δοῦλος
slave
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Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
From Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Case
- Nominative
- The case of the subject (and the predicate nominative).
- Accusative
- The case of the direct object and of extent.
- Dative
- The case of the indirect object, means, or location — “to / for / with / in.”
- Genitive
- The case of source, possession, or “of” — answers “whose / from what.”
- Vocative
- The case of direct address (“O Lord”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one.
Grammatical forms 9 distinct
- Noun, Nominative, Singular, Masculine 35 times (28%)
- Noun, Nominative, Plural, Masculine 22 times (18%)
- Noun, Accusative, Plural, Masculine 19 times (15%)
- Noun, Accusative, Singular, Masculine 18 times (15%)
- Noun, Dative, Plural, Masculine 7 times (6%)
- Noun, Dative, Singular, Masculine 6 times (5%)
- Noun, Genitive, Singular, Masculine 6 times (5%)
- Noun, Vocative, Singular, Masculine 6 times (5%)
+1 more form (5 occurrences)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (Robinson–Tischendorf, public domain), counted across 124 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where G1401 appears — 117 distinct verses across 21 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Greek form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Greek New Testament; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences of this word are not indexed here.
Matthew 30 verses
- Matthew 8:9 δούλῳ n dat sg masc For I am also a man under authority, having under myself soldiers. I tell this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and tell another, 'Come,' and he comes; and tell my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."
- Matthew 10:24 δοῦλος n nom sg masc "A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.
- Matthew 10:25 δοῦλος n nom sg masc It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!
- Matthew 13:27 δοῦλοι n nom pl masc The servants of the householder came and said to him, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where did this darnel come from?'
- Matthew 13:28 δοῦλοι n nom pl masc "He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' "The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and gather them up?'
- Matthew 18:23 δούλων n gen pl masc Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants.
- Matthew 18:26 δοῦλος n nom sg masc The servant therefore fell down and kneeled before him, saying, 'Lord, have patience with me, and I will repay you all!'
- Matthew 18:27 δούλου n gen sg masc The lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt.
- Matthew 18:28 δοῦλος n nom sg masc "But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, who owed him one hundred denarii, and he grabbed him, and took him by the throat, saying, 'Pay me what you owe!'
- Matthew 18:32 δοῦλε n voc sg masc Then his lord called him in, and said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt, because you begged me.
- Matthew 20:27 δοῦλος n nom sg masc Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant,
- Matthew 21:34 δούλους n acc pl masc When the season for the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the farmers, to receive his fruit.
- Matthew 21:35 δούλους n acc pl masc The farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
- Matthew 21:36 δούλους n acc pl masc Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they treated them the same way.
- Matthew 22:3 δούλους n acc pl masc and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast, but they would not come.
- Matthew 22:4 δούλους n acc pl masc Again he sent out other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited, "Behold, I have made ready my dinner. My oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the marriage feast!"'
- Matthew 22:6 δούλους n acc pl masc and the rest grabbed his servants, and treated them shamefully, and killed them.
- Matthew 22:8 δούλοις n dat pl masc "Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding is ready, but those who were invited weren't worthy.
- Matthew 22:10 δοῦλοι n nom pl masc Those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good. The wedding was filled with guests.
- Matthew 24:45 δοῦλος n nom sg masc "Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season?
- Matthew 24:46 δοῦλος n nom sg masc Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes.
- Matthew 24:48 δοῦλος n nom sg masc But if that evil servant should say in his heart, 'My lord is delaying his coming,'
- Matthew 24:50 δούλου n gen sg masc the lord of that servant will come in a day when he doesn't expect it, and in an hour when he doesn't know it,
- Matthew 25:14 δούλους n acc pl masc "For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them.
- Matthew 25:19 δούλων n gen pl masc "Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reconciled accounts with them.
- Matthew 25:21 δοῦλε n voc sg masc "His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'
- Matthew 25:23 δοῦλε n voc sg masc "His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'
- Matthew 25:26 δοῦλε n voc sg masc "But his lord answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn't sow, and gather where I didn't scatter.
- Matthew 25:30 δοῦλον n acc sg masc Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
- Matthew 26:51 δοῦλον n acc sg masc Behold, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck the servant of the high priest, and struck off his ear.
Mark 5 verses
- Mark 10:44 δοῦλος n nom sg masc Whoever of you wants to become first among you, shall be bondservant of all.
- Mark 12:2 δοῦλον n acc sg masc When it was time, he sent a servant to the farmer to get from the farmer his share of the fruit of the vineyard.
- Mark 12:4 δοῦλον n acc sg masc Again, he sent another servant to them; and they threw stones at him, wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully treated.
- Mark 13:34 δούλοις n dat pl masc "It is like a man, traveling to another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, and to each one his work, and also commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch.
- Mark 14:47 δοῦλον n acc sg masc But a certain one of those who stood by drew his sword, and struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.
Luke 25 verses
- Luke 2:29 δοῦλόν n acc sg masc "Now you are releasing your servant, Master, According to your word, in peace;
- Luke 7:2 δοῦλος n nom sg masc A certain centurion's servant, who was dear to him, was sick and at the point of death.
- Luke 7:3 δοῦλον n acc sg masc When he heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and save his servant.
- Luke 7:8 δούλῳ n dat sg masc For I also am a man placed under authority, having under myself soldiers. I tell this one, 'Go!' and he goes; and to another, 'Come!' and he comes; and to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."
- Luke 7:10 δοῦλον n acc sg masc Those who were sent, returning to the house, found that the servant who had been sick was well.
- Luke 12:37 δοῦλοι n nom pl masc Blessed are those servants, whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most assuredly I tell you, that he will dress himself, and make them recline, and will come and serve them.
- Luke 12:43 δοῦλος n nom sg masc Blessed is that servant whom his lord will find doing so when he comes.
- Luke 12:45 δοῦλος n nom sg masc But if that servant says in his heart, 'My lord delays his coming,' and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken,
- Luke 12:46 δούλου n gen sg masc then the lord of that servant will come in a day when he isn't expecting him, and in an hour that he doesn't know, and will cut him in two, and place his portion with the unfaithful.
- Luke 12:47 δοῦλος n nom sg masc That servant, who knew his lord's will, and didn't prepare, nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes,
- Luke 14:17 δοῦλον n acc sg masc He sent out his servant at supper time to tell those who were invited, 'Come, for everything is ready now.'
- Luke 14:21 δοῦλος δούλῳ n nom sg masc n dat sg masc "That servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.'
- Luke 14:22 δοῦλος n nom sg masc "The servant said, 'Lord, it is done as you commanded, and there is still room.'
- Luke 14:23 δοῦλον n acc sg masc "The lord said to the servant, 'Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
- Luke 15:22 δούλους n acc pl masc "But the father said to his servants, 'Bring out the best robe, and put it on him. Put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet.
- Luke 17:7 δοῦλον n acc sg masc But who is there among you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say, when he comes in from the field, 'Come immediately and sit down at the table,'
- Luke 17:9 δούλῳ n dat sg masc Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded? I think not.
- Luke 17:10 δοῦλοι n nom pl masc Even so you also, when you have done all the things that are commanded you, say, 'We are unworthy servants. We have done our duty.'"
- Luke 19:13 δούλους n acc pl masc He called ten servants of his, and gave them ten mina coins, and told them, 'Conduct business until I come.'
- Luke 19:15 δούλους n acc pl masc "It happened when he had come back again, having received the kingdom, that he commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by conducting business.
- Luke 19:17 δοῦλε n voc sg masc "He said to him, 'Well done, you good servant! Because you were found faithful with very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.'
- Luke 19:22 δοῦλε n voc sg masc "He said to him, 'Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I didn't lay down, and reaping that which I didn't sow.
- Luke 20:10 δοῦλον n acc sg masc At the proper season, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him, and sent him away empty.
- Luke 20:11 δοῦλον n acc sg masc He sent yet another servant, and they also beat him, and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.
- Luke 22:50 δοῦλον n acc sg masc A certain one of them struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear.
John 9 verses
- John 4:51 δοῦλοι n nom pl masc As he was now going down, his servants met him and reported, saying "Your child lives!"
- John 8:34 δοῦλός n nom sg masc Jesus answered them, "Most assuredly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is the bondservant of sin.
- John 8:35 δοῦλος n nom sg masc A bondservant doesn't live in the house forever. A son remains forever.
- John 13:16 δοῦλος n nom sg masc Most assuredly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his lord, neither one who is sent greater than he who sent him.
- John 15:15 δούλους δοῦλος n acc pl masc n nom sg masc No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn't know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.
- John 15:20 δοῦλος n nom sg masc Remember the word that I said to you: 'A servant is not greater than his lord.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will keep yours also.
- John 18:10 δοῦλον δούλῳ n acc sg masc n dat sg masc Simon Peter therefore, having a sword, drew it, and struck the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.
- John 18:18 δοῦλοι n nom pl masc Now the servants and the officers were standing there, having made a fire of coals, for it was cold. They were warming themselves. Peter was with them, standing and warming himself.
- John 18:26 δούλων n gen pl masc One of the servants of the high priest, being a relative of him whose ear Peter had cut off, said, "Didn't I see you in the garden with him?"
Acts 3 verses
- Acts 2:18 δούλους n acc pl masc Yes, and on my servants and on my handmaidens in those days, I will pour out my Spirit, and they will prophesy.
- Acts 4:29 δούλοις n dat pl masc Now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness,
- Acts 16:17 δοῦλοι n nom pl masc Following Paul and us, she cried out, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation!"
Romans 4 verses
- Romans 1:1 δοῦλος n nom sg masc Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Gospel of God,
- Romans 6:16 δούλους δοῦλοί n acc pl masc n nom pl masc Don't you know that to whom you present yourselves as servants to obedience, his servants you are whom you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?
- Romans 6:17 δοῦλοι n nom pl masc But thanks be to God, that, whereas you were bondservants of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching whereunto you were delivered.
- Romans 6:20 δοῦλοι n nom pl masc For when you were servants of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.
1 Corinthians 4 verses
- 1 Corinthians 7:21 δοῦλος n nom sg masc Were you called being a bondservant? Don't let that bother you, but if you get an opportunity to become free, use it.
- 1 Corinthians 7:22 δοῦλος δοῦλός n nom sg masc n nom sg masc For he who was called in the Lord being a bondservant is the Lord's free man. Likewise he who was called being free is Christ's bondservant.
- 1 Corinthians 7:23 δοῦλοι n nom pl masc You were bought with a price. Don't become bondservants of men.
- 1 Corinthians 12:13 δοῦλοι n nom pl masc For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all given to drink into one Spirit.
2 Corinthians 1 verse
Galatians 4 verses
- Galatians 1:10 δοῦλος n nom sg masc For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn't be a servant of Christ.
- Galatians 3:28 δοῦλος n nom sg masc There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
- Galatians 4:1 δούλου n gen sg masc But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a bondservant, though he is lord of all;
- Galatians 4:7 δοῦλος n nom sg masc So you are no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
Ephesians 3 verses
- Ephesians 6:5 δοῦλοι n nom pl masc Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ;
- Ephesians 6:6 δοῦλοι n nom pl masc not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
- Ephesians 6:8 δοῦλος n nom sg masc knowing that whatever good thing each one does, he will receive the same again from the Lord, whether he is bound or free.
Philippians 2 verses
Colossians 4 verses
- Colossians 3:11 δοῦλος n nom sg masc where there can't be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.
- Colossians 3:22 δοῦλοι n nom pl masc Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according to the flesh, not just when they are looking, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God.
- Colossians 4:1 δούλοις n dat pl masc Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
- Colossians 4:12 δοῦλος n nom sg masc Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
1 Timothy 1 verse
2 Timothy 1 verse
Titus 2 verses
- Titus 1:1 δοῦλος n nom sg masc Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's chosen ones, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,
- Titus 2:9 Δούλους n acc pl masc Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters, and to be well-pleasing in all things; not contradicting;
Philemon 1 verse
James 1 verse
1 Peter 1 verse
2 Peter 2 verses
- 2 Peter 1:1 δοῦλος n nom sg masc Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:
- 2 Peter 2:19 δοῦλοι n nom pl masc promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for by whom a man is overcome, by the same is he also brought into bondage.
Jude 1 verse
Revelation 13 verses
- Revelation 1:1 δούλοις δούλῳ n dat pl masc n dat sg masc This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,
- Revelation 2:20 δούλους n acc pl masc But I have this against you, that you tolerate your woman, Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. She teaches and seduces my servants to commit sexual immorality, and to eat things sacrificed to idols.
- Revelation 6:15 δοῦλος n nom sg masc The kings of the earth, the princes, the commanding officers, the rich, the strong, and every slave and free person, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains.
- Revelation 7:3 δούλους n acc pl masc saying, "Don't harm the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, until we have sealed the bondservants of our God on their foreheads!"
- Revelation 10:7 δούλους n acc pl masc but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then the mystery of God is finished, as he declared to his servants, the prophets.
- Revelation 11:18 δούλοις n dat pl masc The nations were angry, and your wrath came, as did the time for the dead to be judged, and to give your bondservants the prophets, their reward, as well as to the saints, and those who fear your name, to the small and the great; and to destroy those who destroy the earth."
- Revelation 13:16 δούλους n acc pl masc He causes all, the small and the great, the rich and the poor, and the free and the slave, to be given marks on their right hands, or on their foreheads;
- Revelation 15:3 δούλου n gen sg masc They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, "Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty; Righteous and true are your ways, you King of the nations.
- Revelation 19:2 δούλων n gen pl masc for true and righteous are his judgments. For he has judged the great prostitute, who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and he has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand."
- Revelation 19:5 δοῦλοι n nom pl masc A voice came forth from the throne, saying, "Give praise to our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, the small and the great!"
- Revelation 19:18 δούλων n gen pl masc that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave, and small and great."
- Revelation 22:3 δοῦλοι n nom pl masc There will be no curse any more. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants serve him.
- Revelation 22:6 δούλοις n dat pl masc He said to me, "These words are faithful and true. The Lord God of the spirits of the prophets sent his angel to show to his bondservants the things which must happen soon."
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
The Greek noun δουλος centers on the idea of “slave.” Its English rendering has broadened — “servant” classically, “slave” (unfoldingWord Literal Text) in modern versions; see the renderings breakdown. Spanning 117 verses in 21 books, it ranks among the common words of the Greek New Testament. Matthew dominates its distribution — 30 of 117 verses. Lexicons map it across 2 senses. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G1401 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 117
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 117 distinct verses.
- 21 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 21 of 27 New Testament books.
- #132
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Greek words (rank 132 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 117 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Matthew 30 verses 26%
- Luke 25 verses 21%
- Revelation 13 verses 11%
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 117 distinct verses.
- Gospels 69 verses · 59%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 28 verses · 24%
- Pauline corpus 27 verses · 23%
- Johannine 22 verses · 19%
- Revelation 13 verses · 11%
- General (Catholic) Epistles 5 verses · 4%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Servant 64×, Servants 52×, Bond 4×
- American Standard Version: Servant 53×, Servants 46×, Bond 4×
- Berean Standard Bible: Servant 55×, Servants 35×, Slave 17×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Slave 37×, Servant 35×, Servants 34×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G1401 across 127 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 5 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G1401 across 134 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 8 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G1401 across 125 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 5 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G1401 across 142 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 4 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 2 senses Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- a slave, bondman, man of servile condition
- a servant, attendant
Word origin
Derived from δεω (déō) (G1210) — to bind.
From G1210 ; a slave (literally or figuratively involuntarily or voluntarily; frequently therefore in a qualified sense of subjection or subserviency ): - bond (-man) servant.
— Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain.
Forms in the corpus
The 13 distinct written forms G1401 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that case’s occurrences in the concordance.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| δοῦλος doûlos | Noun, Nominative, Singular, Masculine | Matthew 10:24 | 33 |
| δοῦλοι doûloi | Noun, Nominative, Plural, Masculine | Matthew 13:27 | 21 |
| δούλους doúlous | Noun, Accusative, Plural, Masculine | Matthew 21:34 | 18 |
| δοῦλον doûlon | Noun, Accusative, Singular, Masculine | Matthew 25:30 | 17 |
| δούλοις doúlois | Noun, Dative, Plural, Masculine | Matthew 22:8 | 7 |
| δούλου doúlou | Noun, Genitive, Singular, Masculine | Matthew 18:27 | 6 |
| δούλῳ doúlō | Noun, Dative, Singular, Masculine | Matthew 8:9 | 6 |
| δοῦλε doûle | Noun, Vocative, Singular, Masculine | Matthew 18:32 | 6 |
| δούλων doúlōn | Noun, Genitive, Plural, Masculine | Matthew 18:23 | 5 |
| δοῦλός doûlós | Noun, Nominative, Singular, Masculine | John 8:34 | 2 |
| Δούλους Doúlous | Noun, Accusative, Plural, Masculine | Titus 2:9 | 1 |
| δοῦλοί doûloí | Noun, Nominative, Plural, Masculine | Romans 6:16 | 1 |
| δοῦλόν doûlón | Noun, Accusative, Singular, Masculine | Luke 2:29 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G1401, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- δει deî G1163 it is necessary
- δεομαι déomai G1189 to ask
- δεσμον desmón G1199 bond
- δεσποτης despótēs G1203 master
- δημος dēmos G1218 people
Derived from this word
- δουλαγωγεω doulagōgéō G1396 to enslave
- δουλευω douleúō G1398 to serve
- δουλη doúlē G1399 female slave
- δουλον doûlon G1400 slave
- δουλοω doulóō G1402 to enslave
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 12 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word δουλος appears 334 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 299 verses in 26 books.
- 334
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 299
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 26 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 26 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Leviticus 25:44 δοῦλος
- Deuteronomy 32:36 δοῦλος
- Joshua 9:23 δοῦλος
- Judges 2:8 δοῦλος
- 1 Samuel 2:27 δοῦλος
- 2 Samuel 3:18 δοῦλος
- 1 Kings 1:19 δοῦλος
- 2 Kings 1:13 δοῦλος
- 1 Chronicles 17:7 δοῦλος
- 2 Chronicles 2:7 δοῦλος
- Ezra 2:65 δοῦλος
- Job 40:28 δοῦλος
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G1401) appears in the Greek Septuagint — showing the first 50 of 299. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Leviticus 25:44 δοῦλος "'As for your male and your female slaves, whom you may have; of the nations that are around you, from them you may buy male and female slaves.
- Leviticus 26:13 δοῦλος I am Yahweh your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves; and I have broken the bars of your yoke, and made you go upright.
- Deuteronomy 32:36 δοῦλος For Yahweh will judge his people, Repent himself for his servants; When he sees that [their] power is gone, There is none [remaining], shut up or left at large.
- Joshua 9:23 δοῦλος Now therefore you are cursed, and there shall never fail to be of you bondservants, both wood cutters and drawers of water for the house of my God.
- Joshua 24:30 δοῦλος They buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in the hill-country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.
- Judges 2:8 δοῦλος Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Yahweh, died, being one hundred ten years old.
- Judges 6:27 δοῦλος Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as Yahweh had spoken to him: and it happened, because he feared his father's household and the men of the city, so that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.
- Judges 9:28 δοῦλος Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Isn't he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve you the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: but why should we serve him?
- Judges 15:18 δοῦλος He was very thirsty, and called on Yahweh, and said, You have given this great deliverance by the hand of your servant; and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised.
- 1 Samuel 2:27 δοῦλος There came a man of God to Eli, and said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Did I reveal myself to the house of your father, when they were in Egypt [in bondage] to Pharaoh's house?
- 1 Samuel 3:9 δοῦλος Therefore Eli said to Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call you, that you shall say, Speak, Yahweh; for your servant hears. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
- 1 Samuel 3:10 δοῦλος Yahweh came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel said, Speak; for your servant hears.
- 1 Samuel 8:14 δοῦλος He will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive groves, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
- 1 Samuel 8:15 δοῦλος He will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
- 1 Samuel 8:16 δοῦλος He will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your best young men, and your donkeys, and put them to his work.
- 1 Samuel 8:17 δοῦλος He will take the tenth of your flocks: and you shall be his servants.
- 1 Samuel 12:19 δοῦλος All the people said to Samuel, Pray for your servants to Yahweh your God, that we not die; for we have added to all our sins [this] evil, to ask us a king.
- 1 Samuel 13:3 δοῦλος Jonathan struck the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba: and the Philistines heard of it. Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.
- 1 Samuel 14:21 δοῦλος Now the Hebrews who were with the Philistines as before, and who went up with them into the camp, [from the country] round about, even they also [turned] to be with the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.
- 1 Samuel 14:41 δοῦλος Therefore Saul said to Yahweh, the God of Israel, Show the right. Jonathan and Saul were taken [by lot]; but the people escaped.
- 1 Samuel 16:16 δοῦλος Let our lord now command your servants who are before you, to seek out a man who is a skillful player on the harp: and it shall happen, when the evil spirit from God is on you, that he shall play with his hand, and you shall be well.
- 1 Samuel 17:9 δοῦλος If he be able to fight with me, and kill me, then will we be your servants; but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall you be our servants, and serve us.
- 1 Samuel 17:12 δοῦλος Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man was an old man in the days of Saul, stricken [in years] among men.
- 1 Samuel 17:14 δοῦλος David was the youngest; and the three eldest followed Saul.
- 1 Samuel 17:16 δοῦλος The Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
- 1 Samuel 19:4 δοῦλος Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul his father, and said to him, Don't let the king sin against his servant, against David; because he has not sinned against you, and because his works have been very good toward you:
- 1 Samuel 20:7 δοῦλος If he says, 'It is well;' your servant shall have peace: but if he be angry, then know that evil is determined by him.
- 1 Samuel 20:8 δοῦλος Therefore deal kindly with your servant; for you have brought your servant into a covenant of Yahweh with you: but if there be in me iniquity, kill me yourself; for why should you bring me to your father?
- 1 Samuel 22:8 δοῦλος that all of you have conspired against me, and there is none who discloses to me when my son makes a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you who is sorry for me, or discloses to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
- 1 Samuel 22:14 δοῦλος Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, Who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is taken into your council, and is honorable in your house?
- 1 Samuel 22:15 δοῦλος Have I today begun to inquire of God for him? be it far from me: don't let the king impute anything to his servant, nor to all the house of my father; for your servant knows nothing of all this, less or more.
- 1 Samuel 23:10 δοῦλος Then said David, O Yahweh, the God of Israel, your servant has surely heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
- 1 Samuel 23:11 δοῦλος Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as your servant has heard? Yahweh, the God of Israel, I beg you, tell your servant. Yahweh said, He will come down.
- 1 Samuel 25:10 δοῦλος Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there are many servants now-a-days who break away every man from his master.
- 1 Samuel 25:39 δοῦλος When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be Yahweh, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from evil: and the evil-doing of Nabal has Yahweh returned on his own head. David sent and spoke concerning Abigail, to take her to him as wife.
- 1 Samuel 26:17 δοῦλος Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this your voice, my son David? David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king.
- 1 Samuel 26:18 δοῦλος He said, Why does my lord pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand?
- 1 Samuel 26:19 δοῦλος Now therefore, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it be Yahweh that has stirred you up against me, let him accept an offering: but if it be the children of men, cursed be they before Yahweh: for they have driven me out this day that I shouldn't cling to Yahweh's inheritance, saying, Go, serve other gods.
- 1 Samuel 27:5 δοῦλος David said to Achish, If now I have found favor in your eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?
- 1 Samuel 27:12 δοῦλος Achish believed David, saying, He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant forever.
- 1 Samuel 28:2 δοῦλος David said to Achish, Therefore you shall know what your servant will do. Achish said to David, Therefore will I make you keeper of my head for ever.
- 1 Samuel 29:3 δοῦλος Then said the princes of the Philistines, What [do] these Hebrews [here]? Achish said to the princes of the Philistines, Isn't this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or [rather] these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell away [to me] to this day?
- 1 Samuel 29:8 δοῦλος David said to Achish, But what have I done? and what have you found in your servant so long as I have been before you to this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?
- 1 Samuel 30:13 δοῦλος David said to him, To whom belong you? and whence are you? He said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days ago I fell sick.
- 2 Samuel 3:18 δοῦλος now then do it; for Yahweh has spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.
- 2 Samuel 6:20 δοῦλος Then David returned to bless his household. Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel today, who uncovered himself today in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!
- 2 Samuel 7:5 δοῦλος Go and tell my servant David, Thus says Yahweh, Shall you build me a house for me to dwell in?
- 2 Samuel 7:8 δοῦλος Now therefore thus shall you tell my servant David, Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people, over Israel;
- 2 Samuel 7:19 δοῦλος This was yet a small thing in your eyes, Lord Yahweh; but you have spoken also of your servant's house for a great while to come; and this [too] after the manner of men, Lord Yahweh!
- 2 Samuel 7:20 δοῦλος What can David say more to you? for you know your servant, Lord Yahweh.
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G1401) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
