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Lexicon :: Strong's G1402 - douloō

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δουλόω
Transliteration
douloō (Key)
Pronunciation
doo-lo'-o
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:279,182

Strong’s Definitions

δουλόω doulóō, doo-lo'-o; from G1401; to enslave (literally or figuratively):—bring into (be under) bondage, × given, become (make) servant.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's G1402 in the following manner: become servant (2x), bring into bondage (2x), be under bondage (1x), given (1x), make servant (1x), in bondage (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's G1402 in the following manner: become servant (2x), bring into bondage (2x), be under bondage (1x), given (1x), make servant (1x), in bondage (1x).

  1. to make a slave of, reduce to bondage

  2. metaph. give myself wholly to one's needs and service, make myself a bondman to him

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
δουλόω doulóō, doo-lo'-o; from G1401; to enslave (literally or figuratively):—bring into (be under) bondage, × given, become (make) servant.
STRONGS G1402:
δουλόω, -ῶ: future δουλώσω; 1 aorist ἐδούλωσα; perfect passive δεδούλωμαι; 1 aorist passive ἐδουλώθην; (δοῦλος); [from Aeschylus and Herodotus down]; to make a slave of, reduce to bondage;
a. properly: τινά, Acts 7:6; τούτῳ καὶ [yet T WH omit; Tr brackets καὶ] δεδούλωται to him he has also been made a bondman, 2 Peter 2:19.
b. metaphorically: ἐμαυτόν τινι, give myself wholly to one's needs and service, make myself a bondman to him, 1 Corinthians 9:19; δουλουσθαί τινι, to be made subject to the rule of some one, e. g. τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ, τῷ θεῷ, Romans 6:18, 22; likewise ὑπό τι, Galatians 4:3; δεδουλωμένος οἴνῳ, wholly given up to, enslaved to, Titus 2:3 (δουλεύειν οἴνῳ, Libanius, epist. 319); δεδούλωμαι ἔν τινι, to be under bondage, held by constraint of law or necessity, in some matter, 1 Corinthians 7:15. [Compare: καταδουλόω.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
7:6
Romans
6:18; 6:22
1 Corinthians
7:15; 9:19
Galatians
4:3
Titus
2:3
2 Peter
2:19

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1402 matches the Greek δουλόω (douloō),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:6 - And God spoke thus: His seed shall be a sojourner in a strange land, and they shall enslave them and evil entreat them four hundred years;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:18 - Now, having got your freedom from sin, ye have become bondmen to righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:22 - But *now*, having got your freedom from sin, and having become bondmen to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end eternal life.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:15 - But if the unbeliever go away, let them go away; a brother or a sister is not bound in such cases, but God has called us in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:19 - For being free from all, I have made myself bondman to all, that I might gain the most possible.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:3 - So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the principles of the world;

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 2:3 - that the elder women in like manner be in deportment as becoming those who have to say to sacred things, not slanderers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of what is right;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:19 - promising them liberty, while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is subdued, by him is he also brought into slavery.
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