδρός μοιχαλίς χρηματίσει εάν γένηται ανδρί ετέρω εάν δε αποθάνη ο ανήρ ελευθέρα εστίν από του νόμου του μη είναι αυτήν μοιχαλίδα γενομένην ανδρί ετέρω
1 Corinthians 7:21
- KJV: Art thou called a servant care not for it but if thou mayest be made free use rather
- GK: δούλος εκλήθης μη σοι μελέτω αλλ΄ ει και δύνασαι ελεύθερος γενέσθαι μάλλον χρήσαι
1 Corinthians 7:22
- KJV: For he that is called in the Lord a servant is the Lord’s freeman likewise also he that is called free is Christ’s servant
- GK: ο γαρ εν κυρίω κληθείς δούλος απελεύθερος κυρίου εστίν ομοίως και ο ελεύθερος κληθείς δούλός εστι χριστού
1 Corinthians 7:39
- KJV: The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth but if her husband be dead she is at liberty to be married to whom she will only in the Lord
- GK: γυνή δέδεται νόμω εφ όσον χρόνον ζη ο ανήρ αυτής εάν δε κοιμηθή ο ανήρ αυτής ελευθέρα εστίν ω θέλει γαμηθήναι μόνον εν κυρίω
1 Corinthians 9:1
- KJV: Am I not an apostle am I not free have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord are not ye my work in the Lord
- GK: ουκ ειμί αποστόλος ουκ ειμί ελεύθερος ουχί Ιησούν χριστόν τον κυριόν ημών εώρακα ου το έργον μου υμείς εστε εν κυρίω