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δοῦλος

Strong’s: G1400 · G1401

Associated OET lemmas: δοῦλος

Form 1

Part of speech: adjc.

Inflections: δοῦλος; -η, -ον

Sense 1: subservient to, controlled by

Semantic entry: 37.3

Semantic domains: Control, Rule

Subdomains: Control, Restrain

Definition: pertaining to a state of being completely controlled by someone or something

Notes: In some languages it may be useful to render δοῦλος in the context of RV ROM 6:19 · LV ROM 6:19 · Read together ROM 6:19 as a simile, ‘like slaves,’ for example, ‘for as you surrendered the parts of your body to be like slaves to obey impurity and wickedness’ or ‘… to be ordered about by impurity and wickedness.’

ROM 6:19: RV ROM 6:19 · LV ROM 6:19 · Read together ROM 6:19

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OET-RV ROM 6:19

19 I’m speaking from a human perspective because of your human weakness. Just as you previously used parts of your bodies as slaves to impurity and lawlessness, leading down to further lawlessness, so now present your body parts as slaves to righteousness, leading up to holiness.

OET-LV ROM 6:19

19 In _human terms I _am _speaking, because _of the weakness of _the flesh of _you _all.
For/Because as you _all _presented the members of _you _all as _slaves to_ the _impurity, and to_ the _lawlessness further to the lawlessness, thus now present the members of _you _all, as _slaves to_ the _righteousness to holiness.

Form 2

Part of speech: noun, m.

Inflections: δοῦλος; -ου

Sense 1: slave, bondservant

Semantic entry: 87.76

Semantic domains: Status

Subdomains: Slave, Free

Definition: one who is a slave in the sense of becoming the property of an owner (though in ancient times it was frequently possible for a slave to earn his freedom)

Notes: When Paul speaks of himself as a slave of Jesus Christ or of God in RV ROM 1:1 · LV ROM 1:1 · Read together ROM 1:1, RV GAL 1:10 · LV GAL 1:10 · Read together GAL 1:10, and RV TIT 1:1 · LV TIT 1:1 · Read together TIT 1:1, the term δοῦλος focuses attention primarily upon his belonging to Christ or to God. There are probably also important positive overtones, since in some languages of the ancient Middle East a phrase meaning ‘slave of the king’ or ‘servant of the king’ had become the title of an important person in the government. For a discussion of certain further implications of the term δοῦλος, see the discussion at 87.81: σύνδουλος.

MAT 8:9: RV MAT 8:9 · LV MAT 8:9 · Read together MAT 8:9

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OET-RV MAT 8:9

9 because I’m also a man given a position under authority, with soldiers under me, and I tell this one, ‘Come here,’ and he comes, and tell my slave, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.

OET-LV MAT 8:9

9 For/Because I also am a_man being _appointed under authority, having soldiers under myself, and I _am _saying to _this one:
Be _gone, and he _is _going, and to _another:
Be _coming, and he _is _coming, and to _the slave of _me:
Do this, and he _is _doing it.

MAT 10:24: RV MAT 10:24 · LV MAT 10:24 · Read together MAT 10:24

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OET-RV MAT 10:24

24 “An apprentice isn’t above their teacher, nor is a slave above their master.

OET-LV MAT 10:24

24 A_apprentice/follower is not above the teacher, nor a_slave above the master of _him.

All 117 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 8:9 · RV MAT 10:24–25 · RV MAT 13:27–28 · RV MAT 18:23 · RV MAT 18:26–28 · RV MAT 18:32 · RV MAT 20:27 · RV MAT 21:34–36 · RV MAT 22:3–4 · RV MAT 22:6 · RV MAT 22:8 · RV MAT 22:10 · RV MAT 24:45–46 · RV MAT 24:48 · RV MAT 24:50 · RV MAT 25:14 · RV MAT 25:19 · RV MAT 25:21 · RV MAT 25:23 · RV MAT 25:26 · RV MAT 25:30 · RV MAT 26:51 · LV MAT 8:9 · LV MAT 10:24–25 · LV MAT 13:27–28 · LV MAT 18:23 · LV MAT 18:26–28 · LV MAT 18:32 · LV MAT 20:27 · LV MAT 21:34–36 · LV MAT 22:3–4 · LV MAT 22:6 · LV MAT 22:8 · LV MAT 22:10 · LV MAT 24:45–46 · LV MAT 24:48 · LV MAT 24:50 · LV MAT 25:14 · LV MAT 25:19 · LV MAT 25:21 · LV MAT 25:23 · LV MAT 25:26 · LV MAT 25:30 · LV MAT 26:51 · Read together MAT 8:9 · Read together MAT 10:24–25 · Read together MAT 13:27–28 · Read together MAT 18:23 · Read together MAT 18:26–28 · Read together MAT 18:32 · Read together MAT 20:27 · Read together MAT 21:34–36 · Read together MAT 22:3–4 · Read together MAT 22:6 · Read together MAT 22:8 · Read together MAT 22:10 · Read together MAT 24:45–46 · Read together MAT 24:48 · Read together MAT 24:50 · Read together MAT 25:14 · Read together MAT 25:19 · Read together MAT 25:21 · Read together MAT 25:23 · Read together MAT 25:26 · Read together MAT 25:30 · Read together MAT 26:51

MRK: RV MRK 10:44 · RV MRK 12:2 · RV MRK 12:4 · RV MRK 13:34 · RV MRK 14:47 · LV MRK 10:44 · LV MRK 12:2 · LV MRK 12:4 · LV MRK 13:34 · LV MRK 14:47 · Read together MRK 10:44 · Read together MRK 12:2 · Read together MRK 12:4 · Read together MRK 13:34 · Read together MRK 14:47

LUK: RV LUK 2:29 · RV LUK 7:2–3 · RV LUK 7:8 · RV LUK 7:10 · RV LUK 12:37 · RV LUK 12:43 · RV LUK 12:45–47 · RV LUK 14:17 · RV LUK 14:21–23 · RV LUK 15:22 · RV LUK 17:7 · RV LUK 17:9–10 · RV LUK 19:13 · RV LUK 19:15 · RV LUK 19:17 · RV LUK 19:22 · RV LUK 20:10–11 · RV LUK 22:50 · LV LUK 2:29 · LV LUK 7:2–3 · LV LUK 7:8 · LV LUK 7:10 · LV LUK 12:37 · LV LUK 12:43 · LV LUK 12:45–47 · LV LUK 14:17 · LV LUK 14:21–23 · LV LUK 15:22 · LV LUK 17:7 · LV LUK 17:9–10 · LV LUK 19:13 · LV LUK 19:15 · LV LUK 19:17 · LV LUK 19:22 · LV LUK 20:10–11 · LV LUK 22:50 · Read together LUK 2:29 · Read together LUK 7:2–3 · Read together LUK 7:8 · Read together LUK 7:10 · Read together LUK 12:37 · Read together LUK 12:43 · Read together LUK 12:45–47 · Read together LUK 14:17 · Read together LUK 14:21–23 · Read together LUK 15:22 · Read together LUK 17:7 · Read together LUK 17:9–10 · Read together LUK 19:13 · Read together LUK 19:15 · Read together LUK 19:17 · Read together LUK 19:22 · Read together LUK 20:10–11 · Read together LUK 22:50

JHN: RV JHN 4:51 · RV JHN 8:34–35 · RV JHN 13:16 · RV JHN 15:15 · RV JHN 15:20 · RV JHN 18:10 · RV JHN 18:18 · RV JHN 18:26 · LV JHN 4:51 · LV JHN 8:34–35 · LV JHN 13:16 · LV JHN 15:15 · LV JHN 15:20 · LV JHN 18:10 · LV JHN 18:18 · LV JHN 18:26 · Read together JHN 4:51 · Read together JHN 8:34–35 · Read together JHN 13:16 · Read together JHN 15:15 · Read together JHN 15:20 · Read together JHN 18:10 · Read together JHN 18:18 · Read together JHN 18:26

ACT: RV ACT 2:18 · RV ACT 4:29 · RV ACT 16:17 · LV ACT 2:18 · LV ACT 4:29 · LV ACT 16:17 · Read together ACT 2:18 · Read together ACT 4:29 · Read together ACT 16:17

ROM: RV ROM 1:1 · RV ROM 6:16–17 · RV ROM 6:20 · LV ROM 1:1 · LV ROM 6:16–17 · LV ROM 6:20 · Read together ROM 1:1 · Read together ROM 6:16–17 · Read together ROM 6:20

CO1: RV CO1 7:21–23 · RV CO1 12:13 · LV CO1 7:21–23 · LV CO1 12:13 · Read together CO1 7:21–23 · Read together CO1 12:13

CO2: RV CO2 4:5 · LV CO2 4:5 · Read together CO2 4:5

GAL: RV GAL 1:10 · RV GAL 3:28 · RV GAL 4:1 · RV GAL 4:7 · LV GAL 1:10 · LV GAL 3:28 · LV GAL 4:1 · LV GAL 4:7 · Read together GAL 1:10 · Read together GAL 3:28 · Read together GAL 4:1 · Read together GAL 4:7

EPH: RV EPH 6:5–6 · RV EPH 6:8 · LV EPH 6:5–6 · LV EPH 6:8 · Read together EPH 6:5–6 · Read together EPH 6:8

PHP: RV PHP 1:1 · RV PHP 2:7 · LV PHP 1:1 · LV PHP 2:7 · Read together PHP 1:1 · Read together PHP 2:7

COL: RV COL 3:11 · RV COL 3:22 · RV COL 4:1 · RV COL 4:12 · LV COL 3:11 · LV COL 3:22 · LV COL 4:1 · LV COL 4:12 · Read together COL 3:11 · Read together COL 3:22 · Read together COL 4:1 · Read together COL 4:12

TI1: RV TI1 6:1 · LV TI1 6:1 · Read together TI1 6:1

TI2: RV TI2 2:24 · LV TI2 2:24 · Read together TI2 2:24

TIT: RV TIT 1:1 · RV TIT 2:9 · LV TIT 1:1 · LV TIT 2:9 · Read together TIT 1:1 · Read together TIT 2:9

PHM: RV PHM 1:16 · LV PHM 1:16 · Read together PHM 1:16

JAM: RV JAM 1:1 · LV JAM 1:1 · Read together JAM 1:1

PE1: RV PE1 2:16 · LV PE1 2:16 · Read together PE1 2:16

PE2: RV PE2 1:1 · RV PE2 2:19 · LV PE2 1:1 · LV PE2 2:19 · Read together PE2 1:1 · Read together PE2 2:19

JDE: RV JDE 1:1 · LV JDE 1:1 · Read together JDE 1:1

REV: RV REV 1:1 · RV REV 2:20 · RV REV 6:15 · RV REV 7:3 · RV REV 10:7 · RV REV 11:18 · RV REV 13:16 · RV REV 15:3 · RV REV 19:2 · RV REV 19:5 · RV REV 19:18 · RV REV 22:3 · RV REV 22:6 · LV REV 1:1 · LV REV 2:20 · LV REV 6:15 · LV REV 7:3 · LV REV 10:7 · LV REV 11:18 · LV REV 13:16 · LV REV 15:3 · LV REV 19:2 · LV REV 19:5 · LV REV 19:18 · LV REV 22:3 · LV REV 22:6 · Read together REV 1:1 · Read together REV 2:20 · Read together REV 6:15 · Read together REV 7:3 · Read together REV 10:7 · Read together REV 11:18 · Read together REV 13:16 · Read together REV 15:3 · Read together REV 19:2 · Read together REV 19:5 · Read together REV 19:18 · Read together REV 22:3 · Read together REV 22:6