TBESG · G1397
δουλεία · douleia · slavery
δουλεία (T, -λία), -ας, ἡ (δουλεύω), [in LXX, as Exo.13:3, for עֶבֶד and cognates ;] slavery, bondage: Rom.8:15, 21 Gal.4:24 5:1, Heb.2:15.† (AS)
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douleia G1397
δουλεία (douleia) means “slavery” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.
δουλεία Greek · G1397 5 tagged occurrences in 5 verses
Pronunciation guide: doo-li'-ah Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Dodson Greek Lexicon
slavery, bondage.
John Jeffrey Dodson · CC0
How translators render G1397
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| of slavery | 2 |
| bondage | 1 |
| in slavery | 1 |
| slavery | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| of bondage | 2 |
| bondage | 1 |
| the bondage | 1 |
| to bondage | 1 |
Verses containing G1397
Page 1 of 1. 5 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Romans 8:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption to sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
Read word by word - Romans 8:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
Read word by word - Galatians 4:24
· BSB · 1 occurrence
These things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar.
Read word by word - Galatians 5:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.
Read word by word - Hebrews 2:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.
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