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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 BoxExo 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:7 - “If a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as male servants do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:44 - “ ‘Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:19 - We have both straw and fodder for our donkeys and bread and wine for ourselves your servants—me, the woman and the young man with us. We don’t need anything.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:13 - “May I continue to find favor in your eyes, my lord,” she said. “You have put me at ease by speaking kindly to your servant—though I do not have the standing of one of your servants.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:9 - “Who are you?” he asked. “I am your servant Ruth,” she said. “Spread the corner of your garment over me, since you are a guardian-redeemer[fn] of our family.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:11 - And she made a vow, saying, “LORD Almighty, if you will only look on your servant’s misery and remember me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him to the LORD for all the days of his life, and no razor will ever be used on his head.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:16 - Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; I have been praying here out of my great anguish and grief.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:18 - She said, “May your servant find favor in your eyes.” Then she went her way and ate something, and her face was no longer downcast.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:16 - Your male and female servants and the best of your cattle[fn] and donkeys he will take for his own use.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:24 - She fell at his feet and said: “Pardon your servant, my lord, and let me speak to you; hear what your servant has to say.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:25 - Please pay no attention, my lord, to that wicked man Nabal. He is just like his name—his name means Fool, and folly goes with him. And as for me, your servant, I did not see the men my lord sent.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:27 - And let this gift, which your servant has brought to my lord, be given to the men who follow you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:28 - “Please forgive your servant’s presumption. The LORD your God will certainly make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because you fight the LORD’s battles, and no wrongdoing will be found in you as long as you live.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:31 - my lord will not have on his conscience the staggering burden of needless bloodshed or of having avenged himself. And when the LORD your God has brought my lord success, remember your servant.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:41 - She bowed down with her face to the ground and said, “I am your servant and am ready to serve you and wash the feet of my lord’s servants.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:21 - When the woman came to Saul and saw that he was greatly shaken, she said, “Look, your servant has obeyed you. I took my life in my hands and did what you told me to do.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:22 - Now please listen to your servant and let me give you some food so you may eat and have the strength to go on your way.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:6 - I your servant had two sons. They got into a fight with each other in the field, and no one was there to separate them. One struck the other and killed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:7 - Now the whole clan has risen up against your servant; they say, ‘Hand over the one who struck his brother down, so that we may put him to death for the life of his brother whom he killed; then we will get rid of the heir as well.’ They would put out the only burning coal I have left, leaving my husband neither name nor descendant on the face of the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:12 - Then the woman said, “Let your servant speak a word to my lord the king.” “Speak,” he replied.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:15 - “And now I have come to say this to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought, ‘I will speak to the king; perhaps he will grant his servant’s request.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:16 - Perhaps the king will agree to deliver his servant from the hand of the man who is trying to cut off both me and my son from God’s inheritance.’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:19 - The king asked, “Isn’t the hand of Joab with you in all this?” The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything my lord the king says. Yes, it was your servant Joab who instructed me to do this and who put all these words into the mouth of your servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:17 - He went toward her, and she asked, “Are you Joab?” “I am,” he answered. She said, “Listen to what your servant has to say.” “I’m listening,” he said.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:13 - Go in to King David and say to him, ‘My lord the king, did you not swear to me your servant: “Surely Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he will sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:17 - She said to him, “My lord, you yourself swore to me your servant by the LORD your God: ‘Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he will sit on my throne.’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:2 - Elisha replied to her, “How can I help you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?” “Your servant has nothing there at all,” she said, “except a small jar of olive oil.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:16 - “About this time next year,” Elisha said, “you will hold a son in your arms.” “No, my lord!” she objected. “Please, man of God, don’t mislead your servant!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:10 - And now you intend to make the men and women of Judah and Jerusalem your slaves. But aren’t you also guilty of sins against the LORD your God?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:2 - Nations will take them and bring them to their own place. And Israel will take possession of the nations and make them male and female servants in the LORD’s land. They will make captives of their captors and rule over their oppressors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:6 - And foreigners who bind themselves to the LORD to minister to him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be his servants, all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it and who hold fast to my covenant—

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:29 - Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:7 - It is decreed[fn] that Nineveh be exiled and carried away. Her female slaves moan like doves and beat on their breasts.
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