Help QuickNav Adv. Options
NASB20

NASB20

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's G1401 - doulos

Choose a new font size and typeface
δοῦλος
Transliteration
doulos (Key)
Pronunciation
doo'-los
Listen
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids
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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 2 / 3 (Luk 17:7–Phm 1:16)

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:7 -

“Now which of you, having a slave G1401 plowing or tending sheep, will say to him after he comes in from the field, ‘Come immediately and recline at the table to eat’?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:9 - “He does not thank the slave G1401 because he did the things which were commanded, does he?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:10 - “So you too, when you do all the things which were commanded you, say, ‘We are [fn]unworthy slaves G1401; we have done only that which we ought to have done.’”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:13 - “And he called ten of his own slaves G1401 and gave them ten [fn]minas, and said to them, ‘Do business with this money [fn]until I come back.’

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:15 - “When he returned after receiving the kingdom, he ordered that these slaves G1401, to whom he had given the money, be summoned to him so that he would learn how much they had made by the business they had done.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:17 - “And he said to him, ‘Well done, good slave G1401; since you have been faithful in a very little thing, you are to have authority over ten cities.’

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:22 - “He *said to him, ‘[fn]From your own lips I will judge you, you worthless slave G1401. Did you know that I am a demanding man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:10 - “At the harvest time he sent a slave G1401 to the vine-growers, so that they would give him his share of the produce of the vineyard; but the vine-growers beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:11 - “And he proceeded to send another slave G1401; but they beat him also and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:50

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:50 - And one of them struck the slave G1401 of the high priest and cut off his right ear.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:51

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:51 - And as he was now going down, his slaves G1401 met him, saying that his [fn]son was [fn]alive.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:34 -

Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave G1401 of sin.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:35 - “Now the slave G1401 does not remain in the house forever; the son does remain forever.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:16 - “Truly, truly I say to you, a slave G1401 is not greater than his master, nor is [fn]one who is sent greater than the one who sent him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:15 - “No longer do I call you slaves G1401, for the slave G1401 does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, because all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:20 - “Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A slave G1401 is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they followed My word, they will follow yours also.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:10 - Then Simon Peter, since he had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s slave G1401, and cut off his right ear; and the slave’s G1401 name was Malchus.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:18 - Now the slaves G1401 and the officers were standing there, having made a charcoal fire, for it was cold and they were warming themselves; and Peter was also with them, standing and warming himself.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:26 - One of the slaves G1401 of the high priest, who was related to the one whose ear Peter cut off, *said, “Did I not see you in the garden with Him?”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:18 -

AND EVEN ON MY MALE G1401 AND FEMALE [fn]SERVANTS G1401

I WILL POUR OUT MY SPIRIT IN THOSE DAYS,

And they will prophesy.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:29 - “And [fn]now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant it to Your bond-servants G1401 to speak Your word with all confidence,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:17 - She followed Paul and us and cried out repeatedly, saying, “These men are bond-servants G1401 of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you a way of salvation.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Rom 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:1 -

Paul, a bond-servant G1401 of Christ Jesus, [fn]called as an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Rom 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:16 - Do you not know that the one to whom you present yourselves as slaves G1401 for obedience, you are slaves G1401 of that same one whom you obey, either of sin [fn]resulting in death, or of obedience [fn]resulting in righteousness?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Rom 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:17 - But thanks be to God that [fn]though you were slaves G1401 of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that [fn]form of teaching to which you were entrusted,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Rom 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:19 - I am speaking [fn]in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented [fn]the parts of your body as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, [fn]resulting in further lawlessness, so now present [fn]your body’s parts as slaves to righteousness, [fn]resulting in sanctification.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Rom 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:20 -

For when you were slaves G1401 of sin, you were free in relation to righteousness.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:21 -

Were you called as a slave G1401? Do not let it concern you. But if you are also able to become free, take advantage of that.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:22 - For the one who was called in the Lord as a slave G1401, is the Lord’s freed person; likewise the one who was called as free, is Christ’s slave G1401.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:23 - You were bought for a price; do not become slaves G1401 of people.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:13 - For [fn]by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves G1401 or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 4:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:5 - For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bond-servants G1401 [fn]on account of Jesus.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gal 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:10 -

For am I now seeking the favor of people, or of God? Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a bond-servant G1401 of Christ.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gal 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:28 - There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave G1401 nor free, there is [fn]neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:1 -

Now I say, as long as the heir is a [fn]child, he does not differ at all from a slave G1401, although he is [fn]owner of everything,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:7 - Therefore you are no longer a slave G1401, but a son; and if a son, then an heir [fn]through God.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Eph 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:5 -

Slaves G1401, be obedient to those who are your [fn]masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Eph 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:6 - not [fn]by way of [fn]eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as slaves G1401 of Christ, doing the will of God from the [fn]heart.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Eph 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:8 - knowing that whatever good thing each one does, he will receive this back from the Lord, whether slave G1401 or free.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Phl 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:1 -

Paul and Timothy, bond-servants G1401 of Christ Jesus,

To all the [fn]saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, [fn]including the overseers and deacons:

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Phl 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:7 - but [fn]emptied Himself by taking the form of a bond-servant G1401 and [fn]being born in the likeness of men.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Col 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:11 - a renewal in which there is no distinction between Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, [fn]barbarian, [fn]Scythian, slave G1401, and free, but Christ is all, and in all.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Col 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:22 -

[fn]Slaves G1401, obey those who are your [fn]human masters in everything, not with [fn]eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Col 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:1 -

Masters, grant your slaves G1401 justice and fairness, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Col 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:12 - Epaphras, who is one of your own, a bond-servant G1401 of Christ Jesus, sends you his greetings, always striving earnestly for you in his prayers, that you may [fn]stand [fn]mature and [fn]fully assured in all the will of God.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 6:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:1 -

All who are under the yoke as slaves G1401 are to regard their own masters as worthy of all honor so that the name of God and our doctrine will not be [fn]spoken against.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 2:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:24 - The Lord’s bond-servant G1401 must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, skillful in teaching, patient when wronged,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Tit 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:1 -

Paul, a bond-servant G1401 of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, [fn]for the faith of those chosen of God and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Tit 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 2:9 -

Urge [fn]slaves G1401 to be subject to their own masters in everything, to be pleasing, not [fn]argumentative,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Phm 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:16 - no longer as a slave G1401, but more than a slave G1401, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

Search Results Continued...

1. LOAD PAGE 1 Mat 8:9–Luk 15:22

2. Currently on page 2/3 (Luk 17:7–Phm 1:16) Luk 17:7–Phm 1:16

3. LOAD PAGE 3 Jas 1:1–Rev 22:6

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NASB20
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
NASB20
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan