verb

Greekδουλαγωγέω (doulagōgeō)

Biblang

doulagōgamō

Strong’sG1396

I enslave

stem doulagōg-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

*† δουλαγωγέω, -ῶ

(< δοῦλος, ἄγω),

to make a slave, bring into bondage: I Co 9:27 (Cremer, 703).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1396 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saiddoo-lag-ogue-eh'-o

to be a slave-driver, i.e. to enslave (figuratively, subdue)

Fromfrom a presumed compound of G1401 and G71;

King Jamesbring into subjection.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

δουλᾰγωγ-έω,
make a slave, treat as such, uncertain in Refs 1st c.BC+
2 metaphorically of pleasure, etc., δ. τοὺς βίους Refs 2nd c.AD+; τὸ σῶμα bring it into subjection, NT

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

make … slave1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
doulagōgamōδουλαγωγῶ	happening now · Ipresent active indicative 1st person singular	make … slave	1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	doulagōgamō1×δουλαγωγῶ	doulagōgame	doulagōgami	doulagōgama	doulagōgamē	doulagōgamelē
you 2nd person singular	doulagōgasō	doulagōgase	doulagōgasi	doulagōgasa	doulagōgasē	doulagōgaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	doulagōgatō	doulagōgate	doulagōgati	doulagōgata	doulagōgatē	doulagōgatelē
we 1st person plural	doulagōganō	doulagōgane	doulagōgani	doulagōgana	doulagōganē	doulagōganelē
ye 2nd person plural	doulagōgavō	doulagōgave	doulagōgavi	doulagōgava	doulagōgavē	doulagōgavelē
they 3rd person plural	doulagōgalō	doulagōgale	doulagōgali	doulagōgala	doulagōgalē	doulagōgalelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	doulagōgameiō	doulagōgameia	doulagōgameiē
you 2nd person singular	doulagōgaseiō	doulagōgaseia	doulagōgaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	doulagōgateiō	doulagōgateia	doulagōgateiē
we 1st person plural	doulagōganeiō	doulagōganeia	doulagōganeiē
ye 2nd person plural	doulagōgaveiō	doulagōgaveia	doulagōgaveiē
they 3rd person plural	doulagōgaleiō	doulagōgaleia	doulagōgaleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	doulagōgasōr	doulagōgasar	doulagōgasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	doulagōgatōr	doulagōgatar	doulagōgatēr
ye 2nd person plural	doulagōgavōr	doulagōgavar	doulagōgavēr
they 3rd person plural	doulagōgalōr	doulagōgalar	doulagōgalēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	doulagōgamoiō	doulagōgamoia
you 2nd person singular	doulagōgasoiō	doulagōgasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	doulagōgatoiō	doulagōgatoia
we 1st person plural	doulagōganoiō	doulagōganoia
ye 2nd person plural	doulagōgavoiō	doulagōgavoia
they 3rd person plural	doulagōgaloiō	doulagōgaloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	doulagōgarō	doulagōgari	doulagōgara	doulagōgarē

Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	doulagōgarōntos	doulagōgarintos	doulagōgarantos	doulagōgarēntos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

doulagōgstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

doulagōg is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

doulagōgamō“make … slave”happening now · Ipresent active indicative 1st person singular1×

1 Corinthians 9:27alla hupōpiazamō mu tem sōmem kai doulagōgamō, mē pōs allosoi kērussarantos autos adokimos …No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached …