2001 Translation

DOULOU, doulou

Sounds Like: DOO-loo

Translations: of a slave, of a servant, of a bondservant

From the root: ΔΟΥΛΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word is the genitive singular form of the noun 'δούλος' (doulos), meaning 'slave' or 'servant'. It refers to someone who is in a state of servitude, whether by compulsion or by choice, often implying complete devotion or submission to a master or to God. In the genitive case, it indicates possession or origin, so it translates as 'of a slave' or 'of a servant'.

Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine

Strong’s number: G1401 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• 2 Esdras — 11:6, 11:11, 19:14, 20:30
• Judith — 5:5
• 1 Maccabees — 4:30
• Psalms — 18:14, 26:9, 34:27, 85:4, 88:40, 118:65, 118:84, 118:124, 131:10
• Ecclesiastes — 5:11, 7:21
• Malachi — 3:24
• Matthew — 18:27, 24:50
• Luke — 12:46
• Galatians — 4:1
• Philippians — 2:7
• Revelation — 15:3

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 5 — 1:39
• Book 6 — 13:300
• Book 11 — 3:39
• Book 17 — 5:136

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Judges — 15:18
• 1 Samuel — 20:8, 22:15, 26:18, 26:19
• 2 Samuel — 3:18, 7:19, 7:25, 7:27, 7:28, 7:29, 13:24, 13:35, 14:22, 24:10
• 1 Kings — 3:6, 8:30, 8:34, 8:36, 8:52, 8:53, 8:56, 8:59, 15:29, 20:28
• 2 Kings — 5:15, 10:10, 14:25
• 2 Chronicles — 6:42
• Nehemiah — 1:6, 1:11, 9:14, 10:29
• Judith — 5:5
• 1 Maccabees — 4:30
• Psalms — 18:14, 26:9, 34:27, 79:5, 85:4, 88:40, 118:65, 118:84, 118:124, 131:10, 142:2
• Ecclesiastes — 5:11, 7:22
• Daniel (Theodotion) — 9:11, 9:17
• Malachi — 4:6

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 5 — 2:2, 2:5, 4:1, 5:5, 6:1, 6:4

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 18:27, 24:50
• Luke — 12:46
• Galatians — 4:1
• Philippians — 2:7
• Revelation — 15:3

From the same root

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

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.

• ΔΟΥ — slave, servant, bondservant, a slave, a servant
• ΔΟΥΛ — servant, slave, bondservant, a servant, a slave
• ΔΟΥΛΑ — female slave, bondwoman, maidservant, a female slave
• ΔΟΥΛΗ — female slave, bondwoman, handmaiden, a female slave, a bondwoman, a handmaiden
• ΔΟΥΛΗΣ — of a female servant, of a female slave, of a handmaiden, of a bondservant
• ΔΟΥΛΙΑ — slavery, bondage, servitude, a slavery, a bondage, a servitude
• ΔΟΥΛΟ — slave, a slave, servant, a servant, bondservant, a bondservant, (of) a slave, (of) a servant, (of) a bondservant, (to) a slave, (to) a servant, (to) a bondservant
• ΔΟΥΛΟΙ — slaves, servants, bondservants
• ΔΟΥΛΟΙΣ — to a slave, to a servant, to a bondservant, to slaves, to servants, to bondservants
• ΔΟΥΛΟΝ — slave, a slave, servant, a servant
• ΔΟΥΛΟΣ — servant, a servant, slave, a slave, bondservant, a bondservant
• ΔΟΥΛΟΥΣ — slaves, servants
• ΔΟΥΛΩΝ — of slaves, of servants, of bondservants

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