Lexicon eleutheroó: to make free, fig. to exempt (from liability) Original Word: ἐλευθερόωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: eleutheroó Phonetic Spelling: (el-yoo-ther-o'-o) Short Definition: I free, set free, liberate Definition: I free, set free, liberate. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 1659 eleutheróō – properly, set free, release from bondage; (figuratively) to remove the restrictions of sin (darkness) because delivered by God into true spiritual liberty (growth). See 1658 (eleutheros). Jn 8:36: "So if the Son makes you free (1659 /eleutheróō), you will be free (1658 /eleútheros) indeed" (NASU). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom eleutherosDefinitionto make free, fig. to exempt (from liability) NASB Translationfreed (2), make...free (1), makes...free (1), set...free (2), set free (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1659: ἐλευθερόωἐλευθερόω, ἐλευθέρω: future ἐλευθερώσω; 1 aorist ἠλευθερωσα; passive, 1 aorist ἠλευθερωθην; 1 future ἐλευθερωθήσομαι; ( ἐλεύθερος); (from Aeschylus down); to make free, set at liberty: from the dominion of sin, John 8:32, 36; τινα ἀπό τίνος, one from another's control ( Winers Grammar, 196f (185); Buttmann, 157f (138)): ἀπό τοῦ νόμου τάς ἁμαρτίας καί τοῦ θανάτου (see νόμος, 1), Romans 8:2; ἀπό τάς ἁμαρτίας, from the dominion of sin, Romans 6:18, 22; ἀπό τάς δουλείας τῆς φθορᾶς εἰς τήν ἐλευθερίαν, to liberate from bondage (see δουλεία) and to bring (transfer) into etc. (see εἰς, C. 1), Romans 8:21; with a dative commodi, τῇ ἐλευθερία, that we might be possessors of liberty, Galatians 5:1; cf. Buttmann, § 133, 12 (and Lightfoot at the passage).
Strong's deliver, make free. From eleutheros; to liberate, i.e. (figuratively) to exempt (from moral, ceremonial or mortal liability) -- deliver, make free. see GREEK eleutheros |
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