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G1402 δουλόω (doulóō)
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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.’

ACT 7:6 · TIT 2:3

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

37.24 · (δουλόομαι) · Control, Rule · Control, Restrain

to be bound, to be under obligation (a figurative extension of meaning of δουλόω[a] ‘to enslave,’ 87.82) to be firmly bound by an obligation or a relationship

1CO 7:15

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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+]

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