2001 Translation

DOULAS, doulas

Sounds Like: DOO-las

Translations: female slave, bondwoman, handmaiden, servant, a female slave, a bondwoman, a handmaiden, a servant

From the root: ΔΟΥΛΗ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a female slave or bondwoman. In ancient contexts, a 'slave' was often a person in servitude, not necessarily implying harsh treatment, but rather a position of being owned or obligated to another. It can also be used metaphorically to describe someone who is devoted or subservient to a cause or person, acting as a 'servant' or 'handmaiden'.

Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G1399 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• Isaiah — 14:2, 56:6
• Joel — 3:2
• Acts of the Apostles — 2:18

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to Polycarp — 4:3

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 4 — 8:244
• Book 17 — 4:64

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 31:5

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 87:6, 140:1

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• 1 Samuel — 8:16
• 2 Chronicles — 28:10
• Nehemiah — 5:5
• Isaiah — 14:2, 56:6
• Joel — 2:29

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Acts — 2:18

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΟΥΛΗ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΔΟΥΛΑΙ — female slave, bondwoman, maidservant, a female slave, a bondwoman, a maidservant
• ΔΟΥΛΑΙΣ — (to) female slaves, (to) bondwomen, (to) maidservants
• ΔΟΥΛΗΝ — slave, a slave, female slave, a female slave, bondwoman, a bondwoman, handmaid, a handmaid

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