UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: fellow slave

Semantic entry: 87.81

Semantic domains: Status

Subdomains: Slave, Free

Definition: one who is a fellow slave or a slave alongside another slave

Notes: In some languages there is a very strong negative connotation in any word meaning ‘slave,’ for it may suggest ‘vile person’ or even ‘foreigner,’ since in a number of areas only foreigners were made slaves. It may therefore be necessary to use a term for slave which is more or less equivalent to ‘servant,’ ‘one who works without pay,’ ‘one who must work without pay,’ or ‘bondservant.’