Greek verb · G1402
δουλόω
douloodoo-lo'-o
to enslave
8 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: doulóō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1402is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1402
to enslave (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: bring into (be under) bondage, X given, become (make) servant.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
douloo is rendered "to enslave". It stands 8 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Two of the uses stand in Romans, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Acts 7:6God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
Acts 7:6δουλώσουσιν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's eight uses are in Romans.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- enslaved1
- has bee under bondage1
- having become slaves1
- he has been enslaved1
- held in bondage1
- I became servant1
- they will enslave1
- you have become slaves1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- δεδούλωται2
- δεδουλωμένας1
- δεδουλωμένοι1
- δουλωθέντες1
- δουλώσουσιν1
- ἐδουλώθητε1
- ἐδούλωσα1
The grammar of each form
- verb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-RPI-3S
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singular1V-AAI-1S
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 2nd person plural1V-API-2P
- verb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-APP-NPM
- verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-FAI-3P
- verb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · feminine plural1V-RPP-APF
- verb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-RPP-NPM
Acts
one use
God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
- δουλώσουσινdoulosousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they will enslave
Romans
two uses
You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
- ἐδουλώθητεedoulotheteverb · aorist passive, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you have become slaves
But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.
- δουλωθέντεςdoulothentesverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having become slaves
1 Corinthians
two uses
But if the unbeliever leaves, let him go. The believing brother or sister is not bound in such cases. God has called you to live in peace.
- δεδούλωταιdedoulotaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has bee under bondage
Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
- ἐδούλωσαedoulosaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I became servant
Galatians
one use
So also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic principles of the world.
- δεδουλωμένοιdedoulomenoiverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: held in bondage
Titus
one use
Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good.
- δεδουλωμέναςdedoulomenasverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: enslaved
2 Peter
one use
They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.
- δεδούλωταιdedoulotaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he has been enslaved
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.