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δοῦλος doulos · G1401

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slave

δοῦλος, -η, -ον, ; [in LXX, ὁ δ. nearly always for עֶבֶד; ὁ δ. chiefly for שִׁפְחָה ,אָמָה ; ] ; 1. in bondage to, subject to: Rom.6:19. ; 2. As subst., ὁ, ἡ δ., a slave; (a) fem., ἡ δ., a female slave, bondmaid (Cremer, 702; DB, iii, 215): Luk.1:38, 48 Act.2:18" (LXX) ; (b) masc., ὁ δ., a slave, bond-man: Mat.8:9 18:23, al.; opposite to ἐλεύθερος, 1Co.7:22 12:13, Gal.3:28, Eph.6:8, Col.3:11, Rev.6:15 13:16 19:18; opposite to κύριος, δεσπότης, οἰκοδεσπότης, Mat.10:24 13:27, 28 Luk.12:46, Jhn.15:15, Eph.6:5, Col.3:22 4:1, al.; metaphorically, δ. Χριστοῦ, τοῦ Χρ., Ἰησοῦ Χρ., Rom.1:1, 1Co.7:22, Gal.1:10, Eph.6:6, Php.1:1, Col.4:12, Jas.1:1, 2Pe.1:1, Ju 1; δ. τ. θεοῦ, τ. κυρίου, Act.16:17, …

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

δοῦλος ; A, Cretan dialect δῶλος [], ὁ:—properly born bondman or slave, opposed to one made a slave, τὰ ἀνδράποδα πάντα καὶ δοῦλα καὶ ἐλεύθερα []: then, generally, bondman, slave, opposed to δεσπότης (which see): not in [], who twice has feminine δούλη, ἡ, bondwoman, []: frequently of Persians and other nations subject to a despot, []; οὔ τινος δοῦλοι κέκληνται, of the Greeks, [] slaves to money, []; λιχνειῶν, λαγνειῶν, []; A.II adjective (not in [], δοῦλος, η, ον, slavish, servile, subject, δ. …

Where it's used 130 times

Matthew 8:9 · Matthew 10:24 · Matthew 10:25 · Matthew 13:27 · Matthew 13:28 · Matthew 18:23 · Matthew 18:26 · Matthew 18:27 · Matthew 18:28 · Matthew 18:32 · Matthew 20:27 · Matthew 21:34 · Matthew 21:35 · Matthew 21:36 · Matthew 22:3 · Matthew 22:4 · Matthew 22:6 · Matthew 22:8 · Matthew 22:10 · Matthew 24:45 · Matthew 24:46 · Matthew 24:48 · Matthew 24:50 · Matthew 25:14 · Matthew 25:19 · Matthew 25:21 · Matthew 25:23 · Matthew 25:26 · Matthew 25:30 · Matthew 26:51 · Mark 10:44 · Mark 12:2 · Mark 12:4 · Mark 13:34 · Mark 14:47 · Luke 1:38 · Luke 1:48 · Luke 2:29 · Luke 7:2 · Luke 7:3 · Luke 7:8 · Luke 7:10 · Luke 12:37 · Luke 12:38 · Luke 12:43 · Luke 12:45 · Luke 12:46 · Luke 12:47 · Luke 14:17 · Luke 14:21 · Luke 14:22 · Luke 14:23 · Luke 15:22 · Luke 17:7 · Luke 17:9 · Luke 17:10 · Luke 19:13 · Luke 19:15 · Luke 19:17 · Luke 19:22 … and 70 more

Source: TBESG G1401; TFLSJ G1401

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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