Strong G2615καταδουλόω
to enslave
- Transliteration
- katadouloō
- Pronunciation
- kat-ad-oo-lo'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
κατα-δουλόω, -ῶ
[in LXX chiefly for עָבַד;]
to enslave: 2Co.11:20, Gal.2:4.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for עָבַד;]
to enslave: 2Co.11:20, Gal.2:4.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2615 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- bondage2
- bring2
First verses
- 2 Corinthians 11:20For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.
- Galatians 2:4And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
καταδουλ-όω,
reduce to slavery, enslave, Ἀθήνας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.109; τὴν Ἑλλάδα [prev. author] 8.144; Ἀθηναίοις κ. Κέρκυραν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.70; νῆσον βασιλεῖ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.20)]:—passive, κατεδεδούλωντο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.116; κατεδουλώθησαν [prev. author] 6.32; καταδεδουλωμένος ὑπό τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 219e: _absolutely_, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 18.5.)]
2 more frequently in middle, make a slave to oneself, enslave, τὴν μητρόπολιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.51, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 351b)]; τινας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.1.13, compare “GDI” 4982 (from Gortyn), “PEleph.” 3.3 (3rd c.BC))], etc.; ἡ τύχη τὸ σῶμα κατεδουλώσατο [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 95.8)]; τὸ κρέσσον τῷ Χείρονι -εύμενοι (Ionic dialect for -ούμενοι) [LXX+4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Eusebius Myndius Philosophus “fragment” 10; κ. τὸν Ἰσραὴλ δουλείαν LXX.1Mac.8.18)]; ἔργα ὧν κατεδουλοῦντο αὐτούς[LXX (LXX.Exo.1.14.)]
II metaphorically, enslave in mind, παιδισκάριόν με καταδεδούλωκ᾽ εὐτελές [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 338, cf. NT.2Cor.11.20; κ. τὴν ψυχήν “PMag.Lond.” 123.4 (4th-5th c.AD))]; break in spirit, καταδουλοῖ τὴν τόλμαν ἡ ἀνάγκη [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Αιβυκή” 81.)]
II.2 more frequently in middle, ἡ ἀνάγκη καταδουλοῦται τὴν γνώμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 15)]; οἴει τι μᾶλλον καταδουλοῦσθαι ἀνθρώπους τοῦ ἰσχυροῦ φόβο; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.1.23, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1269; κ. τὰς ψυχάς 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.178; τὸ λογιστικόν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 553d; τὰς ἐπιθυμίας 4th c.BC: Aristoxenus Musicus “Fragmenta Historica” 15.)]
reduce to slavery, enslave, Ἀθήνας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.109; τὴν Ἑλλάδα [prev. author] 8.144; Ἀθηναίοις κ. Κέρκυραν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.70; νῆσον βασιλεῖ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.20)]:—passive, κατεδεδούλωντο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.116; κατεδουλώθησαν [prev. author] 6.32; καταδεδουλωμένος ὑπό τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 219e: _absolutely_, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 18.5.)]
2 more frequently in middle, make a slave to oneself, enslave, τὴν μητρόπολιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.51, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 351b)]; τινας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.1.13, compare “GDI” 4982 (from Gortyn), “PEleph.” 3.3 (3rd c.BC))], etc.; ἡ τύχη τὸ σῶμα κατεδουλώσατο [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 95.8)]; τὸ κρέσσον τῷ Χείρονι -εύμενοι (Ionic dialect for -ούμενοι) [LXX+4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Eusebius Myndius Philosophus “fragment” 10; κ. τὸν Ἰσραὴλ δουλείαν LXX.1Mac.8.18)]; ἔργα ὧν κατεδουλοῦντο αὐτούς[LXX (LXX.Exo.1.14.)]
II metaphorically, enslave in mind, παιδισκάριόν με καταδεδούλωκ᾽ εὐτελές [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 338, cf. NT.2Cor.11.20; κ. τὴν ψυχήν “PMag.Lond.” 123.4 (4th-5th c.AD))]; break in spirit, καταδουλοῖ τὴν τόλμαν ἡ ἀνάγκη [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Αιβυκή” 81.)]
II.2 more frequently in middle, ἡ ἀνάγκη καταδουλοῦται τὴν γνώμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 15)]; οἴει τι μᾶλλον καταδουλοῦσθαι ἀνθρώπους τοῦ ἰσχυροῦ φόβο; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.1.23, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1269; κ. τὰς ψυχάς 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.178; τὸ λογιστικόν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 553d; τὰς ἐπιθυμίας 4th c.BC: Aristoxenus Musicus “Fragmenta Historica” 15.)]