Freely
King James Dictionary [1]
FREE'LY, adv.
1. At liberty without vassalage, slavery or dependence. 2. Without restraint, constraint or compulsion voluntarily. To render a moral agent accountable, he must act freely. 3. Plentifully in abundance as, to eat or drink freely. 4. Without scruple or reserve as, to censure freely. 5. Without impediment or hinderance.
Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat. Genesis 2 .
6. Without necessity, or compulsion from divine predetermination.
Freely they stood who stood, and fell who fell.
7. Without obstruction largely copiously. The patient bled freely. 8. Spontaneously without constraint or persuasion. 9. Liberally generously as, to give freely to the poor. 10. Gratuitously of free will or grace, with out purchase or consideration.
Freely ye have received, freely give. Matthew 10 .
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [2]
FREELY . The use to observe is when ‘freely’ means ‘gratuitously.’ as Numbers 11:5 ‘We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely’ (Vulg. [Note: Vulgate.] gratis ); Matthew 10:5 ‘freely ye received, freely give’ (Gr. dôrean , Rhem. ‘gratis’).
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(adv.) In a free manner; without restraint or compulsion; abundantly; gratuitously.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
frē´li ( חנּם , hinnām , נדבה , nedhābhāh ; δωρεάν , dōreán παῤῥησιάζομαι ,ρ Ο2 for nothing ( Numbers 11:5 π , oh_2:10 ). The word is methúskō , Pass. "to become drunk." Comparison with Luke 12:45; Ephesians 5:18; 1 Thessalonians 5:7; Revelation 17:2 , where the same word is translated the King James Version "made drunk," the Revised Version (British and American) "made drunken" ( Matthew 24:49; Acts 2:15; 1 Corinthians 11:21; Revelation 17:6 , "drunken"), will show that the meaning is "drunk," which was the rendering of Tyndale and Cranmer; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible , 390-405 ad) has cum inebriati fuerint ; Plummer renders "have become drunk, are drunk."
