Quick Definition
ἀπελεύθερος, ου, ὁ n.m. a freedman
Strong's Definition
one freed away, i.e. a freedman
Derivation: from G575 (ἀπό) and G1658 (ἐλεύθερος);
KJV Usage: freeman
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ου | ἐλευθερόω
87.85 · Status · Slave, Free
freedman, free person a person who has previously been a slave but is now released from slavery
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀπ-ελεύθερος, -ov, ὁ, ἡ, @ manumitted slave, a freedman, (ἀπό, cf. Germ. los, [set free fr om bondage ]) : rod κυρίου, presented with (spiritual) freedom by the Lord, 1 Co. vii. 22. (In Grk. writ. fr. Xen. and Plat. down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀπελεύθερος apeleutheros 1x
a freed-man, 1 Cor. 7:22*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ἀπ-ελεύθερος, -ου, ὁ, ἡ, a freedman: τ. κυρίου (MM, s.v.), I Co 7:22.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀπελεύθερος. For the Pauline phrase ἀπελεύθερος Κυρίου in 1 Cor 722, Deissmann (LAZ p. 332 f.) compares the common title “freedman of the Emperor,” Σεβαστοῦ ἀπελεύθερος or ἀπελεύθερος Καίσαρος : see e.g. Sy// 3717 (time of Nero), and the numerous examples in Magie De vocabulis solemnzbus p. 70. The adjective is very common in the papyri, e.g. P Oxy I. 98% (a.p. 141-2) ᾿Αρχίᾳ ἀπελευθέρῳ ᾿ΑμοιτᾶTos, 13. 1044 (A.D. 96) Σιο(ῆ)ρις “Αρποχρᾶτος ἀπελευθέρου ai. For the light thrown by the ancient rites of manumission on the Pauline teaching regarding spiritual freedom see Deissmann’s valuable discussion referred to above, and Archiv v. ἘΣ 117f.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀπελεύθερος (apeleutheros) — freed. ἀπελεύθερ-ος, ὁ, restored to freedom, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; emancipated slave, freedman, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to δοῦλος and μέτοικος, [NT+5th c.BC+]:—feminine ἀπελευθέρα, Ionic dialect ἀπελευθέρη, ἡ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]