Lexical Definition
δοῦλος doûlos (doo'-los) slave G:N
from δέω
bond(-man), servant.
- a slave (literal or figurative, involuntary or voluntary
- frequently, therefore in a qualified sense of subjection or subserviency)
Abbott-Smith
δοῦλος, -η, -ον, [in LXX, ὁ δ. nearly always for עֶבֶד; ἡ δ. chiefly for שִׁפְחָה אָמָה ;]
1. in bondage to, subject to: Ro 6:19.
2. As subst., ὁ, ἡ δ., a slave;
(a) fem., ἡ δ., a female slave, bondmaid (Cremer, 702; DB, iii, 215): Lk 1:38, 48, Ac 2:18 (LXX);
(b) masc., ὁ δ., a slave, bondman: Mt 8:9 18:23, al.; opp. to ἐλεύθερος, I Co 7:22 12:13, Ga 3:28, Eph 6:8, Col 3:11, Re 6:15 13:16 19:18; opp. to κύριος, δεσπότης, οἰκοδεσπότης, Mt 10:24 13:27, 28, Lk 12:46, Jo 15:15, Eph 6:5, Col 3:22 4:1, al.; metaph., δ. Χριστοῦ, τοῦ Χρ., Ἰησοῦ Χρ., Ro 1:1, I Co 7:22, Ga 1:10, Eph 6:6, Phl 1:1, Col 4:12, Ja 1:1, II Pe 1:1, Ju 1; δ. τ. θεοῦ, τ. κυρίου, Ac 16:17, II Ti 2:24, Tit 1:1, I Pe 2:16, Re 7:3 15:3; δ. πονηρός, ἀχρεῖος, κακός, Mt 18:32 24:48 25:26, 30, Lk 17:10 19:22; δ. ἁμαρτίας, Jo 8:34, Ro 6:17, 20; τ. φθορᾶς, II Pe 2:19.
SYN.: διάκονος (q.v.), θεράπων, ὐπηρέτης (v. DB, iii, 377; iv, 461, 469; DCG, i, 221; ii, 613; Cremer, 215, 702).
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Matthew | 8:9 · 10:24 · 13:27 · 13:28 · 18:23 · 18:32 · 24:48 · 25:26 · 25:30 |
| Luke | 1:38 · 1:48 · 12:46 · 17:10 · 19:22 |
| John | 8:34 · 15:15 |
| Acts | 2:18 · 16:17 |
| Romans | 1:1 · 6:17 · 6:19 · 6:20 |
| 1 Corinthians | 7:22 · 12:13 |
| Galatians | 1:10 · 3:28 |
| Ephesians | 6:5 · 6:6 · 6:8 |
| Philippians | 1:1 |
| Colossians | 3:11 · 3:22 · 4:1 · 4:12 |
| 2 Timothy | 2:24 |
| Titus | 1:1 |
| James | 1:1 |
| 1 Peter | 2:16 |
| 2 Peter | 1:1 · 2:19 |
| Jude | 1:1 |
| Revelation | 6:15 · 7:3 · 13:16 · 15:3 · 19:18 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
δοῦλος
__A, Cretan dialect δῶλος [Refs], ὁ:—properly born bondman or slave, opposed to one made a slave, τὰ ἀνδράποδα πάντα καὶ δοῦλα καὶ ἐλεύθερα [Refs 5th c.BC+]: then, generally, bondman, slave, opposed to δεσπότης (which see): not in [Refs 8th c.BC+], who twice has feminine δούλη, ἡ, bondwoman, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: frequently of Persians and other nations subject to a despot, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὔ τινος δοῦλοι κέκληνται, of the Greeks, [Refs 4th c.BC+] slaves to money, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λιχνειῶν, λαγνειῶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II adjective (not in [Refs 4th c.BC+], δοῦλος, η, ον, slavish, servile, subject, δ. πόλις [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σῶμα δ., opposed to νοῦς ἐλεύθερος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. θάνατος, ζυγόν, πούς, [Refs 5th c.BC+] more enslaved, Αἴγυπτον δ. ποιεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II.2 τὸ δ., ={οἱ δοῦλοι}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, slavery, a slavish life, [Refs]
__A.II.3 ancillary, δ. ἐπιστῆμαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]