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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