Strong G1398δουλεύω
be a slave
- Transliteration
- douleuō
- Pronunciation
- dool-yoo'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G1401; to be a slave to (literally or figuratively involuntarily or voluntarily): - be in bondage (do) serve (-ice).
Detailed definition
δουλεύω
(δοῦλος), [in LXX for עָבַד, as Gen.14:4, exc. Da TH Dan.7:14, 27 (פְּלַח), Isa.56:6 (שָׁרַת pi.)*;]
to be a slave, be subject to, serve: absol., Rom.7:6, Gal.4:25, 1Ti.6:2; with dative of person(s), Mat.6:24, Luk.15:29 16:13, Rom.9:12" (LXX); of nations, Jhn.8:33, Act.7:7" (LXX); θεῷ, τ. κυρίῳ, Mat.6:24, Luk.16:13, Act.20:19, Rom.12:11 (R, mg., καιρῷ) Rom.16:18, Eph.6:7, Col.3:24, 1Th.1:9; τ. Χριστῷ, Rom.14:18, Col.3:24; νόμῳ θεοῦ, Rom.7:25; τ. θεοῖς, Gal.4:8; τ. καιρῷ, Rom.12:11 (R, mg. for κυρίῳ); ἀλλήλοις, Gal.5:13; σὺν ἐμοί Php.2:22; τ. ἁμαρτίᾳ, Rom.6:6; νόμῳ ἁμαρτίας, Rom.7:25;
ἐπιθυμίαις κ. ἡδοναις, Tit.3:3; τ. κοιλία, Rom.16:18; μαμωνᾷ, Mat.6:24, Luk.16:13; τ. στοιχείοις τ, κόσμου, Gal.4:9 (Cremer, 217).†
(AS)
(δοῦλος), [in LXX for עָבַד, as Gen.14:4, exc. Da TH Dan.7:14, 27 (פְּלַח), Isa.56:6 (שָׁרַת pi.)*;]
to be a slave, be subject to, serve: absol., Rom.7:6, Gal.4:25, 1Ti.6:2; with dative of person(s), Mat.6:24, Luk.15:29 16:13, Rom.9:12" (LXX); of nations, Jhn.8:33, Act.7:7" (LXX); θεῷ, τ. κυρίῳ, Mat.6:24, Luk.16:13, Act.20:19, Rom.12:11 (R, mg., καιρῷ) Rom.16:18, Eph.6:7, Col.3:24, 1Th.1:9; τ. Χριστῷ, Rom.14:18, Col.3:24; νόμῳ θεοῦ, Rom.7:25; τ. θεοῖς, Gal.4:8; τ. καιρῷ, Rom.12:11 (R, mg. for κυρίῳ); ἀλλήλοις, Gal.5:13; σὺν ἐμοί Php.2:22; τ. ἁμαρτίᾳ, Rom.6:6; νόμῳ ἁμαρτίας, Rom.7:25;
ἐπιθυμίαις κ. ἡδοναις, Tit.3:3; τ. κοιλία, Rom.16:18; μαμωνᾷ, Mat.6:24, Luk.16:13; τ. στοιχείοις τ, κόσμου, Gal.4:9 (Cremer, 217).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1398 appears in 23 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- serve15
- bondage4
- service3
- be1
- do1
- he1
- serveth1
- should1
First verses
- Matthew 6:24No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
- Luke 15:29And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
- Luke 16:13No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
- John 8:33They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
- Acts 7:7And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.
- Acts 20:19Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:
- Romans 6:6Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
- Romans 7:6But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
- Romans 7:25I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
- Romans 9:12It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
- Romans 12:11Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
- Romans 14:18For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.
- Romans 16:18For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
- Galatians 4:8Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
- Galatians 4:9But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
- Galatians 4:25For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
- Galatians 5:13For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
- Ephesians 6:7With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:
- Philippians 2:22But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.
- Colossians 3:24Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
δουλ-εύω,
(δοῦλος) to be a slave, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.56, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.138, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 777d, etc.; παρά τινι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.129: with _accusative_ _cognate_, δουλείαν δ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.12.2, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 183a, +others)]
2 serve, be subject, τό τ᾽ ἄρχειν καὶ τὸ δ. δίχα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 927, etc.)]; δ. ζεύγλαις[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 463; τοῖς ἄρχουσι καὶ τοῖς νόμοις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 698b; ἡδονῇ [prev. author] “Phdr.” 238e, etc.)]; δ. γαστρί, ὕπνῳ, λαγνείᾳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.6.8; κεναῖς δόξαις Polystr. p.29 W.)]; τῇ γῇ δ. make oneself a slave to one's land, i. e. give up rights that one may keep it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.81; so δ. τῇ κτήσει αὐτοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 494d; δουλεύομεν δόξαισιν 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 93.8)]; δ. τῷ καιρῷ accommodate oneself to the occasion, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.441 (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus); θυμῷ 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 1.17.6.)]
3 render a service, τινά [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“PLond.” 5.1727.11 (6th c.AD).)]
(δοῦλος) to be a slave, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.56, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.138, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 777d, etc.; παρά τινι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.129: with _accusative_ _cognate_, δουλείαν δ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.12.2, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 183a, +others)]
2 serve, be subject, τό τ᾽ ἄρχειν καὶ τὸ δ. δίχα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 927, etc.)]; δ. ζεύγλαις[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 463; τοῖς ἄρχουσι καὶ τοῖς νόμοις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 698b; ἡδονῇ [prev. author] “Phdr.” 238e, etc.)]; δ. γαστρί, ὕπνῳ, λαγνείᾳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.6.8; κεναῖς δόξαις Polystr. p.29 W.)]; τῇ γῇ δ. make oneself a slave to one's land, i. e. give up rights that one may keep it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.81; so δ. τῇ κτήσει αὐτοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 494d; δουλεύομεν δόξαισιν 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 93.8)]; δ. τῷ καιρῷ accommodate oneself to the occasion, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.441 (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus); θυμῷ 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 1.17.6.)]
3 render a service, τινά [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“PLond.” 5.1727.11 (6th c.AD).)]