The meaning of “ἐλεύθερος”
Understanding eleútheros reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
probably from the alternate of ἔρχομαι free (man, woman), at liberty. - unrestrained (to go at pleasure), i.e. (as a cit...
ἐλεύθερος
probably from the alternate of ἔρχομαι free (man, woman), at liberty. - 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)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Matthew 17:26 | “Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, Then are the children free.” Word: ἐλεύθερος (eleútheros) | |
| John 8:36 | “If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.” Word: ἐλεύθερος (eleútheros) | |
| Romans 7:3 | “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.” Word: ἐλεύθερος (eleútheros) | |
| 1 Corinthians 9:1 | “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?” Word: ἐλεύθερος (eleútheros) | |
| Galatians 4:26 | “But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.” Word: ἐλεύθερος (eleútheros) |