ΔΟΥΛΕΙΑΣ, δουλειας
DOULEIAS, douleias
Sounds Like: doo-LEE-as
Translations: slavery, servitude, bondage, service
From the root: ΔΟΥΛΕΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the state of being a slave or servant, or the condition of being in bondage. It can also denote the act of serving or rendering service. It is often used in a literal sense to describe physical slavery, but can also be used metaphorically to describe spiritual or moral servitude.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1397 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 4:9
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 4:42, 15:331
- Book 3 — 2:40, 10:248, 12:282
- Book 4 — 2:22, 3:44, 8:190
- Book 5 — 4:197, 5:198, 8:263
- Book 6 — 2:21, 5:86, 5:89
- Book 8 — 8:213
- Book 10 — 7:113
- Book 12 — 2:11, 11:434
- Book 13 — 6:213, 11:301, 13:363
- Book 14 — 15:429
- Book 15 — 3:44
- Book 18 — 2:47
- Book 19 — 4:243
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 4:1
- Book Two — 8:39, 16:23
- Book Four — 5:40, 7:14
- Book Five — 11:13
- Book Seven — 8:73, 8:85
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Kings — 5:6, 9:9, 12:4
- 2 Chronicles — 10:4
- Ezra (Alpha) — 8:76
- Nehemiah — 10:37
- Esther — 4:17
- Isaiah — 14:3
- Jeremiah — 41:13
- Lamentations — 1:3
- Ezekiel — 29:18
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 5 — 6:7
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.
- ΔΟΥΛΕΙΑ — slavery, a slavery, bondage, a bondage, servitude, a servitude, service, a service
- ΔΟΥΛΕΙΑΝ — slavery, servitude, bondage, a slavery, a servitude, a bondage
- 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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