noun · feminine
eleutherias
Strong’sG1657
freedom, liberty
stem eleutheri-11 times in the New Testamentin 7 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἐλευθερία, -ας, ἡ
[in LXX: Le 19:20 (חֻפְשָׁה), I Es 4:49, 53, Si 7:21, 33:25, I Mac 14:27, III Mac 3:28 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1657 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidel-yoo-ther-ee'-ah
freedom (legitimate or licentious, chiefly moral or ceremonial)
Fromfrom G1658;
King Jamesliberty.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, freedom, liberty, Refs 5th c.BC+; δι᾽ ἐλευθερίας μόλις ἐξῆλθες, i.e. μόλις ἠλευθερώθης, Refs 5th c.BC+; freedom from a thing, ἀπὸ πασῶν ἀρχῶν Refs 5th c.BC+
b manumission, ἡ εἰκοστὴ τῶν ἐ.,= Latin vicesima manumissionum, Refs 2nd c.AD+
2 licence, ἀκολασία καὶ ἐ. Refs 5th c.BC+; of Diogenes, Refs 4th c.AD+
3 later, ={ἐλευθεριότης}, Refs
4 name of a dance, Refs 2nd c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | eleutherias2×ἐλευθερία | eleutheriais |
| object accusative | eleutherian5×ἐλευθερίαν | eleutheriain |
| direct address vocative | eleutheriar | eleutheriair |
| of, belonging to genitive | eleutheriau2×ἐλευθερίας | eleutheriaiu |
| to, for dative | eleutheria2×ἐλευθερίᾳ | eleutheriai |
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
eleutheria 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
11 occurrences, every one of them listed
eleutherias“freedom”subjectnominative singular2×
1 Corinthians 10:29… tan tou heterou; hinati gar tas eleutherias mu krinotō hupo allosau suneidēsiau?… your own. For why should my freedom be determined by someone else’s conscience?
2 Corinthians 3:17… atō; hou de tem pneumem kuriou, eleutherias.… of the Lord is, there is freedom.
eleutherian“freedom”objectaccusative singular5×
Romans 8:21… tau douleiau tau fthorau eis tan eleutherian tau doxau teiu tekneiu tou theou.… decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
Galatians 2:4… pareisaktoin pseudadelfoin, hotinois pareiserchala kataskopara tan eleutherian nu han echanō en Christo Iēso, …… false pretenses to spy on our freedom in Christ Jesus, in order to …
Galatians 5:13… eleutheria kaliva, adelfoir; monem mē tan eleutherian eis aforman ta sarka, alla dia …… freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh …
1 Peter 2:16… hōs epikalummem echarōntois tau kakiau tan eleutherian, alla hōs theou doulois.… freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live …
2 Peter 2:19eleutherian autoi epangelorōntois, autois doulois huparcharōntois tau …They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to …
eleutheriau“liberty”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
James 1:25“liberty”… parakuptarantos eis nomon teleion ton tau eleutheriau kai paramenarantos, ouk akroatos epilēsmonau generantos …… one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so — not being a forgetful hearer, but an …
James 2:12“liberty”… kai houtōs poiavōr hōs dia nomou eleutheriau mellarōntois krinorō.Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives …
eleutheria“freedom”to, fordative singular2×
Galatians 5:1ta eleutheria nin Christos eleutherata; stēkavōr oun kai …It is for freedom that Christ has set us free …
Galatians 5:13Vis gar epi eleutheria kaliva, adelfoir; monem mē tan eleutherian …For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom …