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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 45 times in 36 verses in '2Ki' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:13 - So he again sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. When the third captain of fifty went up, he came and bowed down on his knees before Elijah, and begged him and said to him, “O man of God, please let my life and the lives of these fifty servants of yours be precious in your sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:14 - “Behold fire came down from heaven and consumed the first two captains of fifty with their fifties; but now let my [fn]life be precious in your sight.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:1 - Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to [fn]Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD; and the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:6 - He brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, “And now as this letter comes to you, behold, I have sent Naaman my servant to you, that you may cure him of his leprosy.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:15 - When he returned to the man of God [fn]with all his company, and came and stood before him, he said, “Behold now, I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel; so please take a [fn]present from your servant now.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:17 - Naaman said, “If not, please let your servant at least be given two mules’ load of earth; for your servant will no longer offer burnt offering nor will he sacrifice to other gods, but to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:18 - “In this matter may the LORD pardon your servant: when my master goes into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leans on my hand and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, when I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon your servant in this matter.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:25 - But he went in and stood before his master. And Elisha said to him, “Where have you been, Gehazi?” And he said, “Your servant went nowhere.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:3 - Then one said, “Please be willing to go with your servants.” And he [fn]answered, “I shall go.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:13 - Then Hazael said, “But what is your servant, who is but a dog, that he should do this great thing?” And Elisha [fn]answered, “The LORD has shown me that you will be king over Aram.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:19 - However, the LORD was not willing to destroy Judah, for the sake of David His servant, since He had [fn]promised him to give a [fn]lamp to him through his sons always.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:7 - ‘You shall strike the house of Ahab your master, that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:36 - Therefore they returned and told him. And he said, “This is the word of the LORD, which He spoke by His servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, ‘In the [fn]property of Jezreel the dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:10 - “Know then that there shall fall to the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spoke concerning the house of Ahab, for the LORD has done what He spoke [fn]through His servant Elijah.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:19 - “Now, summon all the prophets of Baal, all his worshipers and all his priests; let no one be missing, for I have a great sacrifice for Baal; whoever is missing shall not live.” But Jehu did it in [fn]cunning, so that he might destroy the worshipers of Baal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:21 - Then Jehu sent [fn]throughout Israel and all the worshipers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left who did not come. And when they went into the house of Baal, the house of Baal was filled from one end to the other.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:22 - He said to the one who was [fn]in charge of the wardrobe, “Bring out garments for all the worshipers of Baal.” So he brought out garments for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:23 - Jehu went into the house of Baal with Jehonadab the son of Rechab; and he said to the worshipers of Baal, “Search and see that there is here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but only the worshipers of Baal.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 12:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:20 - His servants arose and made a conspiracy and struck down Joash at the house of Millo as he was going down to Silla.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 12:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:21 - For Jozacar the son of Shimeath and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, struck him and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and Amaziah his son became king in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:5 - Now it came about, as soon as the kingdom was firmly in his hand, that he [fn]killed his servants who had slain the king his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:25 - He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the LORD, the God of Israel, which He spoke [fn]through His servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was of Gath-hepher.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 16:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:7 - So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son; come up and deliver me from the [fn]hand of the king of Aram and from the [fn]hand of the king of Israel, who are rising up against me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:3 - Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him, and Hoshea became his servant and paid him tribute.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:13 - Yet the LORD warned Israel and Judah through all His prophets and every seer, saying, “Turn from your evil ways and keep My commandments, My statutes according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you through My servants the prophets.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:23 - until the LORD removed Israel from His sight, as He spoke through all His servants the prophets. So Israel was carried away into exile from their own land to Assyria until this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:12 - because they did not obey the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed His covenant, even all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded; they would neither listen nor do it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:24 - “How then can you [fn]repulse one [fn]official of the least of my master’s servants, and [fn]rely on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:34 - ‘For I will defend this city to save it for My own sake and for My servant David’s sake.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 20:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:6 - “I will add fifteen years to your [fn]life, and I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for My own sake and for My servant David’s sake.”’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 21:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:8 - “And I will not make the feet of Israel wander anymore from the land which I gave their fathers, if only they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that My servant Moses commanded them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 21:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:10 - Now the LORD spoke through His servants the prophets, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 22:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:9 - Shaphan the scribe came to the king and brought back word to the king and said, “Your servants have emptied out the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 22:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:12 - Then the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, [fn]Achbor the son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king’s servant saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:1 - In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years; then he turned and rebelled against him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:2 - The LORD sent against him bands of Chaldeans, bands of Arameans, bands of Moabites, and bands of Ammonites. So He sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD which He had spoken through His servants the prophets.
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