Strong’s G1402 · Greek
δουλόω
doulóō · doo-lo'-o
Origin from δοῦλος (G1401);
Meaning to enslave (literally or figuratively)
In the King James Version bring into (be under) bondage, X given, become (make) servant.
In 8 verses of the King James Version
- Acts 7:6And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.
- Romans 6:18Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
- Romans 6:22But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
- 1 Corinthians 7:15But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.
- 1 Corinthians 9:19For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
- Galatians 4:3Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
- Titus 2:3The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
- 2 Peter 2:19While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.