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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 1397. δουλεία (douleia) -- Slavery, bondage, servitude</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/1397.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/1_john/2-27.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/1397.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 1397</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/1396.htm" title="1396">◄</a> 1397. douleia <a href="../greek/1398.htm" title="1398">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">douleia: Slavery, bondage, servitude</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">δουλεία</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun, Feminine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>douleia<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>doo-li'-ah<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(doo-li'-ah)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Slavery, bondage, servitude<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>slavery, bondage.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from δοῦλος (doulos), meaning "slave" or "servant."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span> - <b>עֲבֹדָה (avodah)</b> - H5656, meaning "service" or "labor."<p> - <b>עֶבֶד (eved)</b> - H5650, meaning "servant" or "slave."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "douleia" primarily refers to the condition or state of being a slave or in servitude. In the New Testament, it is often used metaphorically to describe spiritual bondage or subjection, particularly in contrast to the freedom found in Christ. It conveys the idea of being under the control or dominion of another, whether it be sin, the law, or fear.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, slavery was a common institution, and many people lived in a state of servitude. Slaves were considered property and had limited rights. The concept of "douleia" would have been well understood by early Christians, both as a literal social condition and as a metaphor for spiritual realities. The New Testament writers used this term to illustrate the contrast between life under the law or sin and the freedom offered through faith in Jesus Christ.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>Cognate: 1397</b> <i>douleía</i> (a feminine noun) – bondage, a brand of slavery (enslavement). <a href="/greek/1401.htm">See 1401</a> (<i>doulos</i>).</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/1398.htm">douleuó</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>slavery<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>slavery (4), slaves (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 1397: δουλεία</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">δουλεία</span></span> (<span class="manuref">Tdf.</span> <span class="greek2">δουλια</span> (see Iota)), <span class="greek2">δουλείας</span>, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span>, (<span class="greek2">δουλεύω</span>); <span class="accented">slavery, bondage, the condition of a slave</span>: <span class="greek2">τῆς</span> <span class="greek2">φθορᾶς</span>, the bondage which consists in decay (<span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, § 59, 8 a., cf. <span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span>, 78 (68)), equivalent to the law, the necessity, of perishing, <a href="/interlinear/romans/8-21.htm">Romans 8:21</a>; used of the slavish sense of fear, devoid alike of buoyancy of spirit and of trust in God, such as is produced by the thought of death, <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/2-15.htm">Hebrews 2:15</a>, as well as by the Mosaic law in its votaries, <a href="/interlinear/romans/8-15.htm">Romans 8:15</a> (<span class="greek2">πνεῦμα</span> <span class="greek2">δουλείας</span>); the Mosaic system is said to cause <span class="greek2">δουλεία</span> on account of the grievous burdens its precepts impose upon its adherents: <a href="/interlinear/galatians/4-24.htm">Galatians 4:24</a>; <a href="/interlinear/galatians/5-1.htm">Galatians 5:1</a>. (From <span class="abbreviation">Pindar</span> down.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>bondage. <p>From <a href="/greek/1398.htm">douleuo</a>; slavery (ceremonially or figuratively) -- bondage. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/1398.htm">douleuo</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>δουλεία δουλειαν δουλείαν δουλειας δουλείας douleian douleían douleias douleías<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/romans/8-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Romans 8:15</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/romans/8.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐλάβετε πνεῦμα <b>δουλείας</b> πάλιν εἰς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/romans/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> a spirit <span class="itali">of slavery</span> leading<br><a href="/kjvs/romans/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the spirit <span class="itali">of bondage</span> again<br><a href="/interlinear/romans/8-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> you received a spirit <span class="itali">of bondage</span> again unto<p><b><a href="/text/romans/8-21.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Romans 8:21</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/romans/8.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἀπὸ τῆς <b>δουλείας</b> τῆς φθορᾶς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/romans/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> will be set free <span class="itali">from its slavery</span> to corruption<br><a href="/kjvs/romans/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> from <span class="itali">the bondage</span> of corruption<br><a href="/interlinear/romans/8-21.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> from the <span class="itali">bondage</span> of decay<p><b><a href="/text/galatians/4-24.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Galatians 4:24</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/galatians/4.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">Σινά εἰς <b>δουλείαν</b> γεννῶσα ἥτις</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/galatians/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> bearing children <span class="itali">who are to be slaves;</span> she is Hagar.<br><a href="/kjvs/galatians/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> which gendereth to <span class="itali">bondage,</span> which is<br><a href="/interlinear/galatians/4-24.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Sinai to <span class="itali">bondage</span> bringing forth which<p><b><a href="/text/galatians/5-1.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Galatians 5:1</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/galatians/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">πάλιν ζυγῷ <b>δουλείας</b> ἐνέχεσθε </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/galatians/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> again to a yoke <span class="itali">of slavery.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/galatians/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> again with the yoke <span class="itali">of bondage.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/galatians/5-1.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> again in a yoke <span class="itali">of bondage</span> be held<p><b><a href="/text/hebrews/2-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Hebrews 2:15</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἔνοχοι ἦσαν <b>δουλείας</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/hebrews/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> were subject <span class="itali">to slavery</span> all<br><a href="/kjvs/hebrews/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> their lifetime subject <span class="itali">to bondage.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/2-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> were subject were <span class="itali">to bondage</span><p><b><a href="/greek/1397.htm">Strong's Greek 1397</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_1397.htm">5 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/douleian_1397.htm">δουλείαν — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/douleias_1397.htm">δουλείας — 4 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/1396.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1396"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1396" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/1398.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1398"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1398" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>