Lexical Summary douloō: to enslave, bring under subjection Original Word: δουλόωTransliteration: douloō Phonetic Spelling: (doo-lo'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to enslave, bring under subjection Meaning: to enslave, bring under subjection Strong's Concordance bring into bondage, become a servant. From doulos; to enslave (literally or figuratively) -- bring into (be under) bondage, X given, become (make) servant. see GREEK doulos Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1402: δουλόωδουλόω, δούλῳ: future δουλώσω; 1 aorist ἐδούλωσα; perfect passive δεδουλωμαι; 1 aorist passive ἐδουλωθην; (δοῦλος); (from Aeschylus and Herodotus down); to make a slave of, reduce to bondage; a. properly: τινα, Acts 7:6; τούτῳ καί (yet T WH omit; Tr brackets καί) δεδούλωται to him he has also been made a bondman, 2 Peter 2:19. b. metaphorically: ἐμαυτόν τίνι, give myself wholly to one's needs and service, make myself a bondman to him, 1 Corinthians 9:19; δουλουσθαι τίνι, to be made subject to the rule of some one, e. g. τῇ δικαιοσύνη, τῷ Θεῷ, Romans 6:18, 22; likewise ὑπό τί, Galatians 4:3; δεδουλωμενος οἴνῳ, wholly given up to, enslaved to, Titus 2:3 (δουλεύειν οἴνῳ, Libanius, epist. 319); δεδουλωμαι ἐν τίνι, to be under bondage, held by constraint of law or necessity, in some matter, 1 Corinthians 7:15. (Compare: καταδουλόω.) |