Quick Definition
δουλόω v. I enslave
Strong's Definition
from 1401; to enslave (literally or figuratively)
KJV Usage: bring into (be under) bondage, X given, become (make) servant
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | δουλαγωγέω · δουλεία · δουλεύω · δούλη · δοῦλος · καταδουλόω · ὀφθαλμοδουλία · σύνδουλος
87.82 · Status · Slave, Free
to enslave, to make a slave of someone to cause someone to become a slave In ACT 7:6 αὐτὸ refers to the preceding τὸ σπέρμα αὐτοῦ ‘his descendants.’
37.27 · Control, Rule · Control, Restrain
to gain control over, to make a slave of, to cause someone to be subservient to, to cause to be like a slave to gain control over someone and thus make such an individual subservient to one’s own interests
ROM 6:18 · ROM 6:22 · 1CO 7:15 · 1CO 9:19 · GAL 4:3 · 2PE 2:19
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δουλόω, -@: fut δουλώσω ; 1 aor. ἐδούλωσα ; pf. pass. δεδούλωμαι ; 1 aor. pass. ἐδουλώθην ; (δοῦλος) ; [fr. Aeschyl. and Hdt. down]; to make a slave of, reduce to bondage; a. prop.: τινά, Acts vii. 6; τούτῳ καὶ [yet T WH om. Tr br. καὶ] δεδούλωται to him he has also been made a bondman, 2 Pet. ii. 19. _b. metaph.: ἐμαυτόν τινι give myself wholly to one’s needs and service, make myself a bondman to him, 1 Co. ix.19 ; δουλοῦσθαί τινι. to be made subject to the rule of some one, 6. g. τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ, τῷ θεῷ. Ko. vi. 18, 22; likewise ὑπό τι, Gal. iv. 3; δεδουλωμένος οἴνῳ, wholly given up to, enslaved to, Tit. ii. 3 (δουλεύειν οἴνῳ, Liban. epist. 319); δεδούλωμαι ἔν τινι, to be under bondage, held by constraint of law or necessity, in some matter, 1 Co. vii. 15. [Comp.: κατα-δουλόω.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
δέος deos 1x
fear, Heb. 12:28*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
δουλόω, -ῶ
(< δοῦλος), [in LXX for עבד ;]
to enslave, bring into bondage: Ac 7:6 (LXX), II Pe 2:19; metaph., I Co 9:19; pass., seq. ἐν, ib. 7:15; τ. θεῷ, Ro 6:22; τ. δικαιοσύνῃ, Ro 6:18; οἴνῳ, Tit 2:3; ὑπὸ τὰ στοιχεῖα τ. κόσμου, Ga 4:3 (Cremer, 217).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
δέος. P Lond 405!4 (c. A.D. 346) (=II. p. 295)—we fail to make sense of the line, which ends with a hiatus. An adverb formed from the verb δείδω occurs in Vettius Valens p. 235%" βραδέως μὲν kal δεδιότως φθέγγεται. can see, both 8€0sand δείδω belong to a rather higher literary stratum, and a solitary appearance in Heb is quite what might be expected. A pathetic letter from a wife, PSI III. 177° (ii/iii A.D.), says of their child δ[έδια] μὴ ἀποθάνῃ cov μὴ ὄν[τος €v]OaSe: of course δ[είδω] is equally possible—or something else. As far as we
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
δουλόω (douloō) — to enslave. δουλ-όω, enslave, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—mostly in passive, to be enslaved, ὑπὸ Πέρσῃσι, ὑπὸ Ἁρπάγου, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἱ ψυχαὶ δεδούλωνται [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle (with perfect δεδουλῶσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+], make subject to oneself, enslave, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
