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liberty

Meaning of “liberty”

Freedom, release, permission, or deliverance from bondage or restraint.

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27 occurrences25 verses15 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Leviticus 25:10

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Acts 26:32
Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Cæsar.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 26:32 · retained source text

Then said Agrippa vnto Festus, This man might haue bene set at libertie, if he had not appealed vnto Cesar.

Acts 27:3
And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 27:3 · retained source text

And the next day wee touched at Sidon: And Iulius courteously entreated Paul, and gaue him libertie to goe vnto his friends to refresh himselfe.

Romans 8:21
Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Romans 8:21 · retained source text

Because the creature it selfe also shall bee deliuered from the bondage of corruption, into the glorious libertie of the children of God.

1 Corinthians 7:39
The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 7:39 · retained source text

The wife is bound by the Lawe as long as her husband liueth: but if her husband bee dead, shee is at liberty to bee maried to whom shee will, onely in the Lord.

1 Corinthians 8:9
But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 8:9 · retained source text

But take heed lest by any meanes, this libertie of yours become a stumbling blocke to them that are weake.

1611 marginal noteOr, power.

1 Corinthians 10:29
Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man’s conscience?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 10:29 · retained source text

Conscience I say, not thine owne, but of the others: for why is my libertie iudged of another mans conscience?

2 Corinthians 3:17
Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Corinthians 3:17 · retained source text

Now the Lord is that spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is libertie.

Galatians 2:4
And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Galatians 2:4 · retained source text

And that because of false brethren vnawares brought in, who came in priuily to spie out our libertie, which wee haue in Christ Iesus, that they might bring vs into bondage.

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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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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.

Galatians 5:13
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Galatians 5:13 · retained source text

For brethren, ye haue beene called vnto liberty, onely vse not libertie for an occasion to the flesh, but by loue serue one another.

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