ΔΟΥΛΕΙΑ, δουλεια
DOULEIA, douleia
Sounds Like: doo-LI-ah
Translations: slavery, a slavery, bondage, a bondage, servitude, a servitude, service, a service
From the root: ΔΟΥΛΕΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the state of being a slave or servant, or the act of performing service or labor. It can describe literal slavery or a more general sense of servitude or devotion to a task or a master.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1397 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
1 Enoch Greek Collection
- 1 Enoch — 98:5
Codex Sinaiticus
- Judith — 8:23
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 3:30
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΟΥΛΕΙΑ.
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.
- ΔΟΥΛΕΙΑΝ — slavery, servitude, bondage, a slavery, a servitude, a bondage
- ΔΟΥΛΕΙΑΣ — slavery, servitude, bondage, service
- ΔΟΥΛΙΑΝ — slavery, servitude, bondage, a slavery, a servitude, a bondage
- ΔΟΥΛΙΑΣ — of slavery, of bondage, of servitude, of service
- ΚΑΙΔΟΥΛΕΙΑ — and slavery, and bondage, and service, and servitude
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