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ἐλεύθερος G1658

G1658 is the Greek word ἐλεύθερος, transliterated eleútheros. The King James Version most often renders it free.

Word: ἐλεύθεροςTransliteration: eleútherosLanguage: GreekIn the KJV: 17 verses

What it means

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).

Where it comes from

probably from the alternate of G2064 (ἔρχομαι).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 17 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

free 11×being free 1×liberty 1×freewoman 1×nor free 1×free man 1×men both free 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: free (man, woman), at liberty.

Verses using ἐλεύθερος

All 17 verses, quoted in full.

John 8:36 · KJV

If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

Romans 6:20 · KJV

For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.

Romans 7:3 · KJV

So 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 7:21 · KJV

Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.

1 Corinthians 7:22 · KJV

For 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 7:39 · KJV

The 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 9:1 · KJV

Am 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 9:19 · KJV

For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.

1 Corinthians 12:13 · KJV

For 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 3:28 · KJV

There 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 4:23 · KJV

But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.

Galatians 4:26 · KJV

But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

Colossians 3:11 · KJV

Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.

1 Peter 2:16 · KJV

As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.

Revelation 6:15 · KJV

And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;

Revelation 13:16 · KJV

And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

Revelation 19:18 · KJV

That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.

Common questions

What does Strong's G1658 mean?

G1658 is the Greek word ἐλεύθερος (eleútheros), meaning 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).

How is G1658 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it free (11 times), being free (1 time), liberty (1 time), freewoman (1 time), nor free (1 time), among others.

How many times does G1658 appear in the Bible?

ἐλεύθερος (eleútheros) is tagged in 17 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does G1658 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: probably from the alternate of G2064 (ἔρχομαι).

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