doulos G1401

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

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
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

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Titus 2:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Slaves are to submit to their own masters in everything, to be well-pleasing, not argumentative,
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Philemon 1:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences
no longer as a slave, but better than a slave, as a beloved brother. He is especially beloved to me, but even more so to you, both in person and in the Lord.
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James 1:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings.
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1 Peter 2:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
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2 Peter 1:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:
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2 Peter 2:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.
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Jude 1:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who are called, loved by God the Father, and kept in Jesus Christ:
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Revelation 1:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences
This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,
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Revelation 2:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
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Revelation 6:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
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Revelation 7:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Do not harm the land or sea or trees until we have placed a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.”
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Revelation 10:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he begins to sound his trumpet, the mystery of God will be fulfilled, just as He proclaimed to His servants the prophets.”
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Revelation 11:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The nations were enraged, and Your wrath has come. The time has come to judge the dead and to reward Your servants the prophets, as well as the saints and those who fear Your name, both small and great—and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”
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Revelation 13:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the second beast required all people, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead,
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Revelation 15:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!
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Revelation 19:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”
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Revelation 19:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then a voice came from the throne, saying: “Praise our God, all you who serve Him, and those who fear Him, small and great alike!”
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Revelation 19:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of everyone slave and free, small and great.”
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Revelation 22:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be within the city, and His servants will worship Him.
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Revelation 22:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the angel said to me, “These words are faithful and true. The Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent His angel to show His servants what must soon take place.”
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