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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.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 Box Exo 21:7

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“And if a man sells his daughter as a female slave, she is not to [fn]go free as the male slaves [fn]do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:44 - ‘As for your male and female slaves whom you may have—you may acquire male and female slaves from the nations that are around you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:19 - “Yet there is both straw and fodder for our donkeys, and also bread and wine for me, [fn]your maidservant, and the young man who is with your servants; there is no lack of anything.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:13 - Then she said, “May I find favor in your eyes, my lord, for you have comforted me and indeed have spoken to the heart of your servant-woman, though I am not like one of your servant-women.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:9 - And he said, “Who are you?” And she answered, “I am Ruth your maidservant. So spread your wing over your maidservant, for you are a kinsman redeemer.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:11 - And she made a vow and said, “O Yahweh of hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me and not forget Your maidservant, but will give Your maidservant a seed amongst men, then I will give him to Yahweh all the days of his life, and a razor shall never come on his head.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:16 - “Do not [fn]consider your maidservant as a vile woman, for I have spoken until now out of my great complaint and [fn]provocation.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:18 - And she said, “Let your servant-woman find favor in your sight.” So the woman went her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:16 - “He will also take your male slaves and your female slaves and your best young men and your donkeys and [fn]use them for his work.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:24 - And she fell at his feet and said, “On me [fn]alone, my lord, be the blame. And please let your maidservant speak in your ears, and listen to the words of your maidservant.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:25 - “Please do not let my lord [fn]pay attention to this [fn]vile man, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. [fn]Nabal is his name, and wicked foolishness is with him; but I your maidservant did not see the young men of my lord whom you sent.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:27 - “So now let this [fn]gift which your servant-woman has brought to my lord be given to the young men who [fn]went about with my lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:28 - “Please forgive the transgression of your maidservant; for Yahweh will certainly make for my lord an enduring house because my lord is fighting the battles of Yahweh, and evil will not be found in you all your days.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:31 - then this will not [fn]cause stumbling or a troubled heart to my lord, both by having shed blood without cause and by my lord having saved himself. When Yahweh deals well with my lord, then remember your maidservant.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:41 - And she arose and bowed with her [fn]face to the ground and said, “Behold, your maidservant is a servant-woman to wash the feet of my lord’s servants.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:21 - And the woman came to Saul and saw that he was terrified and said to him, “Behold, your servant-woman has listened to your voice, and I have [fn]taken my life in my hand and have listened to your words which you spoke to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:22 - “So now also, please listen to the voice of your servant-woman, and let me set a piece of bread before you that you may eat and have strength when you go on your way.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:6 - “And your servant-woman had two sons, but the two of them struggled together in the field, and there was no one to deliver between them, so one struck the other and put him to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:7 - “And behold, the whole family has risen against your servant-woman, and they say, ‘Hand over the one who struck his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of his brother whom he killed, and destroy the heir also.’ Thus they will extinguish my coal which remains, so as to [fn]leave my husband neither name nor remnant on the face of the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:12 -

Then the woman said, “Please let your servant-woman speak a word to my lord the king.” And he said, “Speak.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:15 - “So now, [fn]the reason I have come to speak this word to my lord the king is that the people have made me afraid; so your servant-woman said, ‘Let me now speak to the king, perhaps the king will perform the word of his maidservant.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:16 - ‘For the king will listen [fn]and deliver his maidservant from the [fn]hand of the man who would destroy [fn]both me and my son from the inheritance of God.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:19 - So the king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?” And the woman answered and said, “As your soul lives, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken. Indeed, it was your servant Joab who commanded me, and it was he who put all these words in the mouth of your servant-woman;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:17 - So he drew near to her, and the woman said, “Are you Joab?” And he answered, “I am.” Then she said to him, “Listen to the words of your maidservant.” And he answered, “I am listening.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:13 - “Go [fn]at once to King David and say to him, ‘Have you not, my lord, O king, sworn to your maidservant, saying, “Surely Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:17 - And she said to him, “My lord, you swore to your maidservant by [fn]Yahweh your God, saying, ‘Surely your son Solomon shall be king after me and he shall sit on my throne.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:2 - And Elisha said to her, “What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?” And she said, “Your servant-woman has nothing in the house except a jar of oil.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:16 - Then he said, “At this season [fn]next year you will embrace a son.” And she said, “No, my lord, O man of God, do not lie to your servant-woman.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:10 - “So now you are [fn]intending to subdue for yourselves the people of Judah and Jerusalem for male and female slaves. Surely, do you not have your own matters of guilt against Yahweh your God?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:2 - And the peoples will take them along and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them as an inheritance in the land of Yahweh for their male and female slaves; and [fn]they will take their captors captive and will have dominion over their taskmasters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 56:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:6 -

“Also the foreigners who join themselves to Yahweh,

To minister to Him, and to love the name of Yahweh,

To be His [fn]slaves, every one who keeps from profaning the sabbath

And takes hold of My covenant,

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:29 -

“Even on the male slaves and female slaves

I will in those days pour out My Spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:7 -

So it stands fixed:

She is exiled, she is carried away,

And her maidservants are moaning like the sound of doves,

Beating on their hearts.

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