δουλεύω (δοῦλος), [in LXX for עָבַד, as Gen.14:4, exc. Da TH Dan.7:14, 27 (פְּלַח), Isa.56:6 (שָׁרַת pi.)* ;] to be a slave, be subject to, serve: absol., Rom.7:6, Gal.4:25, 1Ti.6:2; with dative of person(s), Mat.6:24, Luk.15:29 16:13, Rom.9:12" (LXX) ; of nations, Jhn.8:33, Act.7:7" (LXX) ; θεῷ, τ. κυρίῳ, Mat.6:24, Luk.16:13, Act.20:19, Rom.12:11 (R, mg., καιρῷ) Rom.16:18, Eph.6:7, Col.3:24, 1Th.1:9; τ. Χριστῷ, Rom.14:18, Col.3:24; νόμῳ θεοῦ, Rom.7:25; τ. θεοῖς, Gal.4:8; τ. καιρῷ, Rom.12:11 (R, mg. for κυρίῳ); ἀλλήλοις, Gal.5:13; σὺν ἐμοί Php.2:22; τ. ἁμαρτίᾳ, Rom.6:6; νόμῳ ἁμαρτίας, Rom.7:25; ἐπιθυμίαις κ. ἡδοναις, Tit.3:3; τ. κοιλία, Rom.16:18; μαμωνᾷ, Mat.6:24, Luk.16:13; τ. στοιχείοις τ, κόσμου, Gal.4:9 (Cremer, 217).† (AS)
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G1398 — δουλεύω
douleuō · be a slave · Greek
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Matthew 6:24 · δουλεύειν· · δουλεύεινNo man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.Luke 15:29 · δουλεύωAnd he answering said to [his] father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:Luke 16:13 · δουλεύειν· · δουλεύεινNo servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.John 8:33 · δεδουλεύκαμενThey answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?Acts 7:7 · δουλεύσουσιν,And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.Acts 20:19 · δουλεύωνServing the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:Romans 6:6 · δουλεύεινKnowing this, that our old man is crucified with [him], that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.Romans 7:6 · δουλεύεινBut now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not [in] the oldness of the letter.Romans 7:25 · δουλεύωI thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.Romans 9:12 · δουλεύσειIt was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.Romans 12:11 · δουλεύοντες,Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;Romans 14:18 · δουλεύωνFor he that in these things serveth Christ [is] acceptable to God, and approved of men.Romans 16:18 · δουλεύουσινFor they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.Galatians 4:8 · ἐδουλεύσατεHowbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.Galatians 4:9 · δουλεύεινBut now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?Galatians 4:25 · δουλεύειFor this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.Galatians 5:13 · δουλεύετεFor, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only [use] not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.Ephesians 6:7 · δουλεύοντεςWith good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:Philippians 2:22 · ἐδούλευσενBut ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.Colossians 3:24 · δουλεύετε.Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.1 Thessalonians 1:9 · δουλεύεινFor they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;1 Timothy 6:2 · δουλευέτωσαν,And they that have believing masters, let them not despise [them], because they are brethren; but rather do [them] service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.Titus 3:3 · δουλεύοντεςFor we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, [and] hating one another.