Strong G1399δούλη
female slave
- Transliteration
- doulē
- Pronunciation
- doo'-lay
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Feminine of G1401; a female slave (involuntarily or voluntarily): - handmaid (-en).
Detailed definition
δούλη, ἡ, see: δοῦλος.
δοῦλος, -η, -ον,
[in LXX, ὁ δ. nearly always for עֶבֶד; ὁ δ. chiefly for שִׁפְחָה,אָמָה;]
1. in bondage to, subject to: Rom.6:19.
2. As subst., ὁ, ἡ δ., a slave;
__(a) fem., ἡ δ., a female slave, bondmaid (Cremer, 702; DB, iii, 215): Luk.1:38, 48 Act.2:18" (LXX);
__(b) masc., ὁ δ., a slave, bond-man: Mat.8:9 18:23, al.; opposite to ἐλεύθερος, 1Co.7:22 12:13, Gal.3:28, Eph.6:8, Col.3:11, Rev.6:15 13:16 19:18; opposite to κύριος, δεσπότης, οἰκοδεσπότης, Mat.10:24 13:27, 28 Luk.12:46, Jhn.15:15, Eph.6:5, Col.3:22 4:1, al.; metaphorically, δ. Χριστοῦ, τοῦ Χρ., Ἰησοῦ Χρ., Rom.1:1, 1Co.7:22, Gal.1:10, Eph.6:6, Php.1:1, Col.4:12, Jas.1:1, 2Pe.1:1, Ju 1; δ. τ. θεοῦ, τ. κυρίου, Act.16:17, 2Ti.2:24, Tit.1:1, 1Pe.2:16, Rev.7:3 15:3; δ. πονηρός, ἀχρεῖος, κακός, Mat.18:32 24:48 25:26, 30, Luk.17:10 19:22; δ. ἁμαρτίας, Jhn.8:34, Rom.6:17, 20; τ. φθορᾶς, 2Pe.2:19.
SYN.: διάκονος (q.V.), θεράπων, ὐπηρέτης (see DB, iii, 377; iv, 461, 469; DCG, i, 221; ii, 613; Cremer, 215, 702). (AS)
δοῦλος, -η, -ον,
[in LXX, ὁ δ. nearly always for עֶבֶד; ὁ δ. chiefly for שִׁפְחָה,אָמָה;]
1. in bondage to, subject to: Rom.6:19.
2. As subst., ὁ, ἡ δ., a slave;
__(a) fem., ἡ δ., a female slave, bondmaid (Cremer, 702; DB, iii, 215): Luk.1:38, 48 Act.2:18" (LXX);
__(b) masc., ὁ δ., a slave, bond-man: Mat.8:9 18:23, al.; opposite to ἐλεύθερος, 1Co.7:22 12:13, Gal.3:28, Eph.6:8, Col.3:11, Rev.6:15 13:16 19:18; opposite to κύριος, δεσπότης, οἰκοδεσπότης, Mat.10:24 13:27, 28 Luk.12:46, Jhn.15:15, Eph.6:5, Col.3:22 4:1, al.; metaphorically, δ. Χριστοῦ, τοῦ Χρ., Ἰησοῦ Χρ., Rom.1:1, 1Co.7:22, Gal.1:10, Eph.6:6, Php.1:1, Col.4:12, Jas.1:1, 2Pe.1:1, Ju 1; δ. τ. θεοῦ, τ. κυρίου, Act.16:17, 2Ti.2:24, Tit.1:1, 1Pe.2:16, Rev.7:3 15:3; δ. πονηρός, ἀχρεῖος, κακός, Mat.18:32 24:48 25:26, 30, Luk.17:10 19:22; δ. ἁμαρτίας, Jhn.8:34, Rom.6:17, 20; τ. φθορᾶς, 2Pe.2:19.
SYN.: διάκονος (q.V.), θεράπων, ὐπηρέτης (see DB, iii, 377; iv, 461, 469; DCG, i, 221; ii, 613; Cremer, 215, 702). (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1399 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- handmaid1
- handmaiden1
- handmaidens1
- of1
First verses
- Luke 1:38And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.
- Luke 1:48For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
- Acts 2:18And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
Occurrences by book
Related words
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Detailed Greek dictionary
δοῦλος
A, Cretan dialect δῶλος [Refs (“Leg.Gort.” 1.1, +others)], ὁ:—properly born bondman or slave, opposed to one made a slave, τὰ ἀνδράποδα πάντα καὶ δοῦλα καὶ ἐλεύθερα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.28, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 330)]: then, generally, bondman, slave, opposed to δεσπότης (which see): not in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], who twice has feminine δούλη, ἡ, bondwoman, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.409, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.12, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1326, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.1.4, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 395e, etc.)]: frequently of Persians and other nations subject to a despot, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, etc.)]; οὔ τινος δοῦλοι κέκληνται, of the Greeks, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 242: _metaphorically_, χρημάτων δ.)] slaves to money, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 865; so γνάθου δ. [prev. author] “fragment” 282.5; τῶν αἰεὶ ἀτόπων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.38)]; λιχνειῶν, λαγνειῶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 1.22, compare “Mem.” 1.3.11.)]
A.II adjective (not in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus))], δοῦλος, η, ον, slavish, servile, subject, δ. πόλις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 917, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.29; γνώμαισι δούλαις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 53; δ. ἔχειν βίον [prev. work] 302)]; σῶμα δ., opposed to νοῦς ἐλεύθερος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “fragment” 940; τοὺς τρόπους δούλους παρασχεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 877)]; δ. θάνατος, ζυγόν, πούς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Or.” 1170, “Tr.” 678, 507; δ. καὶ τυραννουμένη πόλις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 577d; δ. ἡδοναί, ={δουλοπρεπεῖς}, [prev. work] 587c, etc.: _comparative_ δουλότερος)] more enslaved, Αἴγυπτον δ. ποιεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.7.)]
A.II.2 τὸ δ., ={οἱ δοῦλοι}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 983, etc.)]; also, slavery, a slavish life, [Refs ([prev. work] 556 (troch.).)]
A.II.3 ancillary, δ. ἐπιστῆμαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 996b11.)]
A, Cretan dialect δῶλος [Refs (“Leg.Gort.” 1.1, +others)], ὁ:—properly born bondman or slave, opposed to one made a slave, τὰ ἀνδράποδα πάντα καὶ δοῦλα καὶ ἐλεύθερα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.28, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 330)]: then, generally, bondman, slave, opposed to δεσπότης (which see): not in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], who twice has feminine δούλη, ἡ, bondwoman, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.409, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.12, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1326, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.1.4, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 395e, etc.)]: frequently of Persians and other nations subject to a despot, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, etc.)]; οὔ τινος δοῦλοι κέκληνται, of the Greeks, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 242: _metaphorically_, χρημάτων δ.)] slaves to money, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 865; so γνάθου δ. [prev. author] “fragment” 282.5; τῶν αἰεὶ ἀτόπων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.38)]; λιχνειῶν, λαγνειῶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 1.22, compare “Mem.” 1.3.11.)]
A.II adjective (not in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus))], δοῦλος, η, ον, slavish, servile, subject, δ. πόλις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 917, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.29; γνώμαισι δούλαις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 53; δ. ἔχειν βίον [prev. work] 302)]; σῶμα δ., opposed to νοῦς ἐλεύθερος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “fragment” 940; τοὺς τρόπους δούλους παρασχεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 877)]; δ. θάνατος, ζυγόν, πούς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Or.” 1170, “Tr.” 678, 507; δ. καὶ τυραννουμένη πόλις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 577d; δ. ἡδοναί, ={δουλοπρεπεῖς}, [prev. work] 587c, etc.: _comparative_ δουλότερος)] more enslaved, Αἴγυπτον δ. ποιεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.7.)]
A.II.2 τὸ δ., ={οἱ δοῦλοι}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 983, etc.)]; also, slavery, a slavish life, [Refs ([prev. work] 556 (troch.).)]
A.II.3 ancillary, δ. ἐπιστῆμαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 996b11.)]