adjective
apeleutheros
Greekἀπελεύθερος (apeleutheros)
Strong’sG558
a freedman
stem apeleuther-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
* ἀπ-ελεύθερος, -ου, ὁ, ἡ,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G558 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | apeleutheros1×ἀπελεύθερος | apeleutheras | apeleutherem | apeleutherois | apeleutherais | apeleuthereim |
| object accusative | apeleutheron | apeleutheran | apeleutheroin | apeleutherain | ||
| direct address vocative | apeleutheror | apeleutherar | apeleutheroir | apeleutherair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | apeleutherou | apeleutherau | apeleuthereu | apeleutheroiu | apeleutheraiu | apeleuthereiu |
| to, for dative | apeleuthero | apeleuthera | apeleuthere | apeleutheroi | apeleutherai | apeleutherei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
apeleuther is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
apeleutheros“freedman”subjectnominative singular1×
1 Corinthians 7:22“freedman”tos gar en kurio kaliratos doulos apeleutheros kuriou atō; homoiōs tos eleutheros kaliratos doulos atō Christou.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.