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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 - "When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:44 - As for your male and female slaves whom you may have: you may buy male and female slaves from among the nations that are round about you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:19 - We have straw and provender for our asses, with bread and wine for me and your maidservant and the young man with your servants; there is no lack of anything."

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:13 - Then she said, "You are most gracious to me, my lord, for you have comforted me and spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not one of your maidservants."

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:9 - He said, "Who are you?" And she answered, "I am Ruth, your maidservant; spread your skirt over your maidservant, for you are next of kin."

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:11 - And she vowed a vow and said, "O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thy maidservant, and remember me, and not forget thy maidservant, but wilt give to thy maidservant a son, then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall touch his head."

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:16 - Do not regard your maidservant as a base woman, for all along I have been speaking out of my great anxiety and vexation."

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:18 - And she said, "Let your maidservant find favor in your eyes." Then the woman went her way and ate, and her countenance was no longer sad.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:16 - He will take your menservants and maidservants, and the best of your cattle and your asses, and put them to his work.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:24 - She fell at his feet and said, "Upon me alone, my lord, be the guilt; pray let your handmaid speak in your ears, and hear the words of your handmaid.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:25 - Let not my lord regard this ill-natured fellow, Nabal; for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him; but I your handmaid did not see the young men of my lord, whom you sent.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:27

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

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:28 - Pray forgive the trespass of your handmaid; for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord is fighting the battles of the LORD; and evil shall not be found in you so long as you live.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:31 - my lord shall have no cause of grief, or pangs of conscience, for having shed blood without cause or for my lord taking vengeance himself. And when the LORD has dealt well with my lord, then remember your handmaid."

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:41 - And she rose and bowed with her face to the ground, and said, "Behold, your handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord."

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:21 - And the woman came to Saul, and when she saw that he was terrified, she said to him, "Behold, your handmaid has hearkened to you; I have taken my life in my hand, and have hearkened to what you have said to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:22 - Now therefore, you also hearken to your handmaid; let me set a morsel of bread before you; and eat, that you may have strength when you go on your way."

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:6 - And your handmaid had two sons, and they quarreled with one another in the field; there was no one to part them, and one struck the other and killed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:7 - And now the whole family has risen against your handmaid, and they say, 'Give up the man who struck his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he slew'; and so they would destroy the heir also. Thus they would quench my coal which is left, and leave to my husband neither name nor remnant upon the face of the earth."

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:12 - Then the woman said, "Pray let your handmaid speak a word to my lord the king." He said, "Speak."

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:15 - Now I have come to say this to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid; and your handmaid thought, 'I will speak to the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:16 - For the king will hear, and deliver his servant from the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together from the heritage of God.'

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:19 - The king said, "Is the hand of Jo'ab with you in all this?" The woman answered and said, "As surely as you live, my lord the king, one cannot turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has said. It was your servant Jo'ab who bade me; it was he who put all these words in the mouth of your handmaid.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:17 - And he came near her; and the woman said, "Are you Jo'ab?" 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 Box1Ki 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:13 - Go in at once to King David, and say to him, 'Did you not, my lord the king, swear to your maidservant, saying, "Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne"? Why then is Adoni'jah king?'

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:17 - She said to him, "My lord, you swore to your maidservant by the LORD your God, saying, 'Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.'

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:2 - And Eli'sha said to her, "What shall I do for you? Tell me; what have you in the house?" And she said, "Your maidservant has nothing in the house, except a jar of oil."

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:16 - And he said, "At this season, when the time comes round, you shall embrace a son." And she said, "No, my lord, O man of God; do not lie to your maidservant."

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:10 - And now you intend to subjugate the people of Judah and Jerusalem, male and female, as your slaves. Have you not sins of your own against the LORD your God?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:2 - And the peoples will take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them in the LORD's land as male and female slaves; they will take captive those who were their captors, and rule over those who oppressed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:6 - "And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD, to minister to him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be his servants, every one who keeps the sabbath, and does not profane it, and holds fast my covenant--

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:29 - Even upon the menservants and maidservants in those days, I will pour out my spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:7 - its mistress is stripped, she is carried off, her maidens lamenting, moaning like doves, and beating their breasts.
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