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Lexicon :: Strong's G1401 - doulos

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δοῦλος
Transliteration
doulos (Key)
Pronunciation
doo'-los
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

†δοῦλος doûlos, doo'-los; from G1210; a slave (literal or figurative, involuntary or voluntary; frequently, therefore in a qualified sense of subjection or subserviency):—bond(-man), servant.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 127x

The KJV translates Strong's G1401 in the following manner: servant (120x), bond (6x), bondman (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 127x
The KJV translates Strong's G1401 in the following manner: servant (120x), bond (6x), bondman (1x).

  1. a slave, bondman, man of servile condition

    1. a slave

    2. metaph., one who gives himself up to another's will those whose service is used by Christ in extending and advancing his cause among men

    3. devoted to another to the disregard of one's own interests

  2. a servant, attendant

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†δοῦλος doûlos, doo'-los; from G1210; a slave (literal or figurative, involuntary or voluntary; frequently, therefore in a qualified sense of subjection or subserviency):—bond(-man), servant.
STRONGS G1401:
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 G1401 matches the Greek δοῦλος (doulos),
which occurs 335 times in 300 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 6 (Lev 25:44–2Sa 7:19)

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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 BoxLev 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:13 - I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, where ye were slaves; and I broke the band of your yoke, and brought you forth openly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:36

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:36 - For the Lord shall judge his people, and shall be comforted over his servants; for he saw that they were [fn]utterly weakened, and failed in the hostile invasion, and were become feeble:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:23 - And now ye are cursed: there shall not fail of you a slave, or a hewer of wood, or a drawer of water to me and my God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:29 - (LXX 24:30) And it came to pass after these things that Joshua the son of Naue the servant of the Lord died, at the age of a hundred and ten years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:8 - And Joshua the son of Naue, the servant of the Lord, died, [fn]a hundred and ten years old.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:27 - And Gedeon took ten men of his servants, and did as the Lord spoke to him: and it came to pass, as he feared the house of his father and the men of the city [fn]if he should do it by day, that he did it by night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:28 - And Gaal the son of Jobel said, Who is Abimelech, and who is the son of Sychem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerobaal, and is not Zebul his steward, his servant with the son of Emmor the father of Sychem? and why should we serve him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:18 - And he was very thirsty, and wept before the Lord, and said, Thou hast been well pleased to grant this great deliverance by the hand of thy servant, and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?

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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 Box1Sa 2:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:27 - And a man of God came to Heli, and said, Thus says the Lord, I plainly revealed myself to the house of thy father, when they were servants in Egypt to the house of Pharao.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:9 - And he said, Return, child, go to sleep; and it shall come to pass if he shall call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, for thy servant hears: and Samuel went and lay down in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:10 - And the Lord came, and stood, and called him as [fn]before: and Samuel said, Speak, for thy servant hears.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:14 - And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your good oliveyards, and give them to his servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:15 - And he will take the tithe of your seeds and your vineyards, and give it to his eunuchs, and to his servants.

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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 8:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:17 - And he will tithe your flocks; and ye shall be his servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:19 - And all the people said to Samuel, Pray for thy servants to the Lord thy God, and let us not die; for we have added to all our sins this iniquity, in asking for us a king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:3 - And Jonathan smote Nasib the Philistine that dwelt in the hill; and the Philistines hear of it, and Saul sounds the trumpet through all the land, saying, [fn]The servants have despised us.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:21 - And the servants who had been [fn]before with the Philistines, who had gone up to the army, turned themselves also to be with the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:41 - And Saul said, O Lord God of Israel, why hast thou not answered thy servant this day? is the iniquity in me, or in Jonathan my son? Lord God of Israel, give [fn]clear manifestations; and if the lot should declare this, give, I pray thee, to thy people Israel, give, I pray, holiness. And Jonathan and Saul are taken, and the people escaped.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:16 - Let now thy servants speak before thee, and let them seek for our lord a man skilled to play on the harp; and it shall come to pass when an evil spirit comes upon thee and he shall play on his harp, that thou shalt be well, and he shall refresh thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:9 - And if he shall be able to fight against me, and shall smite me, then will we be your servants: but if I should prevail and smite him, ye shall be our servants, and serve us.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:32 - And David said to Saul, Let not, I pray thee, the heart of my lord be dejected [fn]within him: thy servant will go, and fight with this Philistine.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:34 - And David said to Saul, Thy servant was tending the flock for his father; and when a lion came and a she-bear, and took a sheep out of the flock,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:36 - Thy servant smote both the lion and the bear, and the uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them: shall I not go and smite him, and remove this day a reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised one, who has defied the army of the living God?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:4 - And Jonathan spoke favourably concerning David to Saul his father, and said to him, Let not the king sin against thy servant David, for he has not sinned against thee, and his deeds are very good.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:7 - If he shall say thus, Well,— [fn]all is safe for thy servant: but if he shall answer harshly to thee, know that evil is determined by him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:8 - And thou shalt deal mercifully with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the Lord with thyself: and if there is iniquity in thy servant, slay me thyself; but why dost thou thus bring me to thy father?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:8 - that ye are all conspiring against me, and there is no one that informs me, whereas my son has made a covenant with the son of Jessæ, and there is no one of you that [fn]is sorry for me, or informs me that my son has stirred up my servant against me for an enemy, as it is this day?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:14 - And he answered the king, and said, And who is there among all thy servants faithful as David, and he is a son-in-law of the king, and he is executor of all thy commands, and is honourable in thy house?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:15 - Have I begun to-day to enquire of God for him? by no means: let not the king bring a charge against his servant, and against the whole of my father's house; for thy servant knew not in all these matters anything great or small.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:10 - And David said, Lord God of Israel, thy servant has indeed heard, that Saul seeks to come against Keila to destroy the city on my account.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:11 - Will the place [fn]be shut up? and now will Saul come down, as thy [fn]servant has heard? Lord God of Israel, tell thy servant. And the Lord said, It will be shut up.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:10 - And Nabal sprang up, and answered the servants of David, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jessæ? now-a-days there is abundance of servants who depart every one from his master.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:39 - And David heard it [fn]and said, Blessed be the Lord, who has judged the cause of my reproach at the hand of Nabal, and has delivered his servant [fn]from the power of evil; and the Lord has returned the mischief of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and spoke concerning Abigaia, to take her to himself for a wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:17 - And Saul recognised the voice of David, and said, Is this thy voice, son David? and David said, I am thy servant, my lord, O king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:18 - And he said, Why does my lord thus pursue after his servant? for in what have I sinned? and what unrighteousness has been found in me?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:19 - And now let my lord the king hear the word of his servant. If God stirs thee up against me, let thine offering be acceptable: but if the sons of men, they are cursed before the Lord, for they have cast me out this day so that I should not be established in the inheritance of the Lord, saying, Go, serve other gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:5 - And David said to Anchus, If now thy servant has found grace in thine eyes, let them give me, I pray thee, a place in one of the cities in the country, and I will dwell there: for why does thy servant dwell with thee in a [fn]royal city?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:12 - So David had the full confidence of Anchus, [fn]who said, He is thoroughly disgraced among his people in Israel, and he shall be my servant for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:2 - And David said to Anchus, Thus now thou shalt know what thy servant will do. And Anchus said to David, So will I make thee captain of my body-guard continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:3 - And the lords of the Philistines said, Who are these [fn]that pass by? And Anchus said to the captains of the Philistines, Is not this David the servant of Saul king of Israel? he has been with us [fn]some time, even this second year, and I have not found any fault in him from the day that he attached himself to me even until this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:8 - And David said to Anchus, What have I done to thee? and what hast thou found in thy servant from the first day that I was before thee even until this day, that I should not come [fn]and war against the enemies of the lord my king?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:13 - And David said to him, Whose art thou? and whence art thou? and the young man the Egyptian said, I am the servant of an Amalekite; and my master left me, because I was taken ill three days ago.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:18 - and now perform it: for the Lord has spoken concerning David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save Israel out of the hand of all their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:20 - And David returned to bless his house. And Melchol the daughter of Saul came out to meet David and saluted him, and said, How was the king of Israel glorified to-day, who was to-day uncovered in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the dancers wantonly uncovers himself!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:5 - Go, and say to my servant David, Thus says the Lord, Thou shalt not build me a house for me to dwell in.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:8 - And now thus shalt thou say to my servant David, Thus says the Lord Almighty, I took thee from the sheep-cote, that thou shouldest be a prince over my people, over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:19 - Whereas I was very little before thee, O Lord, my Lord, yet thou spokest concerning the house of thy servant for a long time to come. And is this the law of man, O Lord, my Lord?

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