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Lexicon :: Strong's G1401 - doulos

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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 126 times in 118 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 1 / 3 (Mat 8:9–Luk 15:22)

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:9 - “For I also am a man subject to authority [of a higher rank], with soldiers subject to me; and I say to one, ‘Go!’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:24 -

“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor is a bond-servant above his master.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:25 - “It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the bond-servant like his master. If they have called the head of the house [fn]Beelzebul (Satan), how much more [will they speak evil of] the members of his household.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:27 - “The servants of the owner came to him and said, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? Then how does it have weeds in it?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:28 - “He replied to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The servants asked him, ‘Then do you want us to go and pull them out?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:23 -

“Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wished to settle accounts with his slaves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:26 - “So the slave fell on his knees and begged him, saying, ‘Have patience with me and I will repay you everything.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:27 - “And his master’s heart was moved with compassion and he released him and forgave him [canceling] the debt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:28 - “But that same slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves who owed him [fn]a hundred denarii; and he seized him and began choking him, saying, ‘Pay what you owe!’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:32 - “Then his master called him and said to him, ‘You wicked and contemptible slave, I forgave all that [great] debt of yours because you begged me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:27 - and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your [willing and humble] slave;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:34 - “When the harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenants to get his [share of the] fruit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:35 - “But the tenants took his servants and beat one, and killed another, and stoned a third.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:36 - “Again he sent other servants, more than the first time; and they treated them the same way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:3 - “And he sent his servants to call those who had [previously] been invited to the wedding feast, but they refused to come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:4 - “Then he sent out some other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who have been invited, “Look, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fattened calves are butchered and everything is ready; come to the wedding feast.”’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:6 - “The rest [of the invited guests] seized his servants and mistreated them [insulting and humiliating them] and killed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:8 - “Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding [feast] is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:10 - “Those servants went out into the streets and gathered together all the people they could find, both bad and good; so the wedding hall was filled with dinner guests [sitting at the banquet table].

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:45 -

“Who then is the faithful and wise servant whom his master has put in charge of his household to give the others [in the house] their food and supplies at the proper time?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:46 - “Blessed is that [faithful] servant when his master returns and finds him doing so.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:48

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:48 - “But if that servant is evil and says in his heart, ‘My master is taking his time [he will not return for a long while],’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:50

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:50 - the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour of which he is not aware,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:14 -

“For it is just like a man who was about to take a journey, and he called his servants together and entrusted them with his possessions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:19 -

“Now after a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:21 - “His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful and trustworthy over a little, I will put you in charge of many things; share in the joy of your master.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:23 - “His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful and trustworthy over a little, I will put you in charge of many things; share in the joy of your master.’

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“But his master answered him, ‘You wicked, lazy servant, you knew that I reap [the harvest] where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter seed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:30 - “And throw out the worthless servant into the outer darkness; in that place [of grief and torment] there will be weeping [over sorrow and pain] and grinding of teeth [over distress and anger].

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:51 -

And [fn]one of those who were with Jesus reached out and drew his sword, and struck [Malchus] the slave of the high priest and cut off his ear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:44

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:44 - and whoever wishes to be first and most important among you must be slave of all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:2 - “When the harvest season came he sent a [fn]servant to the tenants, in order to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:4 - “Again he sent them another servant, and they [threw stones and] wounded him in the head, and treated him disgracefully.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 13:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:34 - “It is like a man away on a journey, who when he left home put his servants in charge, each with his particular task, and also ordered the doorkeeper to be continually alert.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:47

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:47 - But one of the bystanders [Simon Peter] drew his sword and struck [Malchus] the slave of the high priest and cut off his ear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:29 -

“Now, Lord, You are releasing Your bond-servant to leave [this world] in peace,

According to Your word;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:2 -

Now a [Roman] [fn]centurion’s slave, who was highly regarded by him, was sick and on the verge of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:3 - When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to Him, asking Him to come and save the life of his slave.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:8 - “For I also am a man subject to authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:10 - When the messengers who had been sent returned to the house, they found the slave in good health.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:37 - “Blessed (happy, prosperous, to be admired) are those servants whom the master finds awake and watching when he arrives. I assure you and most solemnly say to you, he will prepare himself to serve, and will have them recline at the table, and will come and wait on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:43 - “Blessed (happy, prosperous, to be admired) is that servant whom his master finds so doing when he arrives.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:45 - “But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master is taking his time in coming,’ and begins to beat the servants, both men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:46 - the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know, and will [fn]cut him in pieces, and assign him a place with the unbelievers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:47 - “And that servant who knew his master’s will, and yet did not get ready or act in accord with his will, will be beaten with many lashes [of the whip],

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:17 - and at the dinner hour he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, because everything is ready now.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:21 - “So the servant came back and reported this to his master. Then [his master,] the head of the household, became angry [at the rejections of his invitation] and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and the lanes of the city and bring in here the poor and the disabled and the blind and the lame.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:22 - “And the servant [after returning] said, ‘Sir, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:23 - “Then the master told the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and along the hedges, and compel them to come in, so that my house may be filled [with guests].

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:22 - “But the father said to his servants, ‘Quickly bring out the best robe [for the guest of honor] and put it on him; and give him a [fn]ring for his hand, and sandals for his feet.

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