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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.

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[fn]James, a slave G1401 of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,

To the twelve tribes who are in the Dispersion: Greetings.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:16 - Act as free people, and [fn]do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as slaves G1401 of God.

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[fn]Simeon Peter, a slave G1401 and apostle of Jesus Christ,

To those who have received the same [fn]kind of faith as ours, [fn]by the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:19 - promising them freedom while they themselves are slaves G1401 of corruption; for by what a man is overcome, by this he is enslaved.

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[fn]Jude, a slave G1401 of Jesus Christ, and brother of [fn]James,

To those who are the called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:

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The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His slaves G1401 the things which must soon happen; and He indicated this by sending it through His angel to His slave G1401 [fn]John,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:20 - ‘But I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and deceives My slaves G1401 so that they commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:15 - Then the kings of the earth and the great men and the [fn]commanders and the rich and the strong and every slave G1401 and free man HID THEMSELVES IN THE CAVES and among the rocks of the mountains;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:3 - saying, “Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees until we have sealed the slaves G1401 of our God on their foreheads.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 10:7 - but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then the mystery of God is finished, as He proclaimed good news to His slaves G1401, the prophets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:18 - “And the nations were enraged, and Your rage came, and the time came for the dead to be judged, and to give reward to Your slaves G1401—the prophets and the saints and those who fear Your name, the small and the great—and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:16 - And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves G1401, that they [fn]be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 15:3 - And they *sang the song of Moses, the slave G1401 of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying,

“GREAT AND MARVELOUS ARE YOUR WORKS,

O [fn]LORD GOD, THE ALMIGHTY;

RIGHTEOUS AND TRUE ARE YOUR WAYS,

KING OF THE [fn]NATIONS!

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:2 - BECAUSE HIS JUDGMENTS ARE TRUE AND RIGHTEOUS; for He has judged the great harlot who was corrupting the earth with her sexual immorality, and HE HAS AVENGED THE BLOOD OF HIS SLAVES G1401 shed BY HER HAND.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:5 - And a voice came from the throne, saying,

“Give praise to our God, all you His slaves G1401, you who fear Him, the small and the great.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:18 - so that you may eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of [fn]commanders and the flesh of strong men and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them and the flesh of all men, both free men and slaves G1401, and small and great.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:3 - And there will no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His slaves G1401 will serve Him;

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And he said to me, “These words are faithful and true”; and the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent His angel to show to His slaves G1401 the things which must soon take place.


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