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Strong's G1658 · Greek

ἐλεύθερος

eleutheros · el-yoo'-ther-os

probably from the alternate of 2064; 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)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ἐλεύθερος (G1658)

23 ἐλεύθερος , -α, -ον [in LXX chiefly for חׇפְשִׁי ;] free ; in civil sense, not a slave: Jo 8:33 , I Co 7:21 , 22 12:13 , Ga 3:28 , Eph 6:8 , Col 3:11 , Re 6:15 13:16 19:18 ; fem., Ga 4:22 , 23 , 30 ; as regards restraint and obligation in general: Mt 17:26 , I Co 9:1 ; seq. ἐκ , I Co 9:19 ; ἀπό , Ro 7:3 ; c. inf., I Co 7:39 ; from the law, Ga 4:26 , I Pe 2:16 ; from sin, Jo 8:36 ; τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ , as regards righteousness , Ro 6:20 (Cremer, 249).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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