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Lexicon :: Strong's G1402 - douloō

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δουλόω
Transliteration
douloō (Key)
Pronunciation
doo-lo'-o
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:279,182

Strong’s Definitions

δουλόω doulóō, doo-lo'-o; from G1401; to enslave (literally or figuratively):—bring into (be under) bondage, × given, become (make) servant.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's G1402 in the following manner: become servant (2x), bring into bondage (2x), be under bondage (1x), given (1x), make servant (1x), in bondage (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's G1402 in the following manner: become servant (2x), bring into bondage (2x), be under bondage (1x), given (1x), make servant (1x), in bondage (1x).

  1. to make a slave of, reduce to bondage

  2. metaph. give myself wholly to one's needs and service, make myself a bondman to him

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
δουλόω doulóō, doo-lo'-o; from G1401; to enslave (literally or figuratively):—bring into (be under) bondage, × given, become (make) servant.
STRONGS G1402:
δουλόω, -ῶ: future δουλώσω; 1 aorist ἐδούλωσα; perfect passive δεδούλωμαι; 1 aorist passive ἐδουλώθην; (δοῦλος); [from Aeschylus and Herodotus down]; to make a slave of, reduce to bondage;
a. properly: τινά, Acts 7:6; τούτῳ καὶ [yet T WH omit; Tr brackets καὶ] δεδούλωται to him he has also been made a bondman, 2 Peter 2:19.
b. metaphorically: ἐμαυτόν τινι, give myself wholly to one's needs and service, make myself a bondman to him, 1 Corinthians 9:19; δουλουσθαί τινι, to be made subject to the rule of some one, e. g. τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ, τῷ θεῷ, Romans 6:18, 22; likewise ὑπό τι, Galatians 4:3; δεδουλωμένος οἴνῳ, wholly given up to, enslaved to, Titus 2:3 (δουλεύειν οἴνῳ, Libanius, epist. 319); δεδούλωμαι ἔν τινι, to be under bondage, held by constraint of law or necessity, in some matter, 1 Corinthians 7:15. [Compare: καταδουλόω.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
7:6
Romans
6:18; 6:22
1 Corinthians
7:15; 9:19
Galatians
4:3
Titus
2:3
2 Peter
2:19

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1402 matches the Greek δουλόω (douloō),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:6 - God spoke in this way: that his seed would live as aliens in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:18 - Being made free from sin, you became bondservants of righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:22 - But now, being made free from sin, and having become servants of God, you have your fruit of sanctification, and the result of eternal life.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:15 - Yet if the unbeliever departs, let there be separation. The brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us in shalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:19 - For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:3 - So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elements of the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 2:3 - and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:19 - promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for by whom a man is overcome, by the same is he also brought into bondage.
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