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Strong G1401δοῦλος

slave

Transliteration
doulos
Pronunciation
doo'-los
Morphology
Greek Noun

Definition

From G1210; a slave (literally or figuratively involuntarily or voluntarily; frequently therefore in a qualified sense of subjection or subserviency): - bond (-man) servant.

Detailed definition

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 G1401 appears in 119 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • servant110
  • bond6
  • of4
  • unto3
  • servants2
  • to2
  • bondman1
  • the1
  • thou1
  • though1

First verses

  1. Matthew 8:9
    For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
  2. Matthew 10:24
    The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.
  3. Matthew 10:25
    It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?
  4. Matthew 13:27
    So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
  5. Matthew 13:28
    He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
  6. Matthew 18:23
    Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants.
  7. Matthew 18:26
    The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
  8. Matthew 18:27
    Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt.
  9. Matthew 18:28
    But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.
  10. Matthew 18:32
    Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:
  11. Matthew 20:27
    And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
  12. Matthew 21:34
    And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.
  13. Matthew 21:35
    And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
  14. Matthew 21:36
    Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.
  15. Matthew 22:3
    And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
  16. Matthew 22:4
    Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
  17. Matthew 22:6
    And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.
  18. Matthew 22:8
    Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.
  19. Matthew 22:10
    So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
  20. Matthew 24:45
    Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
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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.)]