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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #1402 - δουλόω

Transliteration

doulóō

Phonetics

doo-lo'-o

Origin

from (G1401)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TDNT

2:279,182

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to make a slave of, reduce to bondage
metaph. give myself wholly to one's needs and service, make myself a bondman to him

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 5647 ‑ עָבַד (aw‑bad');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (9)

Acts 2

Romans 2

1 Corinthians 2

Galatians 1

Titus 1

2 Peter 1

BSB (8)

Acts 1

Romans 2

1 Corinthians 2

Galatians 1

Titus 1

2 Peter 1

CSB (8)

Acts 1

Romans 2

1 Corinthians 2

Galatians 1

Titus 1

2 Peter 1

ESV (7)

Acts 1

Romans 2

1 Corinthians 2

Galatians 1

Titus 1

2 Peter 1

KJV (11)

Acts 2

Romans 2

1 Corinthians 4

Galatians 1

Titus 1

2 Peter 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (10)

Acts 1

Romans 3

1 Corinthians 3

Galatians 1

Titus 1

2 Peter 1

N95 (12)

Acts 1

Romans 3

1 Corinthians 4

Galatians 2

Titus 1

2 Peter 1

NAS (13)

Acts 1

Romans 3

1 Corinthians 4

Galatians 2

Titus 1

2 Peter 1

NLT (8)

Acts 2

Romans 6

1 Corinthians 8

Galatians 2

Titus 2

2 Peter 3

WEB (10)

Acts 2

Romans 2

1 Corinthians 3

Galatians 1

Titus 1

2 Peter 1

YLT (8)

Acts 1

Romans 2

1 Corinthians 2

Galatians 1

Titus 1

2 Peter 1

ASV (9)

become servants 1

enslaved 1

held in bondage 1

into bondage 1

is he also brought into bondage 1

that they should bring 1

under bondage 2

ye became servants 1

BSB (8)

a man is a slave 1

addicted 1

and have become slaves 1

enslaved 1

have become slaves 1

i make myself a slave 1

is not bound 1

they would be enslaved 1

CSB (8)

addicted 1

bound 1

enslaved 3

slave 1

slavery 1

would enslave 1

ESV (7)

become slaves 2

enslave 1

enslaved 3

servant 1

KJV (11)

bondage 4

bring 1

given 1

is 1

made 1

servant 1

servants 2

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (10)

became 1

enslaved 6

made 1

slave 1

slaves 1

N95 (12)

became 1

bondage 2

enslaved 4

held 1

made 1

slave 1

slaves 1

under 1

NAS (13)

became 1

bondage 2

enslave 1

enslaved 3

held 1

in 1

made 1

slave 1

slaves 1

under 1

NLT (8)

bound 1

drinkers 1

slave 2

slaves 4

WEB (10)

enslaved 2

having become servants 1

held in bondage 1

i brought 1

is brought into bondage 1

under bondage 2

would be 1

you became bondservants 1

YLT (8)

enslaved 1

having become servants 1

in servitude 1

one also he hath been brought to servitude 1

servant 1

to serve 1

under servitude 1

ye became servants 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

V-AAI-1S 1

V-API-2P 1

V-APP-NPM 1

V-FAI-3P 1

V-RPI-3S 2

V-RPP-APF 1

V-XPPNPM 1

ANT

V-AAI-1S 1

V-API-2P 1

V-APP-NPM 1

V-FAI-3P 1

V-RPI-3S 2

V-RPP-APF 1

V-RPP-NPM 1

BEZ

V-AAI-1S 1

V-API-2P 1

V-APP-NPM 1

V-FAI-3P 1

V-RPI-3S 2

V-RPP-APF 1

V-RPP-NPM 1

BGB

V-AAI-1S 1

V-APP-NPM 1

V-FAI-3P 1

V-RPI-3S 2

V-RPP-APF 1

BMT

V-AAI-1S 1

V-APP-NPM 1

V-FAI-3P 1

V-RPI-3S 2

V-RPP-APF 1

BYZ

V-AAI-1S 1

V-API-2P 1

V-APP-NPM 1

V-FAI-3P 1

V-RPI-3S 2

V-RPP-APF 1

V-RPP-NPM 1

ELZ

V-AAI-1S 1

V-API-2P 1

V-APPNPM 1

V-FAI-3P 1

V-XPI-3S 2

V-XPPAPF 1

V-XPPNPM 1

NA26

V-1AAIS 1

V-2APIP 1

V-3FAIP 1

V-3XPIS 2

V-APPNPM 1

V-XPPAPF 1

SBL

V-AAI-1S 1

V-API-2P 1

V-APP-NPM 1

V-FAI-3P 1

V-RPI-3S 2

V-RPP-APF 1

V-RPP-NPM 1

SCV

V-AAI-1S 1

V-API-2P 1

V-APP-NPM 1

V-FAI-3P 1

V-RPI-3S 2

V-RPP-APF 1

V-RPP-NPM 1

STV

V-AAI-1S 1

V-API-2P 1

V-APP-NPM 1

V-FAI-3P 1

V-RPI-3S 2

V-RPP-APF 1

V-RPP-NPM 1

TIS

V-AAI-1S 1

V-API-2P 1

V-APP-NPM 1

V-FAI-3P 1

V-RPI-3S 2

V-RPP-APF 1

V-RPP-NPM 1

V-AAI-1S 1

V-API-2P 1

V-APP-NPM 1

V-FAI-3P 1

V-RPI-3S 2

V-RPP-APF 1

V-RPP-NPM 1

TRG

V-AAI-1S 1

V-API-2P 1

V-APPNPM 1

V-FAI-3P 1

V-XPI-3S 2

V-XPPAPF 1

V-XPPNPM 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

δουλ-όω,

enslave, Hdt. 1.27; δουλοῖς καὶ σὲ καὶ πᾶσαν πόλιν A. Th. 254, cf. S. Tr. 467; δ. φρόνημα Th. 2.61: — mostly in Pass., to be enslaved, ὑπὸ Πέρσῃσι, ὑπὸ Ἁρπάγου, Hdt. 1.94, 174, cf. Th. 1.98; αἱ ψ[]χαὶ δεδούλωνται Hp. Aër. 23; δεδουλωμένοι τῇ γνώμῃ, τὴν γνώμην ἐδουλοῦντο, Th. 4.34, 7.71; ἐλεύθερος πᾶς ἑνὶ δεδούλωται, νόμῳ Men. 699, cf Sam. 280: — Med. (with pf. δεδουλῶσθαι Th. 6.82), make subject to oneself, enslave, Id. 1.18, 5.29, 7.68, 75, Pl. Mx. 239d; τὸν ἥσσονα δουλούμεθ' ἄνδρα E. Supp. 493; ἐπιθυμίαν Pl. Lg. 838d; τὸ ἑαυτοῦ θειότατον ὑπὸ τῷ ἀθεωτάτῳ.. δουλοῦται Id. R. 589e.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

δουλόω, δούλῳ: future δουλώσω; 1 aorist ἐδούλωσα; perfect passive δεδουλωμαι; 1 aorist passive ἐδουλωθην; (δοῦλος); (from Aeschylus and Herodotus down); to make a slave of, reduce to bondage;

a. properly: τινα, Acts 7:6; τούτῳ καί (yet T WH omit; Tr brackets καί) δεδούλωται to him he has also been made a bondman, 2 Peter 2:19.

b. metaphorically: ἐμαυτόν τίνι, give myself wholly to one's needs and service, make myself a bondman to him, 1 Corinthians 9:19; δουλουσθαι τίνι, to be made subject to the rule of some one, e. g. τῇ δικαιοσύνη, τῷ Θεῷ, Romans 6:18, 22; likewise ὑπό τί, Galatians 4:3; δεδουλωμενος οἴνῳ, wholly given up to, enslaved to, Titus 2:3 (δουλεύειν οἴνῳ, Libanius, epist. 319); δεδουλωμαι ἐν τίνι, to be under bondage, held by constraint of law or necessity, in some matter, 1 Corinthians 7:15. (Compare: καταδουλόω.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

δουλόω , -ῶ

(< δοῦλος ),

[in LXX for H5647;]

to enslave, bring into bondage: Acts 7:6 (LXX), 2 Peter 2:19; metaph., 1 Corinthians 9:19; pass., seq. ἐν , 1 Corinthians 7:15; τ . θεῷ , Romans 6:22; τ . δικαιοσύνῃ , Romans 6:18; οἴνῳ , Titus 2:3; ὑπὸ τὰ στοιχεῖα τ . κόσμου , Galatians 4:3 (Cremer, 217).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

The negatived verbal may be quoted from OGIS 449.6, an honorific decree of the Pergamenes to P. Servilius Isauricus, proconsul of Asia B.C. 46, whom they describe as ἀποδεδωκότα τῆι πόλει τοὺς πατρίους νόμους καὶ τὴν δημοκρατίαν ἀδούλωτον.

List of Word Forms

δεδουλωμενας δεδουλωμένας δεδουλωμενοι δεδουλωμένοι δεδουλωται δεδούλωται δουλούται δουλωθεντες δουλωθέντες δουλωσουσιν δουλώσουσιν εδουλωθητε εδουλώθητε ἐδουλώθητε εδουλωσα εδούλωσα ἐδούλωσα dedoulomenas dedouloménas dedoulōmenas dedoulōménas dedoulomenoi dedouloménoi dedoulōmenoi dedoulōménoi dedoulotai dedoulōtai dedoúlotai dedoúlōtai doulosousin doulōsousin doulṓsousin doulothentes doulothéntes doulōthentes doulōthéntes edoulosa edoulōsa edoúlosa edoúlōsa edoulothete edoulōthēte edoulṓthete edoulṓthēte