Lexicon :: Strong's G1658 - eleutheros

ἐλεύθερος

Transliteration

eleutheros (Key)

Pronunciation

el-yoo'-ther-os

Part of Speech

adjective

Root Word (Etymology)

Probably from the alternate of ἔρχομαι (G2064)

Greek Inflections of ἐλεύθερος [?]

mGNT
23x in 7 unique form(s) TR
23x in 9 unique form(s) LXX
18x in 8 unique form(s)

ἐλευθέρα — 3x

ἐλευθέρας — 4x

ἐλεύθεροί — 1x

ἐλεύθεροι — 4x

Ἐλεύθεροι — 1x

ἐλεύθερος — 7x

Ἐλεύθερος — 1x

ἐλευθέρους — 1x

ἐλευθέρων — 1x

ἐλευθέρα — 3x

ἐλευθέρας — 4x

ἐλεύθεροί — 1x

ἐλεύθεροι — 5x

ἐλεύθερος — 8x

ἐλευθέρους — 1x

ἐλευθέρων — 1x

ἐλευθέραν — 1x

ἐλεύθεροι — 1x

ἐλευθέροις — 1x

ἐλεύθερον — 4x

ἐλεύθερος — 3x

ἐλευθέρου — 1x

ἐλευθέρους — 5x

ἐλευθέρων — 2x

Dictionary Aids

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TDNT Reference: 2:487,224

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

freeborn
1. in a civil sense, one who is not a slave
2. of one who ceases to be a slave, freed, manumitted
free, exempt, unrestrained, not bound by an obligation
in an ethical sense: free from the yoke of the Mosaic Law

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

Thayer's Greek Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

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

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number G1658 matches the Greek ἐλεύθερος (eleutheros),
which occurs 23 times in 23 verses in the TR Greek.

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Mat 17:26

Mat 17:26 - Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, Then are the children free.^G1658

Jhn 8:33

Jhn 8:33 - They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?^G1658

Jhn 8:36

Jhn 8:36 - If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free^G1658 indeed.

Rom 6:20

Rom 6:20 - For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free^G1658 from righteousness.

Rom 7:3

Rom 7:3 - So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free^G1658 from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

1Co 7:21

1Co 7:21 - Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free,^G1658 use it rather.

1Co 7:22

1Co 7:22 - For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free,^G1658 is Christ's servant.

1Co 7:39

1Co 7:39 - The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty^G1658 to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

1Co 9:1

1Co 9:1 - Am I not an apostle? am I not free?^G1658 have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?

1Co 9:19

1Co 9:19 - For though I be free^G1658 from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.

1Co 12:13

1Co 12:13 - For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free;^G1658 and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

Gal 3:28

Gal 3:28 - There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free,^G1658 there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

Gal 4:22

Gal 4:22 - For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.^G1658

Gal 4:23

Gal 4:23 - But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman^G1658 was by promise.

Gal 4:26

Gal 4:26 - But Jerusalem which is above is free,^G1658 which is the mother of us all.

Gal 4:30

Gal 4:30 - Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.^G1658

Gal 4:31

Gal 4:31 - So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.^G1658

Eph 6:8

Eph 6:8 - Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.^G1658

Col 3:11

Col 3:11 - Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free:^G1658 but Christ is all, and in all.

1Pe 2:16

1Pe 2:16 - As free,^G1658 and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.

Rev 6:15

Rev 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 bondman, and every free man,^G1658 hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;

Rev 13:16

Rev 13:16 - And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free^G1658 and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

Rev 19:18

Rev 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^G1658 and bond, both small and great.