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Lexicon :: Strong's G1398 - douleuō

Aa
δουλεύω
Transliteration
douleuō (Key)
Pronunciation
dool-yoo'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
25x in 13 unique form(s) TR
25x in 13 unique form(s) LXX
125x in 36 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:261,182

Strong’s Definitions

δουλεύω douleúō, dool-yoo'-o; from G1401; to be a slave to (literal or figurative, involuntary or voluntary):—be in bondage, (do) serve(-ice).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x

The KJV translates Strong's G1398 in the following manner: serve (18x), be in bondage (4x), do service (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x
The KJV translates Strong's G1398 in the following manner: serve (18x), be in bondage (4x), do service (3x).

  1. to be a slave, serve, do service

    1. of a nation in subjection to other nations

  2. metaph. to obey, submit to

    1. in a good sense, to yield obedience

    2. in a bad sense, of those who become slaves to some base power, to yield to, give one's self up to

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
δουλεύω douleúō, dool-yoo'-o; from G1401; to be a slave to (literal or figurative, involuntary or voluntary):—be in bondage, (do) serve(-ice).
STRONGS G1398:
δουλεύω; future δουλεύσω; 1 aorist ἐδούλευσα; perfect δεδούλευκα; (δοῦλος); Sept. for עָבַד;
1. properly, to be a slave, serve, do service: absolutely, Ephesians 6:7; 1 Timothy 6:2; τινί Matthew 6:24; Luke 16:13; Romans 9:12; said of nations in subjection to other nations, John 8:33; Acts 7:7; men are said δουλεύειν who bear the yoke of the Mosaic law, Galatians 4:25 (see δουλεία).
2. metaphorically, to obey, submit to;
a. in a good sense: absolutely, to yield obedience, Romans 7:6; τινί, to obey one's commands and render to him the services due, Luke 15:29; God: Matthew 6:24; Luke 16:13; 1 Thessalonians 1:9; κυρίῳ and τῷ κυρίῳ, Acts 20:19; Romans 12:11 (not Rec.st, see below); Ephesians 6:7; Christ: Romans 14:18; Colossians 3:24; νόμῳ θεοῦ, according to the context, feel myself bound to, Romans 7:25; τοῖς θεοῖς, to worship gods, Galatians 4:8; τῷ καιρῷ (Anth. 9, 441, 6), wisely adapt oneself to, Romans 12:11 Rec.st (see above), cf. Fritzsche at the passage; perform services of kindness and Christian love: ἀλλήλοις, Galatians 5:13; used of those who zealously advance the interests of anything: ὡς πατρὶ τέκνον σὺν ἐμοὶ ἐδούλευσεν εἰς τὸ εὐαγγέλιον equivalent to ὡς πατρὶ τέκνον δουλεύει, ἐμοὶ ἐδούλευσεν καὶ οὕτω σὺν ἐμοὶ ἐδούλ., etc. Philippians 2:22 [Winers Grammar, 422 (393); 577 (537)].
b. in a bad sense, of those who become slaves to some base power, to yield to, give oneself up to: τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ, Romans 6:6; νόμῳ ἁμαρτίας, Romans 7:25; ἐπιθυμίαις κ. ἡδοναῖς, Titus 3:3, (Xenophon, mem. 1, 5, 5; Apology Socrates 16; Plato, Phaedrus, p. 238 e.; Polybius 17, 15, 16; Herodian, 1, 17, 22 [9, Bekker edition]); τῇ κοιλίᾳ, Romans 16:18, (γαστρί, Anthol. 11, 410, 4; Xenophon, mem. 1, 6, 8; abdomini servire, Seneca, de benef. 7, 26, 4; ventri obedire, Sall. [Cat. 1:1]); μαμωνᾷ, to devote oneself to getting wealth: Matthew 6:24; Luke 16:13. τοῖς στοιχείοις τοῦ κόσμου, Galatians 4:9.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
6:24; 6:24; 6:24
Luke
15:29; 16:13; 16:13; 16:13
John
8:33
Acts
7:7; 20:19
Romans
6:6; 7:6; 7:25; 7:25; 9:12; 12:11; 12:11; 14:18; 16:18
Galatians
4:8; 4:9; 4:25; 5:13
Ephesians
6:7; 6:7
Philippians
2:22
Colossians
3:24
1 Thessalonians
1:9
1 Timothy
6:2
Titus
3:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1398 matches the Greek δουλεύω (douleuō),
which occurs 125 times in 114 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 14:4–1Ki 16:31)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:4 - Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:14 - and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:23 - And Jehovah said unto her,
Two nations are in thy womb,
And two peoples shall be separated from thy bowels:
And the one people shall be stronger than the other people;
And the elder shall serve the younger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:29 -
Let peoples serve thee,
And nations bow down to thee:
Be lord over thy brethren,
And let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee:
Cursed be every one that curseth thee,
And blessed be every one that blesseth thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:40

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:40 -
And by thy sword shalt thou live, and thou shalt serve thy brother;
And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt break loose,
That thou shalt shake his yoke from off thy neck.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:15 - And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:18 - And Jacob loved Rachel; and he said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:20 - And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:25 - And it came to pass in the morning that, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:30 - And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:26 - Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service wherewith I have served thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:29 - And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle have fared with me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:6 - And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:41 - These twenty years have I been in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:5 - And it was told the king of Egypt that the people were fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed towards the people, and they said, What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:12 - Is not this the word that we spake unto thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it were better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:2 - If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:6 - then his master shall bring him unto God, and shall bring him to the door, or unto the door-post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:33 - They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me; for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:39 - And if thy brother be waxed poor with thee, and sell himself unto thee; thou shalt not make him to serve as a bond-servant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:12 - If thy brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:18 - It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou lettest him go free from thee; for to the double of the hire of a hireling hath he served thee six years: and Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all that thou doest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:64

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:64 - And Jehovah will scatter thee among all peoples, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers, even wood and stone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:7 - And the people served Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of Jehovah that he had wrought for Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:8 - Therefore the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:14 - And the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:28 - And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve ye the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: but why should we serve him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:38 - Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, that thou saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people that thou hast despised? go out now, I pray, and fight with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:6 - And the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and served the Baalim, and the Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Sidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; and they forsook Jehovah, and served him not.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:24 - Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make Jehovah’s people to transgress.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:9 - Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:3 - And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto Jehovah with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts unto Jehovah, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:4 - Then the children of Israel did put away the Baalim and the Ashtaroth, and served Jehovah only.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:8 - According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, in that they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:1 - Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:10 - And they cried unto Jehovah, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken Jehovah, and have served the Baalim and the Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:14 - If ye will fear Jehovah, and serve him, and hearken unto his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of Jehovah, and both ye and also the king that reigneth over you be followers of Jehovah your God, well:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:20 - And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have indeed done all this evil; yet turn not aside from following Jehovah, but serve Jehovah with all your heart:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:23 - Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Jehovah in ceasing to pray for you: but I will instruct you in the good and the right way.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:24 - Only fear Jehovah, and serve him in truth with all your heart; for consider how great things he hath done for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:9 - If he be able to fight with me, and kill me, then will we be your servants; but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:19 - Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it be Jehovah that hath stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if it be the children of men, cursed be they before Jehovah; for they have driven me out this day that I should not cleave unto the inheritance of Jehovah, saying, Go, serve other gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:19 - And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:19 - And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father’s presence, so will I be in thy presence.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:44 -
Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people;
Thou hast kept me to be the head of the nations:
A people whom I have not known shall serve me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:6 - But if ye shall turn away from following me, ye or your children, and not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:9 - and they shall answer, Because they forsook Jehovah their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath Jehovah brought all this evil upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:4 - Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:7 - And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:31 - And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.

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