Doulos δοῦλος

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Doulos
δοῦλος
Transliterationdoulos
Strong's numberG1401
LanguageGreek
Part of speechnoun
Glossslave
Occurrences130 in 121 verses
Most frequent inMatthew (30)

Doulos (Greek δοῦλος, Strong's G1401) is a Greek noun meaning “slave”. It occurs 130 times in 121 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

δοῦλος, -η, -ον,
[in LXX, ὁ δ. nearly always for עֶבֶד; ὁ δ. chiefly for שִׁפְחָה ,אָמָה ;]
1. in bondage to, subject to: Rom.6:19.
2. As subst., ὁ, ἡ δ., a slave;
(a) fem., ἡ δ., a female slave, bondmaid (Cremer, 702; DB, iii, 215): Luk.1:38, 48 Act.2:18" (LXX) ;
(b) masc., ὁ δ., a slave, bond-man: Mat.8:9 18:23, al.; opposite to ἐλεύθερος, 1Co.7:22 12:13, Gal.3:28, Eph.6:8, Col.3:11, Rev.6:15 13:16 19:18; opposite to κύριος, δεσπότης, οἰκοδεσπότης, Mat.10:24 13:27, 28 Luk.12:46, Jhn.15:15, Eph.6:5, Col.3:22 4:1, al.; metaphorically, δ. Χριστοῦ, τοῦ Χρ., Ἰησοῦ Χρ., Rom.1:1, 1Co.7:22, Gal.1:10, Eph.6:6, Php.1:1, Col.4:12, Jas.1:1, 2Pe.1:1, Ju 1; δ. τ. θεοῦ, τ. κυρίου, Act.16:17, 2Ti.2:24, Tit.1:1, 1Pe.2:16, Rev.7:3 15:3; δ. πονηρός, ἀχρεῖος, κακός, Mat.18:32 24:48 25:26, 30, Luk.17:10 19:22; δ. ἁμαρτίας, Jhn.8:34, Rom.6:17, 20; τ. φθορᾶς, 2Pe.2:19.
SYN.: διάκονος (q.V.), θεράπων, ὐπηρέτης (see DB, iii, 377; iv, 461, 469; DCG, i, 221; ii, 613; Cremer, 215, 702). (AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVservant (64), servants (53), bond (5), unto (4), o thou (1), servant's (1), servant though (1), bondman (1)
BSBservant (55), servants (35), slave (17), slaves (10), slavery (3), servant's (1), menservants (1), were you a slave (1), who serve (1)

Topics

Verses

Every verse with Doulos, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Galatians

Ephesians

Philippians

Colossians

1 Timothy

2 Timothy

Titus

Philemon

James

1 Peter

2 Peter

Jude

Revelation

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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