G1658Greekἐleýtheros
ἐλεύθερος
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)
23
Total Occurrences
9
Books
0
Old Testament
23
New Testament
Detailed Definition
- 1freeborn
- 2in a civil sense, one who is not a slave
- 3of one who ceases to be a slave, freed, manumitted
- 4free, exempt, unrestrained, not bound by an obligation
- 5in an ethical sense: free from the yoke of the mosaic law
Etymology & Derivation
probably from the alternate of g2064