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douleuō G1398

δουλεύω (douleuō) means “be a slave” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

δουλεύω Greek · G1398 25 tagged occurrences in 23 verses

Pronunciation guide: dool-yoo'-o Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G1398

δουλεύω · douleuō · be a slave

δουλεύω (δοῦλος), [in LXX for עָבַד, as Gen.14:4, exc. Da TH Dan.7:14, 27 (פְּלַח), Isa.56:6 (שָׁרַת pi.)* ;] to be a slave, be subject to, serve: absol., Rom.7:6, Gal.4:25, 1Ti.6:2; with dative of person(s), Mat.6:24, Luk.15:29 16:13, Rom.9:12" (LXX) ; of nations, Jhn.8:33, Act.7:7" (LXX) ; θεῷ, τ. κυρίῳ, Mat.6:24, Luk.16:13, Act.20:19, Rom.12:11 (R, mg., καιρῷ) Rom.16:18, Eph.6:7, Col.3:24, 1Th.1:9; τ. Χριστῷ, Rom.14:18, Col.3:24; νόμῳ θεοῦ, Rom.7:25; τ. θεοῖς, Gal.4:8; τ. καιρῷ, Rom.12:11 (R, mg. for κυρίῳ); ἀλλήλοις, Gal.5:13; σὺν ἐμοί Php.2:22; τ. ἁμαρτίᾳ, Rom.6:6; νόμῳ ἁμαρτίας, Rom.7:25; ἐπιθυμίαις κ. ἡδοναις, Tit.3:3; τ. κοιλία, Rom.16:18; μαμωνᾷ, Mat.6:24, Luk.16:13; τ. στοιχείοις τ, κόσμου, Gal.4:9 (Cremer, 217).† (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

I am a slave, am subject to, obey, am devoted.

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How translators render G1398

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
serve 7
serving 2
and enslaved 1
be slaves 1
enslaves them 1
he has served 1
i have served 1
i served 1
serve both 1
serves 1
she is in slavery 1
should serve them 1
to be enslaved 1
to serve 1
we have never been slaves 1
will serve 1
you are serving 1
you were slaves 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
serve 8
serving 2
do 1
do i serve 1
doing service 1
he hath served 1
he that 1
in bondage 1
is in bondage 1
serveth 1
service 1
shall serve 1
should 1
should serve 1
they shall be in bondage 1
to serve 1
were 1
ye did service 1
ye serve 1

Verses containing G1398

Page 1 of 1. 23 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Matthew 6:24 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

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  2. Luke 15:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But he answered his father, ‘Look, all these years I have served you and never disobeyed a commandment of yours. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.

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  3. Luke 16:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”

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  4. John 8:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “We are Abraham’s descendants,” they answered. “We have never been slaves to anyone. How can You say we will be set free?”

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  5. Acts 7:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    ‘But I will punish the nation that enslaves them,’ God said, ‘and afterward they will come forth and worship Me in this place.’

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  6. Acts 20:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I served the Lord with great humility and with tears, especially in the trials that came upon me through the plots of the Jews.

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  7. Romans 6:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.

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  8. Romans 7:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.

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  9. Romans 7:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I serve the law of God, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.

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  10. Romans 9:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,

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    Source alternate reference: 9.11

  11. Romans 12:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.

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  12. Romans 14:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For whoever serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.

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  13. Romans 16:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.

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  14. Galatians 4:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.

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  15. Galatians 4:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?

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  16. Galatians 4:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.

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  17. Galatians 5:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.

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  18. Ephesians 6:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Serve with good will, as to the Lord and not to men,

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  19. Philippians 2:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But you know Timothy’s proven worth, that as a child with his father he has served with me to advance the gospel.

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  20. Colossians 3:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    because you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.

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  21. 1 Thessalonians 1:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For they themselves report what kind of welcome you gave us, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God

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  22. 1 Timothy 6:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Those who have believing masters should not show disrespect because they are brothers, but should serve them all the more, since those receiving their good service are beloved believers. Teach and encourage these principles.

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  23. Titus 3:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.

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