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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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:4 - Twelve years they had served Chedorlaomer, but the thirteenth year they rebelled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:14 - “But I will also judge the nation whom they will serve, and afterward they will come out with [fn]many possessions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:23 - The LORD said to her,
“Two nations are in your womb;
And two peoples will be separated from your body;
And one people shall be stronger than the other;
And the older shall serve the younger.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:29 - May peoples serve you,
And nations bow down to you;
Be master of your brothers,
And may your mother’s sons bow down to you.
Cursed be those who curse you,
And blessed be those who bless you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:40

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:40 - “By your sword you shall live,
And your brother you shall serve;
But it shall come about when you become restless,
That you will [fn]break his yoke from your neck.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:15 - Then Laban said to Jacob, “Because you are my [fn]relative, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:18 - Now Jacob loved Rachel, so he said, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:20 - So Jacob served seven years for Rachel and they seemed to him but a few days because of his love for her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:25 - So it came about in the morning that, behold, it was Leah! And he said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? Was it not for Rachel that I served with you? Why then have you deceived me?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:30 - So Jacob went in to Rachel also, and indeed he loved Rachel more than Leah, and he served with [fn]Laban for another seven years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:26 - “Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, and let me depart; for you yourself know my service which I have [fn]rendered you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:29 - But he said to him, “You yourself know how I have served you and how your cattle have [fn]fared with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:6 - “You know that I have served your father with all my strength.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:41 - “These twenty years I have been in your house; I served you fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flock, and you changed my wages ten times.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:5 - When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, [fn]Pharaoh and his servants had a change of heart toward the people, and they said, “What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:12 - “Is this not the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, ‘[fn]Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:2 - “If you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve for six years; but on the seventh he shall go out as a free man without payment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:6 - then his master shall bring him to [fn]God, then he shall bring him to the door or the doorpost. And his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him permanently.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:33 - “They shall not live in your land, because they will make you sin against Me; for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:39 - ‘If a [fn]countryman of yours becomes so poor with regard to you that he sells himself to you, you shall not subject him to a slave’s service.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:12 - “If your [fn]kinsman, a Hebrew man or woman, is sold to you, then he shall serve you six years, but in the seventh year you shall set him [fn]free.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:18 - “It shall not seem hard to you when you set him [fn]free, for he has given you six years with [fn]double the service of a hired man; so the LORD your God will bless you in whatever you do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:64

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:64 - “Moreover, the LORD will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth; and there you shall serve other gods, wood and stone, which you or your fathers have not known.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:7 - The people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who [fn]survived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of the LORD which He had done for Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:8 - Then the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, so that He sold them into the hands of Cushan-rishathaim king of [fn]Mesopotamia; and the sons of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:14 - The sons of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.

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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 Zebul not his [fn]lieutenant? Serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem; but why should we serve him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:38 - Then Zebul said to him, “Where is your [fn]boasting now with which you said, ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Is this not the people whom you despised? Go out now and fight with them!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:6 - Then the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, served the Baals and the Ashtaroth, the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the sons of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:24 - “No, my sons; for the report is not good which I hear [fn]the LORD’S people circulating.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:9 - “Take courage and be men, O Philistines, or you will become slaves to the Hebrews, as they have been slaves to you; therefore, be men and fight.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:3 - Then Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, “If you return to the LORD with all your heart, remove the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you and direct your hearts to the LORD and serve Him alone; and He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:4 - So the sons of Israel removed the Baals and the Ashtaroth and served the LORD alone.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:8 - “Like all the deeds which they have done since the day that I brought them up from Egypt even to this day—in that they have forsaken Me and served other gods—so they are doing to you also.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:1 - Now Nahash the Ammonite came up and [fn]besieged Jabesh-gilead; and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Make a covenant with us and we will serve you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:10 - “They cried out to the LORD and said, ‘We have sinned because we have forsaken the LORD and have served the Baals and the Ashtaroth; but now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, and we will serve You.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:14 - “If you will fear the LORD and serve Him, and listen to His voice and not rebel against the [fn]command of the LORD, then both you and also the king who reigns over you will follow the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:20 - Samuel said to the people, “Do not fear. You have committed all this evil, yet do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:23 - “Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you; but I will instruct you in the good and right way.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:24 - “Only [fn]fear the LORD and serve Him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things He has done for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:9

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:19 - “Now therefore, please let my lord the king listen to the words of his servant. If the LORD has stirred you up against me, let Him [fn]accept an offering; but if it is [fn]men, cursed are they before the LORD, for they have driven me out today so that I would have no attachment with the inheritance of the LORD, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:19 - When all the kings, servants of Hadadezer, saw that they were [fn]defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and served them. So the Arameans feared to help the sons of Ammon anymore.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:19 - “Besides, whom should I serve? Should I not serve in the presence of his son? As I have served in your father’s presence, so I will be in your presence.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:44

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:44 - “You have also delivered me from the contentions of my people;
You have kept me as head of the nations;
A people whom I have not known serve me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:6 - “But if you or your sons indeed turn away from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:9 - “And they will say, ‘Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and adopted other gods and worshiped them and served them, therefore the LORD has brought all this adversity on them.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:4 - “Your father made our yoke hard; now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:7 - Then they spoke to him, saying, “If you will be a servant to this people today, and will serve them and [fn]grant them their petition, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:31 - It came about, as though it had been a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went to serve Baal and worshiped him.

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