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Lexicon :: Strong's G1397 - douleia

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δουλεία
Transliteration
douleia (Key)
Pronunciation
doo-li'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:261,182

Strong’s Definitions

δουλεία douleía, doo-li'-ah; from G1398; slavery (ceremonially or figuratively):—bondage.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G1397 in the following manner: bondage (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G1397 in the following manner: bondage (5x).

  1. slavery, bondage, the condition of a slave

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
δουλεία douleía, doo-li'-ah; from G1398; slavery (ceremonially or figuratively):—bondage.
STRONGS G1397:
δουλεία (Tdf. -ια, [see Ι, ι]), -ας, ἡ, (δουλεύω); slavery, bondage, the condition of a slave: τῆς φθορᾶς, the bondage which consists in decay [Winers Grammar, § 59, 8 a., cf. Buttmann, 78 (68)], equivalent to the law, the necessity, of perishing, Romans 8:21; used of the slavish sense of fear, devoid alike of buoyancy of spirit and of trust in God, such as is produced by the thought of death, Hebrews 2:15, as well as by the Mosaic law in its votaries, Romans 8:15 (πνεῦμα δουλείας); the Mosaic system is said to cause δουλεία on account of the grievous burdens its precepts impose upon its adherents: Galatians 4:24; Galatians 5:1. [From Pindar down.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Romans
8:15; 8:21
Galatians
4:24; 5:1
Hebrews
2:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1397 matches the Greek δουλεία (douleia),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:15 - So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children.[fn] Now we call him, “Abba, Father.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:21 - the creation looks forward to the day when it will join God’s children in glorious freedom from death and decay.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:24 - These two women serve as an illustration of God’s two covenants. The first woman, Hagar, represents Mount Sinai where people received the law that enslaved them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:1 - So Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don’t get tied up again in slavery to the law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 2:15 - Only in this way could he set free all who have lived their lives as slaves to the fear of dying.
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