δοῦλος: Difference between revisions

|astxt=[[δοῦλος]], -η, -ον, [in LXX, ὁ δ. [[nearly]] [[always]] for עֶבֶד; ὁ δ. [[chiefly]] for שִׁפְחָה,אָמָה;] <br /><b class="num">1.</b>in [[bondage]] to, [[subject]] to: Ro 6:19. <br /><b class="num">2.</b>As subst., ὁ, ἡ δ., a [[slave]];<br /><b class="num">(a)</b>fem., ἡ δ., a [[female]] [[slave]], bondmaid (Cremer, 702; DB, iii, 215): Lk 1:38, 48 Ac 2:18 (LXX); <br /><b class="num">(b)</b>masc., ὁ δ., a [[slave]], [[bond]]-[[man]]: Mt 8:9 18:23, al.; opp. to [[ἐλεύθερος]], I Co 7:22 12:13, Ga 3:28, Eph 6:8, Col 3:11, Re 6:15 13:16 19:18; opp. to [[κύριος]], [[δεσπότης]], [[οἰκοδεσπότης]], Mt 10:24 13:27, 28 Lk 12:46, Jo 15:15, Eph 6:5, Col 3:22 4:1, al.; metaph., δ. Χριστοῦ, τοῦ Χρ., Ἰησοῦ Χρ., Ro 1:1, I Co 7:22, Ga 1:10, Eph 6:6, Phl 1:1, Col 4:12, Ja 1:1, II Pe 1:1, Ju 1; δ. τ. θεοῦ, τ. κυρίου, Ac 16:17, II Ti 2:24, Tit 1:1, I Pe 2:16, Re 7:3 15:3; δ. [[πονηρός]], [[ἀχρεῖος]], [[κακός]], Mt 18:32 24:48 25:26, 30, Lk 17:10 19:22; δ. ἁμαρτίας, Jo 8:34, Ro 6:17, 20; τ. φθορᾶς, II Pe 2:19. SYN.: [[διάκονος]] (q.V.), [[θεράπων]], ὐπηρέτης (v. DB, iii, 377; iv, 461, 469; DCG, i, 221; ii, 613; Cremer, 215, 702).

|txtha=[[δούλη]], [[δοῦλον]] ([[derived]] by [[most]] from [[δέω]], to [[tie]], [[bind]]; by [[some]] from ΔΑΛΩ, to [[ensnare]], [[capture]] (?) others [[besides]]; cf. Vanicek, p. 322)); serving, [[subject]] to: παρεστήσατε τά [[μέλη]] [[ὑμῶν]] δοῦλα τῇ [[ἀκαθαρσία]], ἡ [[δούλη]], a [[female]] [[slave]], bondmaid, [[handmaid]]: τοῦ Θεοῦ, τοῦ κυρίου, [[one]] [[who]] worships God and submits to him, ὁ [[δοῦλος]], the Sept. for עֶבֶד;<br /><b class="num">1.</b> a [[slave]], [[bondman]], [[man]] of [[servile]] [[condition]];<br /><b class="num">a.</b> [[properly]]: opposed to [[ἐλεύθερος]], [[κύριος]], [[δεσπότης]], [[οἰκοδεσπότης]], α. [[one]] [[who]] gives [[himself]] up [[wholly]] to [[another]]'s [[will]], τῆς ἁμαρτίας, τῆς φθορᾶς, τῶν ἡδονῶν, Athen. 12, p. 531c.; τῶν χρημάτων, [[Plutarch]], Pelop c. 3; τοῦ πίνειν, Aelian v. h. 2,41). β. the δοῦλοι Χριστοῦ, τοῦ Χριστοῦ, Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, are those whose [[service]] is used by Christ in extending and advancing his [[cause]] [[among]] men: used of apostles, [[κύριος]] πάντων, δοῦλοι τοῦ Θεοῦ, יְהוָה עַבְדֵי, are those whose [[agency]] God employs in executing his purposes: used of apostles, γ. [[δοῦλος]] τίνος, [[devoted]] to [[another]] to the [[disregard]] of [[one]]'s [[own]] interests: a [[servant]], [[attendant]], (of a [[king]]): [[διάκονος]].)