Greek verb · G1659
ἐλευθερόω
eleutherooel-yoo-ther-o'-o
to set free
7 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: eleutheróō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1659is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1659
to liberate, i.e. (figuratively) to exempt (from moral, ceremonial or mortal liability)
The King James renders it: deliver, make free.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
eleutheroo is rendered "to set free". It stands 7 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Four of the uses stand in Romans, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.John 8:32Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
John 8:32ἐλευθερώσει
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's seven uses are in Romans.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- has set free2
- Having been set free2
- shall set free1
- will be set free1
- will set free1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- Ἐλευθερωθέντες2
- ἐλευθερωθήσεται1
- ἐλευθερώσει1
- ἐλευθερώσῃ1
- ἠλευθέρωσεν1
- ἠλευθέρωσέν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-AAI-3S
- verb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural2V-APP-NPM
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular1V-AAS-3S
- verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-FAI-3S
- verb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-FPI-3S
John
two uses
Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
- ἐλευθερώσειeleutheroseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will set free
So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
- ἐλευθερώσῃeleutheroseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall set free
Romans
four uses
You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
- Ἐλευθερωθέντεςeleutherothentesverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Having been set free
But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.
- ἐλευθερωθέντεςeleutherothentesverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having been set free
For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
- ἠλευθέρωσένeleutherosenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has set free
that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
- ἐλευθερωθήσεταιeleutherothesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will be set free
Galatians
one use
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.
- ἠλευθέρωσενeleutherosenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has set free
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.