Strong G1397δουλεία
slavery
- Transliteration
- douleia
- Pronunciation
- doo-li'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G1398; slavery (ceremonially or figuratively): - bondage.
Detailed definition
δουλεία (T, -λία), -ας, ἡ
(δουλεύω), [in LXX, as Exo.13:3, for עֶבֶד and cognates;]
slavery, bondage: Rom.8:15, 21 Gal.4:24 5:1, Heb.2:15.†
(AS)
(δουλεύω), [in LXX, as Exo.13:3, for עֶבֶד and cognates;]
slavery, bondage: Rom.8:15, 21 Gal.4:24 5:1, Heb.2:15.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1397 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- bondage5
First verses
- Romans 8:15For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
- Romans 8:21Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
- Galatians 4:24Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
- Galatians 5:1Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
- Hebrews 2:15And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
δουλ-εία, ἡ,
Ionic dialect δουλ-ηΐη [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 114, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.12)]: also δουλία [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.75)]:— slavery, bondage, [same places], [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 253)]; δουλείας γάγγαμον, ζυγά, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ag.” 360 (_anapaest meter_), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 944 (Lyric poetry); δ. καὶ ὑπηρεσία 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 602)]; ἡ τῶν κρεισσόνων δ. imposed by them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.8; ἡ ὑπὸ τῶν βαρβάρων δ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 469c)]; applied to the condition of the subject allies of Athens, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.9.)]
II collectively, slaves, δουλεύοντα δουλείαις ἐμαῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 803)]; ἢν.. ἡ δ. ἐπανιστῆται if the slave-class rise in rebellion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.23; ἡ Ἡρακλεωτῶν δ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 776d; τὰς.. Εἱλωτείας καὶ Πενεστείας καὶ δουλείας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1264a36.)]
III service for hire, μισθὸν δουλείας [LXX (LXX.3Ki.5.6.)]
Ionic dialect δουλ-ηΐη [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 114, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.12)]: also δουλία [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.75)]:— slavery, bondage, [same places], [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 253)]; δουλείας γάγγαμον, ζυγά, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ag.” 360 (_anapaest meter_), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 944 (Lyric poetry); δ. καὶ ὑπηρεσία 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 602)]; ἡ τῶν κρεισσόνων δ. imposed by them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.8; ἡ ὑπὸ τῶν βαρβάρων δ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 469c)]; applied to the condition of the subject allies of Athens, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.9.)]
II collectively, slaves, δουλεύοντα δουλείαις ἐμαῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 803)]; ἢν.. ἡ δ. ἐπανιστῆται if the slave-class rise in rebellion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.23; ἡ Ἡρακλεωτῶν δ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 776d; τὰς.. Εἱλωτείας καὶ Πενεστείας καὶ δουλείας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1264a36.)]
III service for hire, μισθὸν δουλείας [LXX (LXX.3Ki.5.6.)]