G1398
δουλεύω
douleúō
to be a slave to (literal or figurative, involuntary or voluntary)
Lexicon
Derivation: from G1401 (δοῦλος);
to be a slave to (literal or figurative, involuntary or voluntary)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be in bondage, (do) serve(-ice)
Usage
25 occurrences · 0 OT · 25 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- serve8 · 30%
- serving3 · 11%
- do i serve1 · 4%
- were1 · 4%
- in bondage1 · 4%
- they shall be in bondage1 · 4%
- should1 · 4%
- should serve1 · 4%
- shall serve1 · 4%
- serveth1 · 4%
- ye did service1 · 4%
- to be in bondage1 · 4%
- is in bondage1 · 4%
- doing service1 · 4%
- he hath served1 · 4%
- ye serve1 · 4%
- to serve1 · 4%
- do them service1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
δουλεύειν6δουλεύων2δουλεύοντες2δουλεύειν·2δουλεύω2δεδουλεύκαμεν1ἐδουλεύσατε1δουλεύουσιν1δουλεύσουσιν,1δουλεύοντες,1δουλεύετε1δουλευέτωσαν,1
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.