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Lexicon :: Strong's G1399 - doulē

Aa
δούλη
Transliteration
doulē (Key)
Pronunciation
doo'-lay
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Feminine of δοῦλος (G1401)
Dictionary Aids

TDNT Reference: 2:261,182

Strong’s Definitions

δούλη doúlē, doo'-lay; feminine of G1401; a female slave (involuntarily or voluntarily):—handmaid(-en).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G1399 in the following manner: handmaiden (2x), handmaid (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G1399 in the following manner: handmaiden (2x), handmaid (1x).

  1. a female slave, bondmaid, handmaid

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
δούλη doúlē, doo'-lay; feminine of G1401; a female slave (involuntarily or voluntarily):—handmaid(-en).
STRONGS G1399:
δοῦλος, -η, -ον, (derived by most from δέω, to tie, bind; by some from ΔΕΛΩ, to ensnare, capture, [(?) others besides; cf. Vanicek, p. 322]); serving, subject to: παρεστήσατε τὰ μέλη ὑμῶν δοῦλα τῇ ἀκαθαρσίᾳ, Romans 6:19. Then substantively, ἡ δούλη, a female slave, bondmaid, handmaid: τοῦ θεοῦ, τοῦ κυρίου, one who worships God and submits to him, Acts 2:18 (from Joel 2:29 (Joel 3:2)); Luke 1:38, 48. ὁ δοῦλος, Sept. for עֶבֶד;
1. a slave, bondman, man of servile condition;
a. properly: opposed to ἐλεύθερος, 1 Corinthians 7:21; 1 Corinthians 12:13; Galatians 3:28; Ephesians 6:8; Colossians 3:11; Revelation 6:15; Revelation 13:16; Revelation 19:18; opposed to κύριος, δεσπότης, οἰκοδεσπότης, Matthew 10:24; Matthew 13:27; Luke 12:46; John 15:15; Ephesians 6:5; Colossians 3:22; Colossians 4:1; 1 Timothy 6:1; Titus 2:9, and very often.
b. metaphorically,
α. one who gives himself up wholly to another's will, 1 Corinthians 7:23; or dominion, τῆς ἁμαρτίας, John 8:34; Romans 6:17, 20; τῆς φθορᾶς, 2 Peter 2:19, (τῶν ἡδονῶν, Athen. 12, p. 531 c.; τῶν χρημάτων, Plutarch, Pelop c. 3; τοῦ πίνειν, Aelian v. h. 2, 41).
β. the δοῦλοι Χριστοῦ, τοῦ Χριστοῦ, Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, are those whose service is used by Christ in extending and advancing his cause among men: used of apostles, Romans 1:1; Galatians 1:10; Philippians 1:1; 2 Timothy 2:24; Titus 1:1; James 1:1; 2 Peter 1:1; of other preachers and teachers of the gospel, Colossians 4:12; 2 Timothy 2:24; Jude 1:1; of the true worshippers of Christ (who is κύριος πάντων, Acts 10:36), Ephesians 6:6. The δοῦλοι τοῦ θεοῦ, יְהוָה עַבְדֵי, are those whose agency God employs in executing his purposes: used of apostles, Acts 4:29; Acts 16:17; of Moses (Joshua 1:1), Revelation 15:3; of prophets (Jeremiah 7:25; Jeremiah 25:4), Revelation 1:1; Revelation 10:7; Revelation 11:18; of all who obey God's commands, his true worshippers, Luke 2:29; Revelation 2:20; Revelation 7:3; Revelation 19:2, 5; Revelation 22:3, 6; (Psalm 33:23 (Ps. 34:23); Psalm 68:37 (Ps. 69:37); Psalm 88:4, 21 (Ps. 89:4, 21)).
γ. δοῦλος τινος, devoted to another to the disregard of one's own interests: Matthew 20:27; Mark 10:44; strenuously laboring for another's salvation, 2 Corinthians 4:5.
2. a servant, attendant, (of a king): Matthew 18:23, 26ff. [Synonym: see διάκονος.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Joshua
1:1
Psalms
88:4; 89:4; 89:21
Jeremiah
7:25; 25:4
Joel
2:29; 3:2
Matthew
10:24; 13:27; 18:23; 18:26; 20:27
Mark
10:44
Luke
1:38; 1:48; 2:29; 12:46
John
8:34; 15:15
Acts
2:18; 4:29; 10:36; 16:17
Romans
1:1; 6:17; 6:19; 6:20
1 Corinthians
7:21; 7:23; 12:13
2 Corinthians
4:5
Galatians
1:10; 3:28
Ephesians
6:5; 6:6; 6:8
Philippians
1:1
Colossians
3:11; 3:22; 4:1; 4:12
1 Timothy
6:1
2 Timothy
2:24; 2:24
Titus
1:1; 2:9
James
1:1
2 Peter
1:1; 2:19
Jude
1:1
Revelation
1:1; 2:20; 6:15; 7:3; 10:7; 11:18; 13:16; 15:3; 19:2; 19:5; 19:18; 22:3; 22:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1399 matches the Greek δούλη (doulē),
which occurs 37 times in 33 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:7 - And if a man sell his daughter to be a maid-servant, she shall not go out as the men-servants do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:44 - And as for thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, whom thou shalt have; of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:19 - Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man that is with thy servants: there is no want of anything.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:13 - Then she said, Let me find favor in thy sight, my lord, for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken kindly unto thy handmaid, though I be not as one of thy handmaidens.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:9 - And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thy handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thy handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:11 - And she vowed a vow, and said, O Jehovah of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thy handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thy handmaid, but wilt give unto thy handmaid a man-child, then I will give him unto Jehovah all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:16 - Count not thy handmaid for a wicked woman; for out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation have I spoken hitherto.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:18 - And she said, Let thy handmaid find favor in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat; and her countenance was no more sad.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:16 - And he will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:24 - And she fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me be the iniquity; and let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine ears, and hear thou the words of thy handmaid.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:25 - Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this worthless fellow, even Nabal; for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thy handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:27 - And now this present which thy servant hath brought unto my lord, let it be given unto the young men that follow my lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:28 - Forgive, I pray thee, the trespass of thy handmaid: for Jehovah will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fighteth the battles of Jehovah; and evil shall not be found in thee all thy days.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:31 - that this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood without cause, or that my lord hath avenged himself. And when Jehovah shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thy handmaid.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:41 - And she arose, and bowed herself with her face to the earth, and said, Behold, thy handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:21 - And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thy handmaid hath hearkened unto thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:22 - Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thy handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:6 - And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and killed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:7 - And, behold, the whole family is risen against thy handmaid, and they say, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he slew, and so destroy the heir also. Thus will they quench my coal which is left, and will leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the face of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:12 - Then the woman said, Let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak a word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:15 - Now therefore seeing that I am come to speak this word unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:16 - For the king will hear, to deliver his servant out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:19 - And the king said, Is the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from aught that my lord the king hath spoken; for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thy handmaid;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:17 - And he came near unto her; and the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thy handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:13 - Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thy handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:17 - And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by Jehovah thy God unto thy handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:2 - And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me; what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thy handmaid hath not anything in the house, save a pot of oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:16 - And he said, At this season, when the time cometh round, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thy handmaid.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:10 - And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not even with you trespasses of your own against Jehovah your God?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:2 - And the peoples shall take them, and bring them to their place; and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of Jehovah for servants and for handmaids: and they shall take them captive whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:6 - Also the foreigners that join themselves to Jehovah, to minister unto him, and to love the name of Jehovah, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, and holdeth fast my covenant;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:29 - and also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my Spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:7 - And it is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating upon their breasts.
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