G1658

ἐλεύθερος

eleutheros

Adjective · Probably from the alternate of ἔρχομαι (G2064)

Probably from the alternate of G2064; 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):—free (man, woman), at liberty.

Outline

  1. freeborn
    1. in a civil sense, one who is not a slave
    2. of one who ceases to be a slave, freed, manumitted
  2. free, exempt, unrestrained, not bound by an obligation
  3. in an ethical sense: free from the yoke of the Mosaic Law

Usages

Galatians 4:22

Breakdown

Apostle Paul, being a learned man, is about to use the true account of Abraham, Isaac and Ishmael, to outline the difference between being in bondage under the law (represented by Hagar and Ishmael) and the freedom of grace (represented by Sarah and Isaac).

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Galatians 4:26

Breakdown

Jerusalem is the motherland, not Africa.

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