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Lexicon :: Strong's G1399 - doulē

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δούλη
Transliteration
doulē (Key)
Pronunciation
doo'-lay
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Feminine of δοῦλος (G1401)
Dictionary Aids

TDNT Reference: 2:261,182

Strong’s Definitions

δούλη doúlē, doo'-lay; feminine of G1401; a female slave (involuntarily or voluntarily):—handmaid(-en).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G1399 in the following manner: handmaiden (2x), handmaid (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G1399 in the following manner: handmaiden (2x), handmaid (1x).

  1. a female slave, bondmaid, handmaid

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
δούλη doúlē, doo'-lay; feminine of G1401; a female slave (involuntarily or voluntarily):—handmaid(-en).
STRONGS G1399:
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.]
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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 G1399 matches the Greek δούλη (doulē),
which occurs 37 times in 33 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:7 - And if any one sell his daughter as a domestic, she shall not depart as the maid-servants depart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:44 - And whatever number of men-servants and maid-servants thou shalt have, thou shalt purchase male and female servants from the nations that are round about thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:19 - Yet is there straw and food for our asses, and bread and wine for me and my handmaid and the young man with thy servants; there is no want of anything.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:13 - And she said, Let me find grace in thy sight, my lord, because thou hast comforted me, and because thou hast spoken kindly to thy handmaid, and behold, I shall be as one of thy servants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:9 - And he said, Who art thou? and she said, I am thine handmaid Ruth; spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid, for thou art a near relation.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:11 - And she vowed a vow to the Lord, saying, O Lord God of Sabaoth, if thou wilt indeed look upon the humiliation of thine handmaid, and remember me, and give to thine handmaid a [fn]man-child, then will I indeed dedicate him to thee till the day of his death; and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink, and no [fn]razor shall come upon his head.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:16 - [fn]Count not thy handmaid for a pestilent woman, for by reason of the abundance of my importunity I have continued my prayer until now.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:18 - And she said, Thine handmaid has found favour in thine eyes: and the woman went her way, and entered into her lodging, and ate and drank with her husband, and her countenance was no more sad.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:16 - And he will take your servants, and your handmaids, and your good herds and your asses, and will take the tenth of them for his works.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:24 - [fn]even to his feet, and said, On me, my lord, be my wrong: let, I pray thee, thy servant speak in thine ears, and hear thou the words of thy servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:25 - Let not my lord, I pray thee, take to heart this pestilent man, [fn]for according to his name, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thy handmaid saw not the servants of my lord whom thou didst send.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:27 - And now accept this [fn]token of goodwill, which thy servant has brought to my lord, and thou shalt give it to the servants that wait on my lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:28 - Remove, I pray thee, the trespass of thy servant; for the Lord will surely make for my lord a sure house, for the Lord fights the battles of my lord, and there shall no evil be ever found in thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:31 - then this shall not be an abomination and offence to my lord, to have shed innocent blood without cause, and for my lord to have avenged himself: and so may the Lord do good to my lord, and thou shalt remember thine handmaid to do her good.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:41 - And she arose, and did reverence with her face to the earth, and said, Behold, thy servant is for an handmaid to wash the feet of thy servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:21 - And the woman went in to Saul, and saw that he was greatly [fn]disquieted, and said to him, Behold now, thine handmaid has hearkened to thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have [fn]heard the words which thou hast spoken to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:22 - And now hearken, I pray thee, to the voice of thine handmaid, and I will set before thee a morsel of bread, and eat, and thou shalt be strengthened, for thou wilt be going on thy way.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:6 - And moreover thy handmaid had two sons, and they fought [fn]together in the field, and there was no one to part them; and the one smote the other his brother, and slew him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:7 - And behold the whole family rose up against thine handmaid, and they said, Give up the one that smote his brother, and we will put him to death for the life of his brother, whom he slew, and we will take away even your heir: so they will quench my coal that is left, so as not to [fn]leave my husband remnant or name on the face of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:12 - And the woman said, Let now thy servant speak a word to my lord the king. And he said, Say on.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:15 - And now whereas I came to speak this word to my lord the king, the reason is that the people will see me, and thy handmaid will say, Let one now speak to my lord the king, if peradventure the king will perform the request of his handmaid;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:16 - for the king will hear. Let him rescue his handmaid out of the hand of the man that seeks to cast out me and my son from the inheritance of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:19 - And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab in all this matter with thee? and the woman said to the king, As thy soul lives, my lord, O king, [fn]there is no turning to the right hand or to the left from all that my lord the king has spoken; for thy servant Joab himself charged me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:17 - And he drew nigh to her, and the woman said to him, Art thou Joab? and he said, I am. And she said to him, Hear the words of thy handmaid; and Joab said, I do hear.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:13 - Haste, and go in to king David, and thou shalt speak to him, saying, Hast not thou, my lord, O king, sworn to thine handmaid, saying, Thy son Solomon shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then does Adonias reign?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:17 - And she said, My lord, thou didst swear by the Lord thy God to thine handmaid, saying, Thy son Solomon shall reign after me, and shall sit upon my throne.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:2 - And Elisaie said, What shall I do for thee? tell me what thou hast in the house. And she said, Thy servant has nothing in the house, except oil wherewith I [fn]anoint myself.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:16 - And Elisaie said to her, At this time next year, as the season is, thou shalt be alive, and embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, do not lie to thy servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:10 - And now ye talk of keeping the children of Juda and Jerusalem for servants and handmaidens. Lo, am I not with you to testify for the Lord your God?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:2 - And the Gentiles shall take them, and bring them into their place: and they shall [fn]inherit them, and [fn]they shall be multiplied upon the land for servants and handmaidens: and they that took them captives shall become captives to them; and they that had lordship over them shall be under their rule.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:6 - And I will give it to the strangers that attach themselves to the Lord, to serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be to him servants and handmaids; and as for all that keep my sabbaths from profaning them, and that take hold of my covenant;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:29 - (LXX 3:2) And on my servants and on my handmaids in those days will I pour out of my Spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:7 - (LXX 2:8) and the foundation has been exposed; and she has gone up, and her maid-servants were led away as doves moaning in their hearts.
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