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Free; Freedom

Free; Freedom See CHOICE; WILL.

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Free; Freedom See CHOICE; WILL.

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Freedman; Freeman

Freedman; Freeman fred'-man, fre'-man: The term occurs in 1Co 7:22, Col 3:11, and Re 6:15, and represents two slightly different words. In 1Co 7:22 the word is apeleutheros, "a freeman," one who was born a sla...

Freely

Freely fre'-li (chinnam, nedhabhah; dorean parrhesiazomai): "Freely" occurs in three senses:ts two slightly different words. In 1Co 7:22 the word is apeleutheros, "a freeman," one who was born a slave and has...

Freewill Offering

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