adjective

eleutheros

Greekἐλεύθερος (eleutheros)

Strong’sG1658

free, delivered from obligation

stem eleuther-23 times in the New Testamentin 9 of 27 books6 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

free23×

What it means

ἐλεύθερος, -α, -ον

[in LXX chiefly for חׇפְשִׁי;]

free;

(a) 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;

(b) 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. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1658 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidel-yoo'-ther-os

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)

Fromprobably from the alternate of G2064;

King Jamesfree (man, woman), at liberty.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	eleutheros8×ἐλεύθερος	eleutheras3×ἐλευθέρα	eleutherem	eleutherois6×ἐλεύθεροι	eleutherais	eleuthereim
object accusative	eleutheron	eleutheran		eleutheroin1×ἐλευθέρους	eleutherain
direct address vocative	eleutheror	eleutherar		eleutheroir	eleutherair
of, belonging to genitive	eleutherou	eleutherau4×ἐλευθέρας	eleuthereu	eleutheroiu1×ἐλευθέρων	eleutheraiu	eleuthereiu
to, for dative	eleuthero	eleuthera	eleuthere	eleutheroi	eleutherai	eleutherei

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

eleutherstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

eleuther 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

Words built on the same stem

eleutheramō — ἐλευθερόω, I free, set free, liberate

Where it appears

23 occurrences, every one of them listed

eleutheros“free”subjectnominative singular8×

1 Corinthians 7:21“free”Doulos kalisa? mē si meleiatōr; alla ei kai dunesō eleutheros ginera, mallon chresar.Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let it concern you— but if you can gain your freedom, take the opportunity.

1 Corinthians 7:22“free”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.

1 Corinthians 9:1“free”Ouk amō eleutheros? ouk amō apostolos? ouchi Iēsun ton kurion nu horamē? ouk tem ergem mu vis avō en kurio?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?

1 Corinthians 9:19“free”Eleutheros gar arōtos ek pantoiu pantoi miauton doulama, hina toin polloteroin kerdainameia;Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.

Galatians 3:28“free”ouk eniatō Ioudaios oude Hellēnos, ouk eniatō doulos oude eleutheros, ouk eniatō arsēnem kai thēluem; pantois gar vis henos avō en Christo Iēso.There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 6:8“free”oidarētois hoti hekastos, hem an poiateia agathem, houtem komizeti para kuriou, eite doulos eite eleutheros.because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good he does, whether he is slave or free.

Colossians 3:11“free”hopou ouk eniatō Hellēnos kai Ioudaios, peritomas kai akrobustias, barbaros, Skuthos, doulos, eleutheros, alla teim panteim kai en pantei Christos.Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.

Revelation 6:15“free”kai tois basilevois tau gēau kai tois megistanois kai tois chiliarchois kai tois plousiois kai tois ischurois kai pantos doulos kai eleutheros kruptala heautoin eis teim spēlaieim kai eis tain petrain teiu oreiu;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.

eleutheras“free”subjectnominative singular3×

Romans 7:3“free”ara oun zōarōtou tou anērou moichalias chrēmatizati ean gineteia anēro hetero; ean de apothnēskateia tos anēros, eleutheras atō apo tou nomou, teu mē arō autan moichalian gineratan anēro hetero.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.

1 Corinthians 7:39“free”Gunaikas ditē epi hoson chronon zōatō tos anēros autau; ean de koimiteia tos anēros, eleutheras atō ho thelatō gamira, monem en kurio;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.

Galatians 4:26“free”tas de anō Ierousalēm eleutheras atō, hotinas atō mētēras nu;But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.

eleutherau“free”of, belonging togenitive singular4×

Galatians 4:22“free”grafitē gar hoti Abraam duo huioin echata, henon ek tau paidiskau kai henon ek tau eleutherau;For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.

Galatians 4:23“free”alla tos men ek tau paidiskau kata sarxan gennitē, tos de ek tau eleutherau dia epangeliau.His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born through the promise.

Galatians 4:30“free”alla tinem legatō tas grafas? Ekballasar tan paidiskan kai ton huion autau, ouk gar mē klēronomati tos huios tau paidiskau meta tou huiou tau eleutherau.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.”

Galatians 4:31“free”dio, adelfoir, ouk anō paidiskau tekneim alla tau eleutherau.Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.

eleutherois“free”subjectnominative plural6×

Matthew 17:26“free”legaratou de; Apo toiu allotrioiu, fēate auto tos Iēsus; Ara ge eleutherois alō tois huiois.“From others,” Peter answered. “Then the sons are exempt,” Jesus said to him.

John 8:33“free”apokrinila pros auton; Spermem Abraam anō kai oudeno douleuanē pōpote; pōs sis legasō hoti Eleutherois ginevi?“We are Abraham’s descendants,” they answered. “We have never been slaves to anyone. How can You say we will be set free?”

John 8:36“free”ean oun tos huios vin eleutherateia, ontōs eleutherois evi.So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

Romans 6:20“free”Hote gar doulois ave tau hamartau, eleutherois ave ta dikaiosuna.For when you were slaves to sin, you were free of obligation to righteousness.

1 Corinthians 12:13“free”kai gar en hene pneume nis pantois eis henem sōmem baptizina, eite Ioudaiois eite Hellēnois, eite doulois eite eleutherois, kai pantois henem pneumem potizina.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.

1 Peter 2:16“free”hōs eleutherois, kai mē hōs epikalummem echarōtois tau kakiau tan eleutherian, alla hōs theou doulois.Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.

eleutheroin“free”objectaccusative plural1×

Revelation 13:16“free”kai poiatō pantoin, toin mikroin kai toin megoin, kai toin plousioin kai toin ptōchoin, kai toin eleutheroin kai toin douloin, hina dōaleia autoi charagmem epi tau cheirau autoiu tau dexau ē epi tem metōpem autoiu,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,

eleutheroiu“free”of, belonging togenitive plural1×

Revelation 19:18“free”hina esthiaveia sarxain basilevoiu kai sarxain chiliarchoiu kai sarxain ischuroiu kai sarxain hippoiu kai toiu katherōtoiu epi autoiu, kai sarxain pantoiu eleutheroiu tē kai douloiu kai mikroiu kai megoiu.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.”