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Lexicon :: Strong's G1398 - douleuō

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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 25 times in 23 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:24 - “No G3762 one G3762 can G1410 serve G1398 two G1417 masters; G2962 for either G2228 he will hate G3404 the one G1520 and love G25 the other, G2087 or G2228 he will be devoted G472 to one G1520 and despise G2706 the other. G2087 You cannot G1410 G3756 serve G1398 God G2316 and [fn]wealth. G3126

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:29 - “But he answered G611 and said G3004 to his father, G3962 ‘Look! G2400 For so G5118 many G5118 years G2094 I have been serving G1398 you and I have never G3763 [fn]neglected G3928 a command G1785 of yours; G4771 and yet you have never G3763 given G1325 me a young G2056 goat, G2056 so G5118 that I might celebrate G2165 with my friends; G5384

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:13 - “No G3762 [fn]servant G3610 can G1410 serve G1398 two G1417 masters; G2962 for either G2228 he will hate G3404 the one G1520 and love G25 the other, G2087 or G2228 else G2228 he will be devoted G472 to one G1520 and despise G2706 the other. G2087 You cannot G1410 G3756 serve G1398 God G2316 and [fn]wealth.” G3126

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:33 - They answered G611 Him, “We are Abraham’s G11 descendants G4690 and have never G3762 G4455 yet G4455 been enslaved G1398 to anyone; G3762 how G4459 is it that You say, G3004 ‘You will become G1096 free’?” G1658

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:7 - “ ‘AND WHATEVER G3739 G1437 NATION G1484 TO WHICH G3739 THEY WILL BE IN BONDAGE G1398 I MYSELF G1473 WILL JUDGE G2919,’ said G3004 God, G2316 ‘AND AFTER G3326 THAT THEY WILL COME G1831 OUT AND [fn]SERVE G3000 ME IN THIS G3778 PLACE G5117.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:19 - serving G1398 the Lord G2962 with all G3956 humility G5012 and with tears G1144 and with trials G3986 which came G4819 upon me [fn]through G1722 the plots G1917 of the Jews; G2453

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:6 - knowing G1097 this, G3778 that our old G3820 [fn]self G444 was crucified G4957 with Him, in order G2443 that our body G4983 of sin G266 might be [fn]done G2673 away G2673 with, so that we would no G3371 longer G3371 be slaves G1398 to sin; G266

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:6 - But now G3570 we have been released G2673 from the Law, G3551 having died G599 to that by which G3739 we were bound, G2722 so G5620 that we serve G1398 in newness G2538 of the [fn]Spirit G4151 and not in oldness G3821 of the letter. G1121

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:25 - Thanks G5485 be to God G2316 through G1223 Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 our Lord! G2962 So G686 then, G686 on the one G3303 hand G3303 I myself G846 with my mind G3563 am serving G1398 the law G3551 of God, G2316 but on the other, G1161 with my flesh G4561 the law G3551 of sin. G266

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:12 - it was said G3004 to her, “THE OLDER G3173 WILL SERVE G1398 THE YOUNGER G1640.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:11 - not lagging G3636 behind G3636 in diligence, G4710 fervent G2204 in spirit, G4151 serving G1398 the Lord; G2962

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:18 - For he who in this G3778 way serves G1398 Christ G5547 is acceptable G2101 to God G2316 and approved G1384 by men. G444

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:18 - For such G5108 men G5108 are slaves, G1398 not of our Lord G2962 Christ G5547 but of their own G1438 [fn]appetites; G2836 and by their smooth G5542 and flattering G2129 speech G2129 they deceive G1818 the hearts G2588 of the unsuspecting. G172

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:8 - However G235 at that time, G5119 when you did not know G6063 God, G2316 you were slaves G1398 to those G3588 which by nature G5449 are no G3361 gods. G2316

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:13 - For you were called G2564 to freedom, G1657 brethren; G80 only G3440 do not turn your freedom G1657 into an opportunity G874 for the flesh, G4561 but through G1223 love G26 serve G1398 one G240 another. G240

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:7 - With good G2133 will G2133 [fn]render G1398 service, G1398 as to the Lord, G2962 and not to men, G444

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:22 - But you know G1097 of his proven G1382 worth, G1382 that he served G1398 with me in the furtherance of the gospel G2098 like G5613 a child G5043 serving his father. G3962

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:24 - knowing G6063 that from the Lord G2962 you will receive G618 the reward G469 [fn]of the inheritance. G2817 It is the Lord G2962 Christ G5547 whom you serve. G1398

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:2 - Those G3588 who have G2192 believers G4103 as their masters G1203 must not be disrespectful G2706 to them because G3754 they are brethren, G80 but must serve G1398 them all G3123 the more, G3123 because G3754 those G3588 who [fn]partake G482 of the benefit G2108 are believers G4103 and beloved. G27 Teach G1321 and [fn]preach G3870 these G3778 principles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxTit 3:3 - For we also G2532 once G4218 were foolish G453 ourselves, G2249 disobedient, G545 deceived, G4105 enslaved G1398 to various G4164 lusts G1939 and pleasures, G2237 spending G1236 our life G1236 in malice G2549 and envy, G5355 hateful, G4767 hating G3404 one G240 another. G240
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