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Lexicon :: Strong's G1398 - douleuō

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δουλεύω
Transliteration
douleuō (Key)
Pronunciation
dool-yoo'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
25x in 13 unique form(s) TR
25x in 13 unique form(s) LXX
125x in 36 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:261,182

Strong’s Definitions

δουλεύω douleúō, dool-yoo'-o; from G1401; to be a slave to (literal or figurative, involuntary or voluntary):—be in bondage, (do) serve(-ice).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x

The KJV translates Strong's G1398 in the following manner: serve (18x), be in bondage (4x), do service (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x
The KJV translates Strong's G1398 in the following manner: serve (18x), be in bondage (4x), do service (3x).

  1. to be a slave, serve, do service

    1. of a nation in subjection to other nations

  2. metaph. to obey, submit to

    1. in a good sense, to yield obedience

    2. in a bad sense, of those who become slaves to some base power, to yield to, give one's self up to

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
δουλεύω douleúō, dool-yoo'-o; from G1401; to be a slave to (literal or figurative, involuntary or voluntary):—be in bondage, (do) serve(-ice).
STRONGS G1398:
δουλεύω; future δουλεύσω; 1 aorist ἐδούλευσα; perfect δεδούλευκα; (δοῦλος); Sept. for עָבַד;
1. properly, to be a slave, serve, do service: absolutely, Ephesians 6:7; 1 Timothy 6:2; τινί Matthew 6:24; Luke 16:13; Romans 9:12; said of nations in subjection to other nations, John 8:33; Acts 7:7; men are said δουλεύειν who bear the yoke of the Mosaic law, Galatians 4:25 (see δουλεία).
2. metaphorically, to obey, submit to;
a. in a good sense: absolutely, to yield obedience, Romans 7:6; τινί, to obey one's commands and render to him the services due, Luke 15:29; God: Matthew 6:24; Luke 16:13; 1 Thessalonians 1:9; κυρίῳ and τῷ κυρίῳ, Acts 20:19; Romans 12:11 (not Rec.st, see below); Ephesians 6:7; Christ: Romans 14:18; Colossians 3:24; νόμῳ θεοῦ, according to the context, feel myself bound to, Romans 7:25; τοῖς θεοῖς, to worship gods, Galatians 4:8; τῷ καιρῷ (Anth. 9, 441, 6), wisely adapt oneself to, Romans 12:11 Rec.st (see above), cf. Fritzsche at the passage; perform services of kindness and Christian love: ἀλλήλοις, Galatians 5:13; used of those who zealously advance the interests of anything: ὡς πατρὶ τέκνον σὺν ἐμοὶ ἐδούλευσεν εἰς τὸ εὐαγγέλιον equivalent to ὡς πατρὶ τέκνον δουλεύει, ἐμοὶ ἐδούλευσεν καὶ οὕτω σὺν ἐμοὶ ἐδούλ., etc. Philippians 2:22 [Winers Grammar, 422 (393); 577 (537)].
b. in a bad sense, of those who become slaves to some base power, to yield to, give oneself up to: τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ, Romans 6:6; νόμῳ ἁμαρτίας, Romans 7:25; ἐπιθυμίαις κ. ἡδοναῖς, Titus 3:3, (Xenophon, mem. 1, 5, 5; Apology Socrates 16; Plato, Phaedrus, p. 238 e.; Polybius 17, 15, 16; Herodian, 1, 17, 22 [9, Bekker edition]); τῇ κοιλίᾳ, Romans 16:18, (γαστρί, Anthol. 11, 410, 4; Xenophon, mem. 1, 6, 8; abdomini servire, Seneca, de benef. 7, 26, 4; ventri obedire, Sall. [Cat. 1:1]); μαμωνᾷ, to devote oneself to getting wealth: Matthew 6:24; Luke 16:13. τοῖς στοιχείοις τοῦ κόσμου, Galatians 4:9.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
6:24; 6:24; 6:24
Luke
15:29; 16:13; 16:13; 16:13
John
8:33
Acts
7:7; 20:19
Romans
6:6; 7:6; 7:25; 7:25; 9:12; 12:11; 12:11; 14:18; 16:18
Galatians
4:8; 4:9; 4:25; 5:13
Ephesians
6:7; 6:7
Philippians
2:22
Colossians
3:24
1 Thessalonians
1:9
1 Timothy
6:2
Titus
3:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1398 matches the Greek δουλεύω (douleuō),
which occurs 125 times in 114 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 2 / 3 (1Ki 22:53–Jer 25:11)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:53 - For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:18 - And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:41

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:41 - So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:7 - And the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:3 - For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:24 - And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:19 - And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:9 - And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:22 - And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:4 - Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:18 - And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:8 - Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:3 - For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:16 - And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:22 - But he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as did Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:33 - And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And all his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:5 - Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:35 - For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:15 - What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:11 - If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:9 - Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:11 - Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:43

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:43 - Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:30 - A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:11 - Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 81:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:6 - I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 100:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 100:2 - Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:22 - When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:36

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:36 - And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:29 - He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:9 - He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:3 - And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:23 - In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 53:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:11 - He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 56:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:6 - Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:12 - For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:8 - Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:13 - Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:14 - Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:15 - And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:20 - For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:19 - And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:2 - And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:10 - They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:10 - This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:11 - Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:13 - Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I will not shew you favour.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:9 - Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:6 - And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:11 - And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

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