ἐλεύθερ in Greek:
Eleuther meaning: in Biblical Contexts
Derive from the greek Eleutheros:
1. freeborn; in a civil sense, one who is not a slave: John 8:33; 1 Corinthians 7:22; 1 Corinthians 12:13; Galatians 3:28; Ephesians 6:8; Colossians 3:11; Revelation 6:15; Revelation 13:16; Revelation
19:18; feminine, Galatians
4:22f, 30f. (opposed to ἡ παιδίσκη); of one who ceases to be a slave, freed, manumitted: γίνεσθαι ἐλεύθερον, 1 Corinthians 7:
21.
2. free, exempt, unrestrained, not bound by an obligation: 1 Corinthians 9:1; ἐκ πάντων (see ἐκ, I. 6 at the end), 1 Corinthians 9:19; ἀπό τίνος, free from i. e. no longer under obligation to, so that one
may now do what was formerly forbidden by the person or thing to which he was bound, Romans 7:3 (
cf. Winers Grammar, 196f (185); Buttmann, 157f (138), 269 (231)); followed by an infinitive (Winers Grammar, 319 (299); Buttmann, 260 (224)), ἐλευθέρα ἐστιν ... γαμηθῆναι she is free to be married, has
liberty to marry, 1 Corinthians 7:39; exempt from paying tribute or
tax,
Matthew 17:26.
3. in an ethical sense: free from the yoke of the Mosaic law, Galatians
4:26; 1 Peter
2:16; from the bondage of sin, John 8:36; left to one's own
will and pleasure, with the dative of
respect, τῇ δικαιοσύνη, so far as relates to righteousness, as respects righteousness, Romans 6:20 (Winers Grammar, § 31, 1 k.; Buttmann, § 133, 12).