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· · δουλεύειν“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.Luke 15:29 · δουλεύωBut he answered his father, ‘Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate 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 one, and despise the other. You aren’t able to serve God and mammon.”John 8:33 · δεδουλεύκαμενThey answered him, “We are Abraham’s seed, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How do you say, ‘You will be made free?’”Acts 7:7 · δουλεύσουσιν,‘I will judge the nation to which they will be in bondage,’ said God, ‘and after that will they come out, and serve me in this place.’Acts 20:19 · δουλεύωνserving the Lord with all humility, with many tears, and with trials which happened to me by the plots of the Jews;Romans 6:6 · δουλεύεινknowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be in bondage to sin.Romans 7:6 · δουλεύεινBut now we have been discharged from the law, having died to that in which we were held; so that we serve in newness of the spirit, and not in oldness of the letter.Romans 7:25 · δουλεύωI thank God through Jesus Christ, our Lord! So then with the mind, I myself serve God’s law, but with the flesh, the sin’s law.Romans 9:12 · δουλεύσειit was said to her, “The elder will serve the younger.”Romans 12:11 · δουλεύοντες,not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;Romans 14:18 · δουλεύωνFor he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.Romans 16:18 · δουλεύουσινFor those who are such don’t serve our Lord, Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and flattering speech, they deceive the hearts of the innocent.Galatians 4:8 · ἐδουλεύσατεHowever at that time, not knowing God, you were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods.Galatians 4:9 · δουλεύεινBut now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, why do you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental principles, to which you desire to be in bondage all over again?Galatians 4:25 · δουλεύειFor this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and answers to the Jerusalem that exists now, for she is in bondage with her children.Galatians 5:13 · δουλεύετεFor you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.Ephesians 6:7 · δουλεύοντεςwith good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men;Philippians 2:22 · ἐδούλευσενBut you know the proof of him, that, as a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the Good News.Colossians 3:24 · δουλεύετε.knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.1 Thessalonians 1:9 · δουλεύεινFor they themselves report concerning us what kind of a reception we had from you; and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God,1 Timothy 6:2 · δουλευέτωσαν,Those who have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brothers, but rather let them serve them, because those who partake of the benefit are believing and beloved. Teach and exhort these things.Titus 3:3 · δουλεύοντεςFor we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.