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G1396 δουλαγωγέω (doulagōgéō)
Greek
Verb
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Quick Definition

I enslave

Strong's Definition

to be a slave-driver, i.e. to enslave (figuratively, subdue)

Derivation: from a presumed compound of G1401 (δοῦλος) and G71 (ἄγω);

KJV Usage: bring into subjection

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

δουλαγωγέω (Rec.st δουλαγαγέω), δουλαγωγῶ; (δουλαγωγος, cf. παιδαγωγός; to lead away into slavery, claim as one's slave, (Diodorus Siculus 12, 24, and occasionally in other later writings); to make a slave and to treat as a slave, i. e. with severity, to subject to stern and rigid discipline: 1Co_9:27. Cf. Fischer, De vitiis lexicorum N. T., p. 472f

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

δουλαγωγέω doulagōgeō 1x pr. to bring into slavery; to treat as a slave; to discipline into subjection, 1Co_9:27

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

*† δουλαγωγέω , -ῶ ( < δοῦλος , ἄγω ), to make a slave, bring into bondage: 1Co_9:27 ( Cremer , 703).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

δουλαγωγέω [page 169] For δ . used in a moral sense, as in 1Co_9:27 , we may cite Epict. iii. 24. 76 τί λέγεις πρὸς τοῦτον τὸν δουλαγωγοῦντά σε ; what sayest thou to this man who is treating thee as a slave? Cf. ib. iv. 7. 17 (Sharp Epictetus and the NT , p. 71). For the subst. used literally cf. P Oxy I. 38 .10 (A.D. 49 50) (= Selections , p. 53) τοῦ Σύρ [ου ] ἐπικεχειρηκότος ἀποσπάσαι εἰς δουλαγωγία [ν ] τὸν ἀφήλικά μου υἱὸν Ἀπίωνα , Syrus having endeavoured to carry off into slavery my young son Apion, ib. IX. 1206 .11 (A.D. 335) εἰς δουλαγωγείαν ἄγειν , and the dialect inscription, apparently of Roman times, Syll 841 .14 εἰ δέ τις ἐπιλανβάνοιτο αὐτῶν ἢ καταδουλίζοιτο , ἅ τε γενηθῖσα δουλαγωγία αὐτῶν ἄκυρος καὶ ἀρεμένα ( l. ἀρμένα = ἠρμένη ) ἔστω .

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

δουλαγωγέω δουλ-α^γωγέω, φυτ. -ήσω [Etym: ἀγωγός] "to make a slave, treat as such": metaph. "to bring into subjection", NTest.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

δουλαγωγέω, -ῶ (δοῦλος, ἄγω), to make a slave, bring into bondage: 1Co.9:27 (Cremer, 703).† (AS)

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