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freewoman

Meaning of “freewoman”

A woman not a slave.

Definition sources

Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
3 occurrences3 verses1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: Galatians 4:22

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “freewoman”

KJV PCE
Galatians 4:22
For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Galatians 4:22 · retained source text

For it is written, that Abraham had two sonnes, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.

Galatians 4:23
But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Galatians 4:23 · retained source text

But he who was of the bondwoman, was borne after the flesh: but hee of the freewoman, was by promise.

Galatians 4:30
Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Galatians 4:30 · retained source text

Neuerthelesse, what saith the Scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her sonne: for the son of the bondwoman shall not bee heire with the son of the freewoman.

1611 marginal noteGen. 21.10.

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Definition evidence

1 · Direct Scripture definition

Galatians 4:22; Galatians 4:23; Galatians 4:30

Galatians 4 repeatedly contrasts the freewoman with the bondmaid or bondwoman, directly establishing the not-enslaved status boundary while leaving the allegorical application to the passage.

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