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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - ἐλεύθερος
ἐλεύθερος
G1658
Transliteration: eleútheros
Pronunciation: el-yoo'-ther-os
Definition: free
- Original: ἐλεύθερος - Transliteration: Eleutheros - Phonetic: el-yoo'-ther-os
- Definition:
1. freeborn
a. in a civil sense, one who is not a slave
b. 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
- Origin: probably from the alternate of G2064" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2064 - TDNT entry: 10:07,2 - Part(s) of speech: Adjective - Strong's: Probably from the alternate of G2064" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2064; unrestrained (to go at pleasure) that is (as a citizen) not a slave (whether freeborn or manumitted) or (generally) exempt (from obligation or liability): - free (man woman) at liberty.