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FREEWOMAN

fre'-woom-an (eleuthera): Found but 4 times in the King James Version (Galatians 4:22, 23, 10, 31). In the first three passages it refers to Sarah, the freewoman and true wife of Abraham as in contrast with Hagar, the Egyptian slave girl who became his concubine (Genesis 16:1). In the last passage a metaphorical application of the term is made to the Christians who are the children of promise, of freedom, of the spirit, the children of the freewoman, in contrast with the Jews who are the children of the letter, of bondage, of the bondwoman.

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Freewoman (4 Occurrences)

Galatians 4:22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. (KJV ASV)

Galatians 4:23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. (KJV ASV)

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. (KJV ASV)

Galatians 4:31 Wherefore, brethren, we are not children of a handmaid, but of the freewoman. (ASV)




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