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ἐλεύθερος

eleutherosfree/freedomHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentAdjective23 occurrences9 books23 verses

Definition

ἐλεύθερος, -α, -ον

[in LXX chiefly for חׇפְשִׁי ;]

free;

(a) in civil sense, not a slave: John 8:33, 1 Corinthians 7:21-22; 12:13, Galatians 3:28, Ephesians 6:8, Colossians 3:11, Revelation 6:15; 13:16; 19:18; fem., Galatians 4:22-23, 30;

(b) as regards restraint and obligation in general: Matthew 17:26, 1 Corinthians 9:1; before ἐκ, 1 Corinthians 9:19; ἀπό, Romans 7:3; with inf., 1 Corinthians 7:39; from the law, Galatians 4:26, 1 Peter 2:16; from sin, John 8:32, 36; τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ, as regards righteousness, Romans 6:20 (Cremer, 249).

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ἐλεύθερος:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

23 total
  1. Matthew 17:26ἐλεύθεροί · exempt
    “From others,” Peter answered. “Then the sons are exempt,” Jesus said to him.
  2. John 8:33Ἐλεύθεροι · free
    “We are Abraham’s descendants,” they answered. “We have never been slaves to anyone. How can You say we will be set free?”
  3. John 8:36ἐλεύθεροι · free
    So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
  4. Romans 6:20ἐλεύθεροι · free of obligation
    For when you were slaves to sin, you were free of obligation to righteousness.
  5. Romans 7:3ἐλευθέρα · free
    So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law and is not an adulteress if she marries another man.
  6. 1 Corinthians 7:21ἐλεύθερος · [your] freedom
    Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let it concern you—but if you can gain your freedom, take the opportunity.
  7. 1 Corinthians 7:22ἐλεύθερος · [was] a free man
    For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord’s freedman. Conversely, he who was a free man when he was called is Christ’s slave.
  8. 1 Corinthians 7:39ἐλευθέρα · free
    A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.
  9. 1 Corinthians 9:1ἐλεύθερος · free
    Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you yourselves not my workmanship in the Lord?
  10. 1 Corinthians 9:19Ἐλεύθερος · free of obligation
    Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
  11. 1 Corinthians 12:13ἐλεύθεροι · free
    For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.
  12. Galatians 3:28ἐλεύθερος · free
    There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
  13. Galatians 4:22ἐλευθέρας · free [woman]
    For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.
  14. Galatians 4:23ἐλευθέρας · free [woman]
    His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born through the promise.
  15. Galatians 4:26ἐλευθέρα · free
    But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
  16. Galatians 4:30ἐλευθέρας · free [woman’s]
    But what does the Scripture say? “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son.”
  17. Galatians 4:31ἐλευθέρας · free [woman]
    Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.
  18. Ephesians 6:8ἐλεύθερος · free
    …because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good he does, whether he is slave or free.
  19. Colossians 3:11ἐλεύθερος · [or] free
    Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.
  20. 1 Peter 2:16ἐλεύθεροι · in freedom
    Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
  21. Revelation 6:15ἐλεύθερος · free [man]
    Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
  22. Revelation 13:16ἐλευθέρους · free
    And the second beast required all people, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead,
  23. Revelation 19:18ἐλευθέρων · free
    …so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of everyone slave and free, small and great.”