to set free
Transliteration:
eleutheroō
Definition:
ἐλευθερόω, -ῶ [in LXX: Pro.25:10. 2Ma.1:27 2Mac 2:22 *;] to make free from sin, Jhn.8:32, 36; before ἀπό, Rom.6:18, 22 8:2, 21; τ. ἐλευθερία (dative commodi), Gal.5:1 (on the "punctiliar" force of this verb, see M, Pr. 149; cf. also Cremer, 251). (AS)
Transliteration:
eleutheroō
Definition:
ἐλευθερ-όω,
set free, τὰς Ἀθήνας [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. τὸν ἔσπλουν
set the entrance
free, clear it, [
Refs];
release a debtor, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τό γ᾽ εἰς ἑαυτὸν πᾶν ἐλευθεροῖ στόμα he
keeps his tongue altogether
free, i.e. does not commit himself by speech, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
free from blame, acquit, τινά [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—
passive,
to be set free, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
indulge in licence, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2) c.
genitive,
set free, release from, φόνου [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ἐλευθεροῦντες ἐκ δρασμῶν πόδα, i.e. ceasing to flee, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] —
passive, τῶνδε τῶν τόπων ἐ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
Transliteration:
eleutheróō
Pronounciation:
el-yoo-ther-o'-o
Definition:
to liberate, i.e. (figuratively) to exempt (from moral, ceremonial or mortal liability); deliver, make free; from
g1658 (ἐλεύθερος);