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Strong's G1401 · Greek

δοῦλος

doulos · doo'-los

from 1210; a slave (literal or figurative, involuntary or voluntary; frequently, therefore in a qualified sense of subjection or subserviency)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

δοῦλος (G1401)

124 δοῦλος , -η, -ον , [in LXX, ὁ δ. nearly always for עֶבֶד ; ἡ δ. chiefly for שִׁפְחָה ,אָמָה ;] in bondage to, subject to : Ro 6:19 . As subst., ὁ, ἡ δ. , a slave ; fem., ἡ δ. , a female slave, bondmaid (Cremer, 702; DB , iii, 215): Lk 1:38 , 48 , Ac 2:18 (LXX) ; masc., ὁ δ. , a slave, bondman : Mt 8:9 18:23 , al.; opp. to ἐλεύθερος , I Co 7:22 12:13 , Ga 3:28 , Eph 6:8 , Col 3:11 , Re 6:15 13:16 19:18 ; opp. to κύριος, δεσπότης, οἰκοδεσπότης , Mt 10:24 13:27 , 28 , Lk 12:46 , Jo 15:15 , Eph 6:5 , Col 3:22 4:1 , al.; metaph., δ. Χριστοῦ, τοῦ Χρ., Ἰησοῦ Χρ. , Ro 1:1 , I Co 7:22 , Ga 1:10 , Eph 6:6 , Phl 1:1 , Col 4:12 , Ja 1:1 , II Pe 1:1 , Ju 1 ; δ. τ. θεοῦ, τ. κυρίου , Ac 16:17 , II Ti 2:24 , Tit 1:1 , I Pe 2:16 , Re 7:3 15:3 ; δ. πονηρός, ἀχρεῖος, κακός , Mt 18:32 24:48 25:26 , 30 , Lk 17:10 19:22 ; δ. ἁμαρτίας , Jo 8:34 , Ro 6:17 , 20 ; τ. φθορᾶς , II Pe 2:19 . SYN. : διάκονος (q.v.), θεράπων, ὐπηρέτης (v. DB , iii, 377; iv, 461, 469; DCG , i, 221; ii, 613; Cremer, 215, 702).

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