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).†
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