Strong G1658ἐλεύθερος
free/freedom
- Transliteration
- eleutheros
- Pronunciation
- el-yoo'-ther-os
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Probably from the alternate of 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.
Detailed definition
ἐλεύθερος, -α, -ον
[in LXX chiefly for חׇפְשִׁי;]
free;
__(a) in civil sense, not a slave: Jhn.8:33, 1Co.7:21-22 12:13, Gal.3:28, Eph.6:8, Col.3:11, Rev.6:15 13:16 19:18; fem., Gal.4:22-23, 30;
__(b) as regards restraint and obligation in general: Mat.17:26, 1Co.9:1; before ἐκ, 1Co.9:19; ἀπό, Rom.7:3; with inf., 1Co.7:39; from the law, Gal.4:26, 1Pe.2:16; from sin, Jhn.8:32, 36; τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ, as regards righteousness, Rom.6:20 (Cremer, 249).†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for חׇפְשִׁי;]
free;
__(a) in civil sense, not a slave: Jhn.8:33, 1Co.7:21-22 12:13, Gal.3:28, Eph.6:8, Col.3:11, Rev.6:15 13:16 19:18; fem., Gal.4:22-23, 30;
__(b) as regards restraint and obligation in general: Mat.17:26, 1Co.9:1; before ἐκ, 1Co.9:19; ἀπό, Rom.7:3; with inf., 1Co.7:39; from the law, Gal.4:26, 1Pe.2:16; from sin, Jhn.8:32, 36; τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ, as regards righteousness, Rom.6:20 (Cremer, 249).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1658 appears in 23 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- free18
- freewoman3
- liberty1
- man1
First verses
- Matthew 17:26Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, Then are the children free.
- John 8:33They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
- John 8:36If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
- Romans 6:20For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.
- Romans 7:3So 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 from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.
- 1 Corinthians 7:21Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
- 1 Corinthians 7:22For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord’s freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ’s servant.
- 1 Corinthians 7:39The 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.
- 1 Corinthians 9:1Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?
- 1 Corinthians 9:19For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
- 1 Corinthians 12:13For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
- Galatians 3:28There 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.
- Galatians 4:22For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
- Galatians 4:23But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
- Galatians 4:26But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
- Galatians 4:30Nevertheless 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.
- Galatians 4:31So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
- Ephesians 6:8Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.
- Colossians 3:11Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
- 1 Peter 2:16As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐλεύθερος, α, ον
(ος, ον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 328, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 868))]: later ἐλαύθερος [Refs (“BCH” 22.76(Delph.))]; Elean ἐλεύθαρος [Refs (“Schwyzer” 416.3)]:— free, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] has the word only in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” in two phrases, ἐλεύθερον ἦμαρ)] the day of freedom, i.e.freedom, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.455, 16.831, +others)]; and κρητὴρ ἐλεύθερος the cup drunk to freedom,[Refs 4th c.BC+ (6.528; ἐ. πιοῦσαν οἶνον ἀποθανεῖν 4th c.BC: Xenarchus Comicus 5 codices 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus (perhaps -ριον,compare ἐλευθέριος 1.2))]; of persons, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 25.11, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.6, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 50, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1020, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.15, etc.)]: comparative, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.3.21)]: superlative, [Refs ([prev. author] “Hier.” 1.16)]; τὸ ἐ. freedom, Hdt [Refs (7.103)], etc.; τοὐλεύθερον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 438)]: c.genitive, free or freed from a thing, φόνου, πημάτων, φόβου, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 603 codices, “Ch.” 1060, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 869; αἰτίας 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 272)]; ἔξω αἰτίας ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 445)]; ἐ. ἀπ᾽ ἀλλήλων independent, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.2.23, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 832d.)]
b ἐλευθέρα, ἡ, married woman, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 13.571d)]; wife, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (POxy. 1872.8(5th-6th c.AD))]; but, freedwoman, [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae 14.2490 (from Vienne).)]
c free, of cities, in Roman Law, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“BGU” 316.3 (4th c.AD).)]
2 of things, free, open to all, ἀγορά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.3)]; ἐ. φυλακή,= Latin libera custodia, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.46; περιωπή 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 15.5)]; unencumbered, of property, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 35.21, “IG” 9(1).32.10 (from Stiris), “SIG” 364.36 (Ephesus, 3rd c.BC).)]
3 ἐλεύθερον εἶναί τινι, with infinitive, legally permissible, open to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work]45.42 (Halic., 5th c.BC).)]
II ={ἐλευθέριος}, fit for a freeman, free, frank, φρήν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.57; ἐλευθερωτέρη ὑπόκρισις 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.116; ἐλεύθρα βάζειν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 593 (Lyric poetry); ὦ μηδὲν ὑγιὲς μηδ᾽ ἐ. φρονῶν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1006; δούλη μέν, εἴρηκεν δ᾽ ἐ. λόγον [prev. author] “Tr.” 63, compare “El.” 1256; φρονήματα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 567a)]; βάσανοι ἐ. tortures such as might be used to a freeman, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Lg.” 946c (so φάσγανα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 495.38))]; τὸ ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 245c)]: frequently in adverb -ρως, εἰπεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.93, +others)]; χαίρειν.. καὶ γελᾶν ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1300; τεθραμμένους 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 7.43 codices (perhaps -ερίως))]; παιδευθεὶς ἐ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.154 codices (perhaps -ερίως); ἐ. δούλευε, δοῦλος οὐκ ἔσει 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 857)]; ἐλεύθεροι ἐλευθέρως free and like free men, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 919e)]. (Cf. Latin līber, from Ital. *loufero-(cf. Osc. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Luvfreis” 'Liberi'), I.- 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)] (e)leudh-ero-: the connexion with Slavonic liud, OHG. liut, etc. 'people' is doubtful.)
(ος, ον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 328, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 868))]: later ἐλαύθερος [Refs (“BCH” 22.76(Delph.))]; Elean ἐλεύθαρος [Refs (“Schwyzer” 416.3)]:— free, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] has the word only in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” in two phrases, ἐλεύθερον ἦμαρ)] the day of freedom, i.e.freedom, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.455, 16.831, +others)]; and κρητὴρ ἐλεύθερος the cup drunk to freedom,[Refs 4th c.BC+ (6.528; ἐ. πιοῦσαν οἶνον ἀποθανεῖν 4th c.BC: Xenarchus Comicus 5 codices 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus (perhaps -ριον,compare ἐλευθέριος 1.2))]; of persons, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 25.11, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.6, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 50, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1020, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.15, etc.)]: comparative, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.3.21)]: superlative, [Refs ([prev. author] “Hier.” 1.16)]; τὸ ἐ. freedom, Hdt [Refs (7.103)], etc.; τοὐλεύθερον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 438)]: c.genitive, free or freed from a thing, φόνου, πημάτων, φόβου, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 603 codices, “Ch.” 1060, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 869; αἰτίας 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 272)]; ἔξω αἰτίας ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 445)]; ἐ. ἀπ᾽ ἀλλήλων independent, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.2.23, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 832d.)]
b ἐλευθέρα, ἡ, married woman, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 13.571d)]; wife, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (POxy. 1872.8(5th-6th c.AD))]; but, freedwoman, [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae 14.2490 (from Vienne).)]
c free, of cities, in Roman Law, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“BGU” 316.3 (4th c.AD).)]
2 of things, free, open to all, ἀγορά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.3)]; ἐ. φυλακή,= Latin libera custodia, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.46; περιωπή 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 15.5)]; unencumbered, of property, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 35.21, “IG” 9(1).32.10 (from Stiris), “SIG” 364.36 (Ephesus, 3rd c.BC).)]
3 ἐλεύθερον εἶναί τινι, with infinitive, legally permissible, open to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work]45.42 (Halic., 5th c.BC).)]
II ={ἐλευθέριος}, fit for a freeman, free, frank, φρήν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.57; ἐλευθερωτέρη ὑπόκρισις 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.116; ἐλεύθρα βάζειν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 593 (Lyric poetry); ὦ μηδὲν ὑγιὲς μηδ᾽ ἐ. φρονῶν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1006; δούλη μέν, εἴρηκεν δ᾽ ἐ. λόγον [prev. author] “Tr.” 63, compare “El.” 1256; φρονήματα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 567a)]; βάσανοι ἐ. tortures such as might be used to a freeman, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Lg.” 946c (so φάσγανα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 495.38))]; τὸ ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 245c)]: frequently in adverb -ρως, εἰπεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.93, +others)]; χαίρειν.. καὶ γελᾶν ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1300; τεθραμμένους 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 7.43 codices (perhaps -ερίως))]; παιδευθεὶς ἐ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.154 codices (perhaps -ερίως); ἐ. δούλευε, δοῦλος οὐκ ἔσει 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 857)]; ἐλεύθεροι ἐλευθέρως free and like free men, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 919e)]. (Cf. Latin līber, from Ital. *loufero-(cf. Osc. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Luvfreis” 'Liberi'), I.- 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)] (e)leudh-ero-: the connexion with Slavonic liud, OHG. liut, etc. 'people' is doubtful.)