verb
katadoulamō
Strong’sG2615
I enslave
stem katadoul-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 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.
κατα-δουλόω, -ῶ,
[in LXX chiefly for עבד;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2615 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
reduce to slavery, enslave, Ἀθήνας Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, κατεδεδούλωντο Refs 5th c.BC+
2 more frequently in middle, make a slave to oneself, enslave, τὴν μητρόπολιν Refs 5th c.BC+; τινας Refs 5th c.BC+, etc.; ἡ τύχη τὸ σῶμα κατεδουλώσατο Refs 4th c.BC+; τὸ κρέσσον τῷ Χείρονι -εύμενοι (Ionic dialect for -ούμενοι) LXX+4th c.AD+; ἔργα ὧν κατεδουλοῦντο αὐτούςLXX
II metaphorically, enslave in mind, παιδισκάριόν με καταδεδούλωκ᾽ εὐτελές NT+4th c.BC+; break in spirit, καταδουλοῖ τὴν τόλμαν ἡ ἀνάγκη Refs 2nd c.AD+
II.2 more frequently in middle, ἡ ἀνάγκη καταδουλοῦται τὴν γνώμην Refs 5th c.BC+; οἴει τι μᾶλλον καταδουλοῦσθαι ἀνθρώπους τοῦ ἰσχυροῦ φόβο; Refs 5th c.BC+
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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| katadoulatōκαταδουλοῖ | happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular | enslaves | 1× |
| katadoulaliκαταδουλώσουσιν | will happen · theyfuture active indicative 3rd person plural | enslave | 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, 2 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | katadoulamō | katadoulame | katadoulami | katadoulama | katadoulamē | katadoulamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | katadoulasō | katadoulase | katadoulasi | katadoulasa | katadoulasē | katadoulaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | katadoulatō1×καταδουλοῖ | katadoulate | katadoulati | katadoulata | katadoulatē | katadoulatelē |
| we 1st person plural | katadoulanō | katadoulane | katadoulani | katadoulana | katadoulanē | katadoulanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | katadoulavō | katadoulave | katadoulavi | katadoulava | katadoulavē | katadoulavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | katadoulalō | katadoulale | katadoulali1×καταδουλώσουσιν | katadoulala | katadoulalē | katadoulalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | katadoulameiō | katadoulameia | katadoulameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | katadoulaseiō | katadoulaseia | katadoulaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | katadoulateiō | katadoulateia | katadoulateiē |
| we 1st person plural | katadoulaneiō | katadoulaneia | katadoulaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | katadoulaveiō | katadoulaveia | katadoulaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | katadoulaleiō | katadoulaleia | katadoulaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | katadoulasōr | katadoulasar | katadoulasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | katadoulatōr | katadoulatar | katadoulatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | katadoulavōr | katadoulavar | katadoulavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | katadoulalōr | katadoulalar | katadoulalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | katadoulamoiō | katadoulamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | katadoulasoiō | katadoulasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | katadoulatoiō | katadoulatoia |
| we 1st person plural | katadoulanoiō | katadoulanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | katadoulavoiō | katadoulavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | katadoulaloiō | katadoulaloia |
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 | katadoularō | katadoulari | katadoulara | katadoularē |
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 | katadoularōntos | katadoularintos | katadoularantos | katadoularēntos |
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
katadoul 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.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
katadoulatō“enslaves”happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular1×
2 Corinthians 11:20anechovō gar ei tinos vin katadoulatō, ei tinos katesthiatō, ei tinos labatō, …… even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes …
katadoulali“enslave”will happen · theyfuture active indicative 3rd person plural1×
Galatians 2:4… echanō en Christo Iēso, hina nin katadoulali… in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.