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δουλεύω

douleuōbe a slaveHow to read Greek
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Definition

δουλεύω

(δοῦλος), [in LXX for עָבַד, as Genesis 14:4, exc. Da TH Daniel 7:14, 27 (פְּלַח), Isaiah 56:6 (שָׁרַת pi.)* ;]

to be a slave, be subject to, serve: absol., Romans 7:6, Galatians 4:25, 1 Timothy 6:2; with dative of person(s), Matthew 6:24, Luke 15:29; 16:13, Romans 9:12" (LXX) ; of nations, John 8:33, Acts 7:7" (LXX) ; θεῷ, τ. κυρίῳ, Matthew 6:24, Luke 16:13, Acts 20:19, Romans 12:11 (R, mg., καιρῷ) Romans 16:18, Ephesians 6:7, Colossians 3:24, 1 Thessalonians 1:9; τ. Χριστῷ, Romans 14:18, Colossians 3:24; νόμῳ θεοῦ, Romans 7:25; τ. θεοῖς, Galatians 4:8; τ. καιρῷ, Romans 12:11 (R, mg. for κυρίῳ); ἀλλήλοις, Galatians 5:13; σὺν ἐμοί Philippians 2:22; τ. ἁμαρτίᾳ, Romans 6:6; νόμῳ ἁμαρτίας, Romans 7:25;

ἐπιθυμίαις κ. ἡδοναις, Titus 3:3; τ. κοιλία, Romans 16:18; μαμωνᾷ, Matthew 6:24, Luke 16:13; τ. στοιχείοις τ, κόσμου, Galatians 4:9 (Cremer, 217).

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as δουλεύω:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

25 total
  1. Matthew 6:24δουλεύειν · serve; δουλεύειν · serve [both]
    No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
  2. Luke 15:29δουλεύω · I have served
    But he answered his father, ‘Look, all these years I have served you and never disobeyed a commandment of yours. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.
  3. Luke 16:13δουλεύειν · serve; δουλεύειν · serve
    No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”
  4. John 8:33δεδουλεύκαμεν · We have never been slaves
    “We are Abraham’s descendants,” they answered. “We have never been slaves to anyone. How can You say we will be set free?”
  5. Acts 7:7δουλεύσουσιν · enslaves them
    ‘But I will punish the nation that enslaves them,’ God said, ‘and afterward they will come forth and worship Me in this place.’
  6. Acts 20:19δουλεύων · I served
    I served the Lord with great humility and with tears, especially in the trials that came upon me through the plots of the Jews.
  7. Romans 6:6δουλεύειν · be slaves
    We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.
  8. Romans 7:6δουλεύειν · serve
    But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.
  9. Romans 7:25δουλεύω · serve
    Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I serve the law of God, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
  10. Romans 9:12δουλεύσει · will serve
    …not by works but by Him who calls, she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”
  11. Romans 12:11δουλεύοντες · serving
    Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.
  12. Romans 14:18δουλεύων · serves
    For whoever serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.
  13. Romans 16:18δουλεύουσιν · serving
    For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
  14. Galatians 4:8ἐδουλεύσατε · you were slaves
    Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.
  15. Galatians 4:9δουλεύειν · to be enslaved
    But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?
  16. Galatians 4:25δουλεύει · she is in slavery
    Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.
  17. Galatians 5:13δουλεύετε · serve
    For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
  18. Ephesians 6:7δουλεύοντες · Serve
    Serve with good will, as to the Lord and not to men,
  19. Philippians 2:22ἐδούλευσεν · he has served
    But you know Timothy’s proven worth, that as a child with his father he has served with me to advance the gospel.
  20. Colossians 3:24δουλεύετε · you are serving
    …because you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
  21. 1 Thessalonians 1:9δουλεύειν · to serve
    For they themselves report what kind of welcome you gave us, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God
  22. 1 Timothy 6:2δουλευέτωσαν · should serve [them]
    Those who have believing masters should not show disrespect because they are brothers, but should serve them all the more, since those receiving their good service are beloved believers. Teach and encourage these principles.
  23. Titus 3:3δουλεύοντες · [and] enslaved
    For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.