Strong's Lexicon
G1397 — δουλεία
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1397 |
|---|---|
| Word: | δουλεία |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G1398 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 5 |
| Transliteration: | douleia |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | dou-lei'-ah |
| Meaning: | 1. slavery (ceremonially or figuratively) |
| KJV Renderings: | bondage |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δουλεία (Tdf. δουλια (see Iota)), δουλείας, ἡ, (δουλεύω); slavery, bondage, the condition of a slave: τῆς φθορᾶς, the bondage which consists in decay (Winers Grammar, § 59, 8 a., cf. Buttmann, 78 (68)), equivalent to the law, the necessity, of perishing, Rom 8:21; used of the slavish sense of fear, devoid alike of buoyancy of spirit and of trust in God, such as is produced by the thought of death, Heb 2:15, as well as by the Mosaic law in its votaries, Rom 8:15 (πνεῦμα δουλείας); the Mosaic system is said to cause δουλεία on account of the grievous burdens its precepts impose upon its adherents: Gal 4:24; Gal 5:1. (From Pindar down.)
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
δουλεία (bondage)
Romans 8:15
- KJV: For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear but ye have received the Spirit of adoption whereby we cry Abba Father
- GK: ου γαρ ελάβετε πνεύμα δουλείας πάλιν εις φόβον αλλ΄ ελάβετε πνεύμα υιοθεσίας εν ω κράζομεν αββά ο πατήρ
Romans 8:21
- KJV: Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God
- GK: ότι και αυτή η κτίσις ελευθερωθήσεται από της δουλείας της φθοράς εις την ελευθερίαν της δόξης των τέκνων του θεού
Galatians 4:24
- KJV: Which things are an allegory for these are the two covenants the one from the mount Sinai which gendereth to bondage which is Agar
- GK: άτινά εστιν αλληγορούμενα αύται γαρ εισιν αι δύο διαθήκαι μία μεν από όρους Σινά εις δουλείαν γεννώσα ήτις εστίν Αγάρ
Galatians 5:1
- KJV: Stand fast therefore the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free and be not entangled again the yoke of bondage
- GK: τη ελευθερία ούν η χριστός ημάς ηλευθέρωσεν στήκετε και μη πάλιν ζυγώ δουλείας ενέχεσθε
Hebrews 2:15
- KJV: And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage
- GK: και απαλλάξη τούτους όσοι φόβω θανάτου διά παντός του ζην ένοχοι ήσαν δουλείας
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