Freedom and Liberty

ἄφεσις, εως, ἡ, (ἀφίημι) letting go, release, περὶ τῆς τῶν πλοίων ἀφέσεως Philipp. cited in Refs 5th c.BC+; γῆ ἐν ἀφέσει land in private hands, opposed to βασιλική, Refs 2nd c.BC+ __b of persons, dismissal: in ritual, λαοῖς ἄ.Refs 4th c.AD+; release, NT+2nd c.BC+ __2 with genitive, ἀ. φόνου quittance from murder, Refs 5th c.BC+; discharge from a bond, Refs 4th c.BC+; opposed to ἀπόδοσις χρημάτων, Refs 5th c.BC+; exemption from attendance, leave of absence, Refs 4th c.BC+; ἀ. τῆς στρατείας exemption from service, Refs 1st c.AD+; remission of a debt, ταλάντουRefs 2nd c.BC+; χρημάτωνRefs 3rd c.BC+; i.e. καταδίκης, Refs __2.b forgiveness, NT.Mark.3.29; ἁμαρτιῶνNT __3 relaxation, exhaustion, Refs 5th c.BC+ __4 divorce, τινὶ πέμπεινRefs 1st c.AD+ __5 starting of horses in a race, ἵππων ἄ. ποιεῖνRefs 1st c.BC+: hence, starting-post itself, ἰσώσας τἀφέσει (Musgr. for τῇ φύσει) τὰ τέρματα having made the winning-post one with the starting-post, i.e. having completed the δίαυλος and come back to the starting-post, uncertain conjecture in Refs 5th c.BC+: metaphorically, the first start, beginning of anything, Refs 4th c.AD+ __6 discharge, emission, ὕδατοςRefs 4th c.BC+; the dropping of a foal, Refs __6.b discharge, release of an engine, Refs 3rd c.BC+ __7 ={ἀφεσμός}, Refs 4th c.BC+ __8 release, ὕδατοςRefs 3rd c.BC+: hence, in concrete sense, conduit, sluice,Refs 3rd c.AD+channels, LXX __9 Astrology texts, reckoning of the vital quadrant, Refs 2nd c.AD+ simply, starting from.., Refs

ἐλευθ-ερία, Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, freedom, liberty, Refs 5th c.BC+; δι᾽ ἐλευθερίας μόλις ἐξῆλθες, i.e. μόλις ἠλευθερώθης, Refs 5th c.BC+; freedom from a thing, ἀπὸ πασῶν ἀρχῶν Refs 5th c.BC+ __b manumission, ἡ εἰκοστὴ τῶν ἐ.,= Latin vicesima manumissionum, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __2 licence, ἀκολασία καὶ ἐ. Refs 5th c.BC+; of Diogenes, Refs 4th c.AD+ __3 later, ={ἐλευθεριότης}, Refs __4 name of a dance, Refs 2nd c.AD+

† I. דְּרוֹר n.[m.] a flowing; free run, liberty;— 1. מָר־דְּרוֹר Ex 30:23 (P) i.e. myrrh of flowing, fine-flowing m. cf. מֹר" dir="rtl" >מֹר & Di. 2. c. קרא proclaim liberty, וּקְרָאתֶם דְּרוֹר בָּאָרֶץ לְכָל־יֹשְׁכֶ֑יהָ Lv 25:10 (H) in Jubilee year, cf. Is 61:1 (‖ פְּקַח־קוֹחַ); Je 34:8, 15, 17 all ref. to liberty of Sabbatical year; v 17 (iron.) lo! I proclaim to you liberty unto the sword, unto pestilence & unto famine, i.e. liberty to be destroyed by sword, pestilence and famine, (a judgment of Yahweh); שְׁנַת־הַדּ׳ Ez 46:17 i.e. year of Jubilee (cf. Lv 25:10).

† חָפְשִׁית, חפשׁות n.f. freedom, separateness, only בֵּית הַחָפְשִׁית 2 K 15:5 = 2 Ch 26:21 Qr (Kt החפשׁות) i.e. (si vera l.) a separate house—a house apart (on account of his disease).

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+

λύσις [ῠ], εως, Ionic dialect ιος, ἡ, (λύω) loosing, releasing, ransoming, νεκροῖο Refs 8th c.BC+ deliverance from death, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἀπὸ τῶν δεσμῶνRefs 6th c.BC+ __2 absolutely, οὐ γὰρ λ. ἄλλη στρατῷ πρὸς οἶκον no other means of letting the host loose from port for home, Refs 5th c.BC+ __3 deliverance from guilt by expiatory rites, ὅπως λ. τιν᾽ ἡμὶν εὐαγῆ πόρῃς may'st grant us a deliverance such as may purify us, Refs; οὐδ᾽ ἔχει λύσιν [τὰ πήματα] admit not of atonement, Refs 5th c.BC+; τῇ [τῆς φιλοσοφίας] λύσει καὶ καθαρμῷ by her offer to release them, Refs; αἱ νομιζόμεναι λ., in cases of homicide, Refs 4th c.BC+; λ. ἁμαρτημάτων blotting out of sins, Refs 1st c.AD+ __4 redemption of mortgage or pledge, [χωρίον] πεπραμένον ἐπὶ λύσει Refs __4.b release, discharge from a financial obligation, λύσιν ποιήσασθαι τῆς συγχωρήσεως Refs 1st c.BC+ __5 for ὠμὴ λύσις, see at {ὠμήλυσις}. __II loosing, parting, λ. καὶ χωρισμὸς ψυχῆς ἀπὸ σώματος Refs 5th c.BC+; dissolution, πολιτείας Refs 4th c.BC+; λ. κομήτου Refs 6th c.AD+; τῶν σφραγίδων αἱ λ. breaking them, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __II.2 emptying, evacuation, πείνη μέν που λ. καὶ λύπ; Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ λ. τῶν κοιλιῶν, κοιλίας, Refs 4th c.BC+; emission of semen, Refs 3rd c.AD+ __II.3 λ. πυρετοῦ remission of fever, Refs 2nd c.AD+; λ., opposed to κρίσις, Refs; cure, Refs 1st c.AD+; τὰ πάθη defined as συστολαὶ καὶ λύσεις (variant{χύσεις}) τῆς ψυχῆς, opposed to κρίσεις, Refs 4th c.BC+ __II.4 as a technical term, __II.4.a solution of a difficulty, ἡ λ. τῆς ἀπορίας its solution, Refs 4th c.BC+; ἔχει τινὰ λ. πρὸς ταύτην τὴν ἀπορίαν, ὅτι.. Refs 5th c.BC+; also, interpretation, σημείων τεράτων τε λύσεις Refs 5th c.AD+ __II.4.b refutation of an argument, Refs 4th c.BC+ __II.4.c unravelling of the plot of a tragedy, opposed to δέσις, Refs __II.4.d softening of a strong expression, Refs 3rd c.AD+ __II.4.e resolution of one vowel into two, as in ἥλιος, ἠέλιος, like{διαίρεσις}, Refs 4th c.BC+ __II.4.f looseness of structure in writing, especially asyndeton, Refs __II.4.g in metric, resolution of [musical notation] into [musical notation], Refs 7th c.AD+ __II.5 divorce, NT+6th c.AD+ __III ={δόρπου λ}., place for banqueting Refs 5th c.BC+

† [חָפַשׁ] vb. be free—only Pu. Pf. 3 fs. כִּי לֹא חֻפָּ֑שָׁה Lv 19:20 (H), because she was not freed (a freed-woman).

† חֹ֫פֶשׁ n.[m.] very dub.; only בִּגְדֵי־חֹ֫פֶשׁ לְרִכְבָּה Ez 27:20 wide-spread (?) garments for riding, i.e. saddle-cloths, according to Thes Sm Co Da al.; but meaning spread for √ purely conject.; Gr suggests, plausibly, חֵ֫פֶץ (q.v.)

† חֻפְֿשָׁה n.f. freedom, only ח׳ לא נִתַּן־לָהּ Lv 19:20 (H) freedom had not been given to her.