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free

Meaning of “free”

Sense 1: At liberty; released or exempt from bondage, confinement, service, obligation, dominion, guilt, or other restraint. Sense 2: Unrestrained, unobstructed, or at liberty to act or proceed. Sense 3: Willing, voluntary, liberal, or unreserved. Sense 4: Given or received without price, payment, or purchase.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
59 occurrences58 verses24 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Exodus 21:2

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Galatians 5:1
STAND fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
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1611 witness · Galatians 5:1 · retained source text

¶ Stand fast therefore in the libertie wherewith Christ hath made vs free, and bee not intangled againe with the yoke of bondage.

Colossians 3:11
Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Colossians 3:11 · retained source text

Where there is neither Greeke, nor Iew, circumcision, nor vncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond, nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.

2 Thessalonians 3:1
FINALLY, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Thessalonians 3:1 · retained source text

¶ Finally, brethren, pray for vs, that the word of the Lord may haue free course, and be glorified, euen as it is with you:

1611 marginal noteGr. may runne.

1 Peter 2:16
As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
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1611 witness · 1 Peter 2:16 · retained source text

As free, and not vsing your libertie for a cloake of maliciousnesse, but as the seruants of God.

1611 marginal noteGr. hauing

Revelation 6:15
And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Revelation 6:15 · retained source text

And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chiefe captaines, and the mighty men, and euery bondman, and euery free man, hid themselues in the dennes, and in the rockes of the mountaines,

Revelation 13:16
And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
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1611 witness · Revelation 13:16 · retained source text

And he causeth all, both smal and great rich and poore, free and bond, to receiue a marke in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

1611 marginal noteGr. to giue.

Revelation 19:18
That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
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1611 witness · Revelation 19:18 · retained source text

That yee may eate the flesh of Kings, and the flesh of Captaines, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men both free and bond, both small and great.

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Being at liberty; not being under necessity or restraint, physical or moral. Not imprisoned, confined or under arrest. Unconstrained; unrestrained; not under compulsion or control. Not obstructed. Open; candid; frank; ingenuous; unreserved. Liberal in expenses; not parsimonious. Gratuitous; not gained by importunity or purchase. Clear; exempt; with from. Not encumbered with.

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