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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.]
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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 126 times in 118 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 2 / 3 (Luk 17:7–Phm 1:16)

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:7 -

“But which of you, having a slave G1401 plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come immediately and [fn]sit down to eat’?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:9 - “Is he grateful to the slave G1401 because he did the things which were commanded?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:10 - “In this way, you also, when you do all the things which are commanded of you, say, ‘We are unworthy slaves G1401; we have done only that which we ought to have done.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:13 - “And he called ten of his slaves G1401, and gave them ten [fn]minas and said to them, ‘Engage in business [fn]until I come back.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:15 - “And it happened that when he returned, after receiving the kingdom, he ordered that these slaves G1401, to whom he had given the money, be called to him so that he might know how much they had made in business.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:17 - “And he said to him, ‘Well done, good slave G1401, because you have been faithful in a very little thing, you are to be in authority over ten cities.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:22 - “He *said to him, ‘From your own mouth I will judge you, you worthless slave G1401. Did you know that I am a strict man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:10 - “And at the harvest time he sent a slave G1401 to the vine-growers, so that they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the vine-growers sent him away empty-handed having beaten him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:11 - “And he proceeded to send another slave G1401; and when they beat him also and treated him shamefully, they sent him away empty-handed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:50

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:50 - And one of them struck the slave G1401 of the high priest and cut off his right ear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:51

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:51 - And while he was still going down, his slaves G1401 met him, saying that his [fn]son was alive.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:34 -

Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is the slave G1401 of sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:35 - “And the slave G1401 does not remain in the house forever; the son does remain forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:16 - “Truly, truly, I say to you, a slave G1401 is not greater than his master, nor is one who is sent greater than the one who sent him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:15 - “No longer do I call you slaves G1401, for the slave G1401 does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:20 - “Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A slave G1401 is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they kept My word, they will keep yours also.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:10 - Simon Peter then, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s slave G1401, and cut off his right ear; and the slave’s G1401 name was Malchus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:18 - Now the slaves G1401 and the officers were standing there, having made a charcoal fire, for it was cold and they were warming themselves; and Peter was also with them, standing and warming himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:26 - One of the slaves G1401 of the high priest, being a relative of the one whose ear Peter cut off, *said, “Did I not see you in the garden with Him?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:18 -

EVEN ON MY MALE SLAVES G1401 AND FEMALE SLAVES G1401,

I WILL IN THOSE DAYS POUR OUT MY SPIRIT

And they shall prophesy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:29 - “And [fn]now, Lord, take note of their threats, and grant that Your slaves G1401 may speak Your word with all confidence,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:17 - Following after Paul and us, she kept crying out, saying, “These men are slaves G1401 of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you [fn]the way of salvation.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:1 -

Paul, a slave G1401 of Christ Jesus, [fn]called as an apostle, having been set apart for the gospel of God,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:16 - Do you not know that when you go on presenting yourselves to someone as slaves G1401 for obedience, you are slaves G1401 of the one whom you obey, either of sin [fn]leading to death, or of obedience [fn]leading to righteousness?

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:17 - But thanks be to God that though you were slaves G1401 of sin, you obeyed from the heart that pattern of teaching to which you were given over,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:19 - I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, [fn]leading to further lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness, [fn]leading to sanctification.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:20 -

For when you were slaves G1401 of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:21 -

Were you called while a slave G1401? [fn]Do not worry about it. But if you are able also to become free, rather [fn]do that.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:22 - For he who was called in the Lord while a slave G1401, is the Lord’s freedman. Likewise he who was called while free, is Christ’s slave G1401.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:23 - You were bought with a price; do not become slaves G1401 of men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:13 - For also [fn]by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves G1401 or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 4:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:5 - For we do not preach ourselves but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your slaves G1401 [fn]for the sake of Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 1:10

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For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a slave G1401 of Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:28 - There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave G1401 nor free man, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:1 -

Now I say, as long as the heir is a [fn]child, he does not differ at all from a slave G1401 although he is [fn]owner of everything,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:7 - Therefore you are no longer a slave G1401, but a son; and if a son, then an heir [fn]through God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:5 -

Slaves G1401, be obedient to those who are your [fn]masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the [fn]integrity of your heart, as to Christ;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:6 - not [fn]by way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as slaves G1401 of Christ, doing the will of God from the [fn]heart,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:8 - knowing that whatever good thing each one does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether slave G1401 or free.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:1 -

Paul and Timothy, slaves G1401 of Christ Jesus,

To all the [fn]saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the overseers and deacons:

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:7 - but [fn]emptied Himself, by taking the form of a slave G1401, by being made in the likeness of men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:11 - a renewal in which there is no distinction between Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, [fn]barbarian, Scythian, slave G1401, and freeman, but Christ is all and in all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 3:22 -

Slaves G1401, in all things obey those who are your masters [fn]according to the flesh, not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but with [fn]integrity of heart, fearing the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:1 -

Masters, show to your slaves G1401 what is right and fair, knowing that you too have a Master in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:12 - Epaphras, who is one of your number, a slave G1401 of Christ Jesus, sends you his greetings, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand [fn]complete and fully assured in all the will of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 6:1

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All who are under the yoke as slaves G1401 are to regard their own masters as worthy of all honor so that the name of God and our doctrine will not be [fn]slandered.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 2:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:24 - And the Lord’s slave G1401 must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to teach, patient when wronged,

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Paul, a slave G1401 of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, [fn]for the faith of God’s elect and the full knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,

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Urge slaves G1401 to be subject to their own masters in everything, to be pleasing, not contradicting,

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Unchecked Copy Box Phm 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:16 - no longer as a slave G1401, but more than a slave G1401, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

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