noun · masculine
sundoulos
Greekσύνδουλος (sundoulos)
Strong’sG4889
a fellow servant, colleague
stem sundoul-10 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books6 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
σύν-δουλος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX: Es 4:7, 9, 17, 23 5:3, 6 6:6, 13 (כְּנָת) *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4889 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | sundoulos4×σύνδουλος | sundoulois2×σύνδουλοι |
| object accusative | sundoulon1×σύνδουλόν | sundouloin1×συνδούλους |
| direct address vocative | sundoulor | sundouloir |
| of, belonging to genitive | sundoulou1×συνδούλου | sundouloiu1×συνδούλων |
| to, for dative | sundoulo | sundouloi |
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
sundoulo 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
10 occurrences, every one of them listed
sundoulos“fellow servant”subjectnominative singular4×
Matthew 18:29“fellow servant”piptaratos oun tos sundoulos autou parakalate auton legarōtos; Makrothumasar epi mi, kai apodōami si.So his fellow servant fell down and begged him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you back.’
Colossians 4:7“fellow servant”Teim kata min panteim gnōrizati vi Tuchikos tos agapētos adelfos kai pistos diakonos kai sundoulos en kurio,Tychicus will tell you all the news about me. He is a beloved brother, a faithful minister, and a fellow servant in the Lord.
Revelation 19:10“fellow servant”kai piptama emprosthen toiu podoiu autou proskunara auto. kai legatō mi; Horasōr mē; sundoulos su amō kai toiu adelfoiu su toiu echarōtoiu tan marturian Iēsu; to theo proskunasar; tas gar marturias Iēsu atō tem pneumem tau profēteiau.So I fell at his feet to worship him. But he told me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who rely on the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
Revelation 22:9“fellow servant”kai legatō mi; Horasōr mē; sundoulos su amō kai toiu adelfoiu su toiu profētoiu kai toiu tērarōtoiu toin logoin teu biblieu houteu; to theo proskunasar.But he said to me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God!”
sundoulon“fellow servant”objectaccusative singular1×
Matthew 18:33“fellow servant”ouk date kai sin elēara ton sundoulon su, hōs kamis sin elēama?Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had on you?’
sundoulou“fellow servant”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Colossians 1:7“fellow servant”kathōs mathava apo Epafrou tou agapētou sundoulou nu, hos atō pistos huper nu diakonos tou Christou,You learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,
sundoulois“fellow slaves”subjectnominative plural2×
Matthew 18:31“fellow slaves”horaratois oun tois sundoulois autou teim ginerateim lupila sfodra, kai ercharatois diasafala to kurio heautoiu panteim teim ginerateim.When his fellow servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed, and they went and recounted all of this to their master.
Revelation 6:11“fellow servants”kai dōita autoi hekasto stolas leukas, kai legita autoi hina anapaueli ēti chronon mikron, heōs plērileia kai tois sundoulois autoiu kai tois adelfois autoiu tois mellarōtois apokteinirō hōs kai autois.Then each of them was given a white robe and told to rest a little while longer until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers, were killed, just as they had been killed.
sundouloin“fellow servants”objectaccusative plural1×
Matthew 24:49“fellow servants”kai archeteia tuptarō toin sundouloin autou, esthiateiō de kai pinateiō meta toiu methuarōtoiu,And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.
sundouloiu“fellow servants”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Matthew 18:28“fellow servants”exercharatos de tos doulos ekeinos heuriskata henon toiu sundouloiu autou hos ofeilate auto hekaton dēnarieim, kai krataratos auton pnigate legarōtos; Apodōasar ei tinem ofeilasō.But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’