Strong's Greek · G1397
G1397 douleía
δουλεία
doo-li'-ah
slavery
Looking for Hebrew H1397 geber? It has the same number in Strong's Hebrew lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of G1397. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
douleía appears 5 times in Scripture, in Romans, Galatians and Hebrews. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
slavery (ceremonially or figuratively)
In the King James Version
bondage
Derivation
from G1398 (δουλεύω);
Appears 5 times in Scripture
“and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.”
“These things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar.”
“For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption to sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!””
“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.”
“that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
