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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 1 / 3 (Gen 14:4–1Ki 16:31)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:4 - For twelve years they had been subject to Kedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:14 - But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out with great possessions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:23

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:29 - May nations serve you and peoples bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed and those who bless you be blessed.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:40

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:40 - You will live by the sword and you will serve your brother. But when you grow restless, you will throw his yoke from off your neck.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:15 - Laban said to him, “Just because you are a relative of mine, should you work for me for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:18 - Jacob was in love with Rachel and said, “I’ll work for you seven years in return for your younger daughter Rachel.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:20

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:25 - When morning came, there was Leah! So Jacob said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? I served you for Rachel, didn’t I? Why have you deceived me?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:30 - Jacob made love to Rachel also, and his love for Rachel was greater than his love for Leah. And he worked for Laban another seven years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:26 - Give me my wives and children, for whom I have served you, and I will be on my way. You know how much work I’ve done for you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:29 - Jacob said to him, “You know how I have worked for you and how your livestock has fared under my care.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:6 - You know that I’ve worked for your father with all my strength,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:41 - It was like this for the twenty years I was in your household. I worked for you fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks, and you changed my wages ten times.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:5 - When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, “What have we done? We have let the Israelites go and have lost their services!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:12 - Didn’t we say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone; let us serve the Egyptians’? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:2 - “If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free, without paying anything.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:6 - then his master must take him before the judges.[fn] He shall take him to the door or the doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he will be his servant for life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:33 - Do not let them live in your land or they will cause you to sin against me, because the worship of their gods will certainly be a snare to you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:39 - “ ‘If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves to you, do not make them work as slaves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:12 - If any of your people—Hebrew men or women—sell themselves to you and serve you six years, in the seventh year you must let them go free.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:18 - Do not consider it a hardship to set your servant free, because their service to you these six years has been worth twice as much as that of a hired hand. And the LORD your God will bless you in everything you do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:64

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:64 - Then the LORD will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your ancestors have known.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:7 - The people served the LORD throughout the lifetime of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had seen all the great things the LORD had done for Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:8 - The anger of the LORD burned against Israel so that he sold them into the hands of Cushan-Rishathaim king of Aram Naharaim,[fn] to whom the Israelites were subject for eight years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:14 - The Israelites were subject to Eglon king of Moab for eighteen years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:28 - Then Gaal son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelek, and why should we Shechemites be subject to him? Isn’t he Jerub-Baal’s son, and isn’t Zebul his deputy? Serve the family of Hamor, Shechem’s father! Why should we serve Abimelek?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:38 - Then Zebul said to him, “Where is your big talk now, you who said, ‘Who is Abimelek that we should be subject to him?’ Aren’t these the men you ridiculed? Go out and fight them!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:6 - Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD. They served the Baals and the Ashtoreths, and the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites and the gods of the Philistines. And because the Israelites forsook the LORD and no longer served him,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:24 - No, my sons; the report I hear spreading among the LORD’s people is not good.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:9 - Be strong, Philistines! Be men, or you will be subject to the Hebrews, as they have been to you. Be men, and fight!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:3 - So Samuel said to all the Israelites, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and the Ashtoreths and commit yourselves to the LORD and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:4 - So the Israelites put away their Baals and Ashtoreths, and served the LORD only.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:8 - As they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:1 - Nahash[fn] the Ammonite went up and besieged Jabesh Gilead. And all the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will be subject to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:10

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

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:14 - If you fear the LORD and serve and obey him and do not rebel against his commands, and if both you and the king who reigns over you follow the LORD your God—good!

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:20 - “Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “You have done all this evil; yet do not turn away from the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:23 - As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by failing to pray for you. And I will teach you the way that is good and right.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:24 - But be sure to fear the LORD and serve him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things he has done for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:9 - If he is able to fight and kill me, we will become your subjects; but if I overcome him and kill him, you will become our subjects and serve us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:19 - Now let my lord the king listen to his servant’s words. If the LORD has incited you against me, then may he accept an offering. If, however, people have done it, may they be cursed before the LORD! They have driven me today from my share in the LORD’s inheritance and have said, ‘Go, serve other gods.’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:19 - When all the kings who were vassals of Hadadezer saw that they had been routed by Israel, they made peace with the Israelites and became subject to them. So the Arameans were afraid to help the Ammonites anymore.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:19 - Furthermore, whom should I serve? Should I not serve the son? Just as I served your father, so I will serve you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:44

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:44 - “You have delivered me from the attacks of the peoples; you have preserved me as the head of nations. People I did not know now serve me,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:6 - “But if you[fn] or your descendants turn away from me and do not observe the commands and decrees I have given you[fn] and go off to serve other gods and worship them,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:9 - People will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD their God, who brought their ancestors out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—that is why the LORD brought all this disaster on them.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:4 - “Your father put a heavy yoke on us, but now lighten the harsh labor and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:7 - They replied, “If today you will be a servant to these people and serve them and give them a favorable answer, they will always be your servants.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:31 - He not only considered it trivial to commit the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, but he also married Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and began to serve Baal and worship him.

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