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‘None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.Luke 15:29 · δουλεύωand he answering said to the father, Lo, so many years I do serve thee, and never thy command did I transgress, and to me thou didst never give a kid, that with my friends I might make merry;Luke 16:13 · δουλεύειν· · δουλεύειν‘No domestic is able to serve two lords, for either the one he will hate, and the other he will love; or one he will hold to, and of the other he will be heedless; ye are not able to serve God and mammon.’John 8:33 · δεδουλεύκαμενThey answered him, ‘Seed of Abraham we are; and to no one have we been servants at any time; how dost thou say—Ye shall become free?’Acts 7:7 · δουλεύσουσιν,and the nation whom they shall serve I will judge, said God; and after these things they shall come forth and shall do Me service in this place.Acts 20:19 · δουλεύωνserving the Lord with all humility, and many tears, and temptations, that befell me in the counsels of the Jews against me;Romans 6:6 · δουλεύεινthis knowing, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of the sin may be made useless, for our no longer serving the sin;Romans 7:6 · δουλεύεινand now we have ceased from the law, that being dead in which we were held, so that we may serve in newness of spirit, and not in oldness of letter.Romans 7:25 · δουλεύωI thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord; so then, I myself indeed with the mind do serve the law of God, and with the flesh, the law of sin.Romans 9:12 · δουλεύσει‘The greater shall serve the less;’Romans 12:11 · δουλεύοντες,in the diligence not slothful; in the spirit fervent; the Lord serving;Romans 14:18 · δουλεύωνfor he who in these things is serving the Christ, is acceptable to God and approved of men.Romans 16:18 · δουλεύουσινfor such our Lord Jesus Christ do not serve, but their own belly; and through the good word and fair speech they deceive the hearts of the harmless,Galatians 4:8 · ἐδουλεύσατεBut then, indeed, not having known God, ye were in servitude to those not by nature gods,Galatians 4:9 · δουλεύεινand now, having known God—and rather being known by God—how turn ye again unto the weak and poor elements to which anew ye desire to be in servitude?Galatians 4:25 · δουλεύειfor this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and doth correspond to the Jerusalem that now is, and is in servitude with her children,Galatians 5:13 · δουλεύετεFor ye—to freedom ye were called, brethren, only not the freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through the love serve ye one another,Ephesians 6:7 · δουλεύοντεςwith good-will serving, as to the Lord, and not to men,Philippians 2:22 · ἐδούλευσενand the proof of him ye know, that as a child serveth a father, with me he did serve in regard to the good news;Colossians 3:24 · δουλεύετε.having known that from the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance—for the Lord Christ ye serve;1 Thessalonians 1:9 · δουλεύεινfor they themselves concerning us do declare what entrance we had unto you, and how ye did turn unto God from the idols, to serve a living and true God,1 Timothy 6:2 · δουλευέτωσαν,and those having believing masters, let them not slight them, because they are brethren, but rather let them serve, because they are stedfast and beloved, who of the benefit are partaking. These things be teaching and exhorting;Titus 3:3 · δουλεύοντεςfor we were once—also we—thoughtless, disobedient, led astray, serving desires and pleasures manifold, in malice and envy living, odious—hating one another;