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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 335 times in 300 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 6 (Lev 25:44–2Sa 7:19)

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:44 - ‘And as for your male and female slaves whom you may have—from the nations that are around you, from them you may buy male and female slaves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:13 - I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves;
I have broken the bands of your yoke and made you walk upright.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:36

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:36 - “For the LORD will judge His people
And have compassion on His servants,
When He sees that their power is gone,
And there is no one remaining, bond or free.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:23 - “Now therefore, you are cursed, and none of you shall be freed from being slaves—woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:29 - Now it came to pass after these things that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being one hundred and ten years old.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:8 - Now Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died when he was one hundred and ten years old.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:27 - So Gideon took ten men from among his servants and did as the LORD had said to him. But because he feared his father’s household and the men of the city too much to do it by day, he did it by night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:28 - Then Gaal the son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and is not Zebul his officer? Serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem; but why should we serve him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:18 - Then he became very thirsty; so he cried out to the LORD and said, “You have given this great deliverance by the hand of Your servant; and now shall I die of thirst and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:19 - “although we have both straw and fodder for our donkeys, and bread and wine for myself, for your female servant, and for the young man who is with your servant; there is no lack of anything.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:27 - Then a man of God came to Eli and said to him, “Thus says the LORD: ‘Did I not clearly reveal Myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh’s house?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:9 - Therefore Eli said to Samuel, “Go, lie down; and it shall be, if He calls you, that you must say, ‘Speak, LORD, for Your servant hears.’ ” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:10 - Now the LORD came and stood and called as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel answered, “Speak, for Your servant hears.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:14 - “And he will take the best of your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, and give them to his servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:15 - “He will take a tenth of your grain and your vintage, and give it to his officers and servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:16 - “And he will take your male servants, your female servants, your finest young men,[fn] and your donkeys, and put them to his work.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:17 - “He will take a tenth of your sheep. And you will be his servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:19 - And all the people said to Samuel, “Pray for your servants to the LORD your God, that we may not die; for we have added to all our sins the evil of asking a king for ourselves.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:3 - And Jonathan attacked the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. Then Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:21 - Moreover the Hebrews who were with the Philistines before that time, who went up with them into the camp from the surrounding country, they also joined the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:41 - Therefore Saul said to the LORD God of Israel, “Give a perfect lot.”[fn] So Saul and Jonathan were taken, but the people escaped.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:16 - “Let our master now command your servants, who are before you, to seek out a man who is a skillful player on the harp. And it shall be that he will play it with his hand when the distressing spirit from God is upon you, and you shall be well.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:9 - “If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants and serve us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:32 - Then David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:34 - But David said to Saul, “Your servant used to keep his father’s sheep, and when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:36 - “Your servant has killed both lion and bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:4 - Thus Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father, and said to him, “Let not the king sin against his servant, against David, because he has not sinned against you, and because his works have been very good toward you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:7 - “If he says thus: ‘It is well,’ your servant will be safe. But if he is very angry, be sure that evil is determined by him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:8 - “Therefore you shall deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the LORD with you. Nevertheless, if there is iniquity in me, kill me yourself, for why should you bring me to your father?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:8 - “All of you have conspired against me, and there is no one who reveals to me that my son has made a covenant with the son of Jesse; and there is not one of you who is sorry for me or reveals to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as it is this day.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:14 - So Ahimelech answered the king and said, “And who among all your servants is as faithful as David, who is the king’s son-in-law, who goes at your bidding, and is honorable in your house?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:15 - “Did I then begin to inquire of God for him? Far be it from me! Let not the king impute anything to his servant, or to any in the house of my father. For your servant knew nothing of all this, little or much.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:10 - Then David said, “O LORD God of Israel, Your servant has certainly heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah to destroy the city for my sake.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:11 - “Will the men of Keilah deliver me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as Your servant has heard? O LORD God of Israel, I pray, tell Your servant.” And the LORD said, “He will come down.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:10 - Then Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, “Who is David, and who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants nowadays who break away each one from his master.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:39 - So when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept His servant from evil! For the LORD has returned the wickedness of Nabal on his own head.” And David sent and proposed to Abigail, to take her as his wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:17 - Then Saul knew David’s voice, and said, “Is that your voice, my son David?” David said, “It is my voice, my lord, O king.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:18 - And he said, “Why does my lord thus pursue his servant? For what have I done, or what evil is in my hand?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:19 - “Now therefore, please, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the LORD has stirred you up against me, let Him accept an offering. But if it is the children of men, may they be cursed before the LORD, for they have driven me out this day from sharing in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:5 - Then David said to Achish, “If I have now found favor in your eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there. For why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 27:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:12 - So Achish believed David, saying, “He has made his people Israel utterly abhor him; therefore he will be my servant forever.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:2 - So David said to Achish, “Surely you know what your servant can do.” And Achish said to David, “Therefore I will make you one of my chief guardians forever.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:3 - Then the princes of the Philistines said, “What are these Hebrews doing here?” And Achish said to the princes of the Philistines, “Is this not David, the servant of Saul king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or these years? And to this day I have found no fault in him since he defected to me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:8 - So David said to Achish, “But what have I done? And to this day what have you found in your servant as long as I have been with you, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:13 - Then David said to him, “To whom do you belong, and where are you from?” And he said, “I am a young man from Egypt, servant of an Amalekite; and my master left me behind, because three days ago I fell sick.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:18 - “Now then, do it! For the LORD has spoken of David, saying, ‘By the hand of My servant David, I[fn] will save My people Israel from the hand of the Philistines and the hand of all their enemies.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:20 - Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, “How glorious was the king of Israel today, uncovering himself today in the eyes of the maids of his servants, as one of the base fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 7:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:5 - “Go and tell My servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD: “Would you build a house for Me to dwell in?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 7:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:8 - “Now therefore, thus shall you say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts: “I took you from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people, over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 7:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:19 - “And yet this was a small thing in Your sight, O Lord GOD; and You have also spoken of Your servant’s house for a great while to come. Is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?

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