Freedom
ἐλευθερίαStrong’s G1657eleutheria
Appears in 10 verses of the New Testament
In short
Eleutheria is the Greek word usually translated “freedom”. It appears in 10 verses of the New Testament.
“While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.”
Meaning
Usually translated “freedom”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- freedom 8
- of freedom 2
- in freedom 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Galatians 3
- James 2
- Romans 1
- 1 Corinthians 1
- 2 Corinthians 1
- 1 Peter 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Romans 8:21Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
- 1 Corinthians 10:29Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man’s conscience?
- 2 Corinthians 3:17Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
- Galatians 2:4And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
- Galatians 5:1Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
- Galatians 5:13For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
Greek dictionary
ἐλευθερία eleutheria · freedom
ἐλευθερία, -ας, ἡ [in LXX: Lev.19:20 (חֻפְשָׁה), 1Es.4:49 Est.4:53, Sir.7:21, Sir.33:25, 1Ma.14:27, 3Ma.3:28 * ;] liberty: with reference to the religious life, 1Co.10:29, 2Co.3:17, Gal.2:4 5:1, 1Pe.2:16, 2Pe.2:19; ὁ νόμος τῆς ἐ., Jas.1:25 2:12; ἡ ἐ. τῆς δόξης, Rom.8:21; ἐπ᾽ ἐ., Gal.5:13 (on which formula, cf. Deiss., LAE, 327 ff.; Cremer, 251).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “freedom” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FREE'DOM, noun
- A state of exemption from the power or control of another; liberty; exemption from slavery, servitude or confinement. freedom is personal, civil, political, and religious. [See Liberty.]
- Particular privileges; franchise; immunity; as the freedom of a city.
- Power of enjoying franchises.
- Exemption from fate, necessity, or any constraint in consequence of predetermination or otherwise; as the freedom of the will.
All definitions
- Any exemption from constraint or control.
- Ease or facility of doing any thing.
- Frankness; boldness.
- License; improper familiarity; violation of the rules of decorum; with a plural.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.