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δοῦλος (doulos) means “slave” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

δοῦλος Greek · G1401 129 tagged occurrences in 120 verses

Pronunciation guide: doo'-los Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G1401

δοῦλος · doulos · slave

δοῦλος, -η, -ον, [in LXX, ὁ δ. nearly always for עֶבֶד; ὁ δ. chiefly for שִׁפְחָה ,אָמָה ;] 1. in bondage to, subject to: Rom.6:19. 2. As subst., ὁ, ἡ δ., a slave; (a) fem., ἡ δ., a female slave, bondmaid (Cremer, 702; DB, iii, 215): Luk.1:38, 48 Act.2:18" (LXX) ; (b) masc., ὁ δ., a slave, bond-man: Mat.8:9 18:23, al.; opposite to ἐλεύθερος, 1Co.7:22 12:13, Gal.3:28, Eph.6:8, Col.3:11, Rev.6:15 13:16 19:18; opposite to κύριος, δεσπότης, οἰκοδεσπότης, Mat.10:24 13:27, 28 Luk.12:46, Jhn.15:15, Eph.6:5, Col.3:22 4:1, al.; metaphorically, δ. Χριστοῦ, τοῦ Χρ., Ἰησοῦ Χρ., Rom.1:1, 1Co.7:22, Gal.1:10, Eph.6:6, Php.1:1, Col.4:12, Jas.1:1, 2Pe.1:1, Ju 1; δ. τ. θεοῦ, τ. κυρίου, Act.16:17, 2Ti.2:24, Tit.1:1, 1Pe.2:16, Rev.7:3 15:3; δ. πονηρός, ἀχρεῖος, κακός, Mat.18:32 24:48 25:26, 30, Luk.17:10 19:22; δ. ἁμαρτίας, Jhn.8:34, Rom.6:17, 20; τ. φθορᾶς, 2Pe.2:19. SYN.: διάκονος (q.V.), θεράπων, ὐπηρέτης (see DB, iii, 377; iv, 461, 469; DCG, i, 221; ii, 613; Cremer, 215, 702). (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

(a) (as adj.) enslaved, (b) (as noun) a (male) slave.

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How translators render G1401

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
servant 42
servants 35
a servant 11
slaves 10
slave 8
a slave 5
in slavery 2
and a servant 1
from a slave 1
he is slave 1
menservants 1
of a servant 1
of slavery 1
servants of 1
the servants 1
the slave 1
was a slave 1
were you a slave 1
who serve 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
servants 38
servant 33
a servant 16
the servant 15
the servants 12
bond 6
of 4
unto 4
to 2
bondman 1
his servants 1
o thou 1
of a servant 1
the 1
though 1

Verses containing G1401

Page 2 of 3. 120 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. Luke 14:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.

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  2. Luke 15:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.

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  3. Luke 17:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Which of you whose servant comes in from plowing or shepherding in the field will say to him, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?

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  4. Luke 17:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Does he thank the servant because he did what he was told?

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  5. Luke 17:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”

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  6. Luke 19:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Beforehand, he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. ‘Conduct business with this until I return,’ he said.

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  7. Luke 19:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When he returned from procuring his kingship, he summoned the servants to whom he had given the money, to find out what each one had earned.

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  8. Luke 19:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    His master replied, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, you shall have authority over ten cities.’

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  9. Luke 19:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    His master replied, ‘You wicked servant, I will judge you by your own words. So you knew that I am a harsh man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?

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  10. Luke 20:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed.

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  11. Luke 20:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So he sent another servant, but they beat him and treated him shamefully, sending him away empty-handed.

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  12. Luke 22:50 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And one of them struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear.

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  13. John 4:51 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.

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  14. John 8:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.

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  15. John 8:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    A slave does not remain in the house forever, but a son remains forever.

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  16. John 13:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Truly, truly, I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

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  17. John 15:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.

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  18. John 15:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well.

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  19. John 18:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Then Simon Peter drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.

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  20. John 18:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Because it was cold, the servants and officers were standing around a charcoal fire they had made to keep warm. And Peter was also standing with them, warming himself.

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  21. John 18:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    One of the high priest’s servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, “Didn’t I see you with Him in the garden?”

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  22. Acts 2:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Even on My menservants and maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.

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  23. Acts 4:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And now, Lord, consider their threats, and enable Your servants to speak Your word with complete boldness,

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  24. Acts 16:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!”

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  25. Romans 1:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, and set apart for the gospel of God—

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  26. Romans 6:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness?

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  27. Romans 6:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But thanks be to God that, though you once were slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were committed.

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  28. Romans 6:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.

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  29. Romans 6:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For when you were slaves to sin, you were free of obligation to righteousness.

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  30. 1 Corinthians 7:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let it concern you—but if you can gain your freedom, take the opportunity.

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  31. 1 Corinthians 7:22 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord’s freedman. Conversely, he who was a free man when he was called is Christ’s slave.

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  32. 1 Corinthians 7:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.

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  33. 1 Corinthians 12:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.

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  34. 2 Corinthians 4:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.

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  35. Galatians 1:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

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  36. Galatians 3:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

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  37. Galatians 4:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    What I am saying is that as long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, although he is the owner of everything.

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  38. Galatians 4:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, you are also an heir through God.

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  39. Ephesians 6:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear and sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ.

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  40. Ephesians 6:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And do this not only to please them while they are watching, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.

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  41. Ephesians 6:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good he does, whether he is slave or free.

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  42. Philippians 1:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons:

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  43. Philippians 2:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness.

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  44. Colossians 3:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.

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  45. Colossians 3:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not only to please them while they are watching, but with sincerity of heart and fear of the Lord.

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  46. Colossians 4:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Masters, supply your slaves with what is right and fair, since you know that you also have a Master in heaven.

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  47. Colossians 4:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in the full will of God.

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  48. 1 Timothy 6:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    All who are under the yoke of slavery should regard their masters as fully worthy of honor, so that God’s name and our teaching will not be discredited.

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  49. 2 Timothy 2:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing.

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  50. Titus 1:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness,

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