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Lexicon :: Strong's G1401 - doulos

Aa
δοῦλος
Transliteration
doulos (Key)
Pronunciation
doo'-los
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

†δοῦλος doûlos, doo'-los; from G1210; a slave (literal or figurative, involuntary or voluntary; frequently, therefore in a qualified sense of subjection or subserviency):—bond(-man), servant.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 127x

The KJV translates Strong's G1401 in the following manner: servant (120x), bond (6x), bondman (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 127x
The KJV translates Strong's G1401 in the following manner: servant (120x), bond (6x), bondman (1x).

  1. a slave, bondman, man of servile condition

    1. a slave

    2. metaph., one who gives himself up to another's will those whose service is used by Christ in extending and advancing his cause among men

    3. devoted to another to the disregard of one's own interests

  2. a servant, attendant

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†δοῦλος doûlos, doo'-los; from G1210; a slave (literal or figurative, involuntary or voluntary; frequently, therefore in a qualified sense of subjection or subserviency):—bond(-man), servant.
STRONGS G1401:
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.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 G1401 matches the Greek δοῦλος (doulos),
which occurs 127 times in 119 verses in the TR Greek.

Page 2 / 3 (Luk 15:22–Tit 2:9)

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:22 - “But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring[fn] out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:7 - “And which of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:9 - “Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I think not.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:10 - “So likewise you, when you have done all those things which you are commanded, say, ‘We are unprofitable servants. We have done what was our duty to do.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:13 - “So he called ten of his servants, delivered to them ten minas,[fn] and said to them, ‘Do business till I come.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:15 - “And so it was that when he returned, having received the kingdom, he then commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:17 - “And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant; because you were faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:22 - “And he said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was an austere man, collecting what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:10 - “Now at vintage-time he sent a servant to the vinedressers, that they might give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the vinedressers beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:11 - “Again he sent another servant; and they beat him also, treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:50

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:50 - And one of them struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his right ear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:51

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:51 - And as he was now going down, his servants met him and told him, saying, “Your son lives!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:34 - Jesus answered them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:35 - “And a slave does not abide in the house forever, but a son abides forever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:16 - “Most assuredly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:15 - “No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:20 - “Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will keep yours also.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:10 - Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:18 - Now the servants and officers who had made a fire of coals stood there, for it was cold, and they warmed themselves. And Peter stood with them and warmed himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:26 - One of the servants of the high priest, a relative of him whose ear Peter cut off, said, “Did I not see you in the garden with Him?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:18 - And on My menservants and on My maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days;
And they shall prophesy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:29 - “Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:17 - This girl followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, “These men are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:1 - Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated to the gospel of God

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:16 - Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:17 - But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:19 - I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves of uncleanness, and of lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves of righteousness for holiness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:20 - For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:21 - Were you called while a slave? Do not be concerned about it; but if you can be made free, rather use it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:22 - For he who is called in the Lord while a slave is the Lord’s freedman. Likewise he who is called while free is Christ’s slave.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:23 - You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:13 - For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been made to drink into[fn] one Spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:5 - For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus’ sake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:10 - For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:28 - There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:1 - Now I say that the heir, as long as he is a child, does not differ at all from a slave, though he is master of all,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:7 - Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of[fn] God through Christ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:5 - Bondservants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:6 - not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:8 - knowing that whatever good anyone does, he will receive the same from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:1 - Paul and Timothy, bondservants of Jesus Christ,
To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the bishops[fn] and deacons:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:7 - but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:11 - where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:22 - Bondservants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh, not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but in sincerity of heart, fearing God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:1 - Masters, give your bondservants what is just and fair, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:12 - Epaphras, who is one of you, a bondservant of Christ, greets you, always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete[fn] in all the will of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:1 - Let as many bondservants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and His doctrine may not be blasphemed.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:24 - And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient,

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Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:1 - Paul, a bondservant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect and the acknowledgment of the truth which accords with godliness,

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Unchecked Copy BoxTit 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 2:9 - Exhort bondservants to be obedient to their own masters, to be well pleasing in all things, not answering back,

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