noun · feminine
douleias
Strong’sG1397
slavery, bondage
stem doulei-5 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 10 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.
δουλεία (T, -λία), -ας, ἡ
(< δουλεύω), [in LXX, as Ex 13:3, for עֶבֶד and cognates;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1397 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddoo-li'-ah
slavery (ceremonially or figuratively)
Fromfrom G1398;
King Jamesbondage.
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
Ionic dialect δουλ-ηΐη Refs 6th c.BC+: also δουλία Refs 5th c.BC+:— slavery, bondage, [same places], Refs 4th c.BC+; δουλείας γάγγαμον, ζυγά, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ τῶν κρεισσόνων δ. imposed by them, Refs 5th c.BC+; applied to the condition of the subject allies of Athens, Refs 5th c.BC+
II collectively, slaves, δουλεύοντα δουλείαις ἐμαῖς Refs 5th c.BC+; ἢν.. ἡ δ. ἐπανιστῆται if the slave-class rise in rebellion, Refs 5th c.BC+
III service for hire, μισθὸν δουλείας LXX
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.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | douleias | douleiais |
| object accusative | douleian1×δουλείαν | douleiain |
| direct address vocative | douleiar | douleiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | douleiau4×δουλείας | douleiaiu |
| to, for dative | douleia | douleiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
douleia 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.
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
douleian“slavery”objectaccusative singular1×
Galatians 4:24… henas men apo oreu Sina, eis douleian gennarōntas, hotinas atō Hagar,… Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar.
douleiau“slavery”of, belonging togenitive singular4×
Romans 8:15ouk gar labava pneumem douleiau palin eis fobon, alla labava pneumem …… did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but …
Romans 8:21… autas tas ktisias eleutheriti apo tau douleiau tau fthorau eis tan eleutherian tau …… will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the …
Galatians 5:1… stēkavōr oun kai mē palin zugo douleiau enechovōr.… once more by a yoke of slavery.
Hebrews 2:15… dia panteu teu zōarō enochois ale douleiau.… all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.