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G1398δουλεύωdouleuō

be a slavePart of speech: Greek Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 2
  2. Mark: 0
  3. 3
  4. 1
  5. 2
  6. 7
  7. 1 Corinthians: 0
  8. 2 Corinthians: 0
  9. 4
  10. 1
  11. 1
  12. 1
  13. 1
  14. 2 Thessalonians: 0
  15. 1
  16. 2 Timothy: 0
  17. 1
  18. Philemon: 0
  19. Hebrews: 0
  20. James: 0
  21. 1 Peter: 0
  22. 2 Peter: 0
  23. 1 John: 0
  24. 2 John: 0
  25. 3 John: 0
  26. Jude: 0
  27. Revelation: 0

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25 occurrences in 23 verses

With their references and text in Bible in Basic English.

  1. Matthew 6:24

    No man is able to be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other, or he will keep to one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.

    δουλεύειν· douleuein “to serve;”δουλεύειν douleuein “to serve”

  2. Luke 15:29

    But he made answer and said to his father, See, all these years I have been your servant, doing your orders in everything: and you never gave me even a young goat so that I might have a feast with my friends:

    δουλεύω douleuō “I serve”

  3. Luke 16:13

    No man may be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other; or he will keep to the one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.

    δουλεύειν· douleuein “to serve;”δουλεύειν douleuein “to serve”

  4. John 8:33

    They said to him in answer, We are Abraham's seed and have never been any man's servant: why do you say, You will become free?

    δεδουλεύκαμεν dedouleukamen “have we been under bondage”

  5. Acts 7:7

    And I will be the judge, said God, of that nation which made them servants: and after that, they will come out and give me worship in this place.

    δουλεύσουσιν, douleusousin “they will be in bondage,”

  6. Acts 20:19

    Doing the Lord's work without pride, through all the sorrow and troubles which came on me because of the evil designs of the Jews:

    δουλεύων douleuōn “serving”

  7. Romans 6:6

    Being conscious that our old man was put to death on the cross with him, so that the body of sin might be put away, and we might no longer be servants to sin.

    δουλεύειν douleuein “being enslaved”

  8. Romans 7:6

    But now we are free from the law, having been made dead to that which had power over us; so that we are servants in the new way of the spirit, not in the old way of the letter.

    δουλεύειν douleuein “to serve”

  9. Romans 7:25

    I give praise to God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So with my mind I am a servant to the law of God, but with my flesh to the law of sin.

    δουλεύω douleuō “serve”

  10. Romans 9:12

    It was said to her, The older will be the servant of the younger.

    δουλεύσει douleusei “will serve”

  11. Romans 12:11

    Be not slow in your work, but be quick in spirit, as the Lord's servants;

    δουλεύοντες, douleuontes “serving,”

  12. Romans 14:18

    And he who in these things is Christ's servant, is pleasing to God and has the approval of men.

    δουλεύων douleuōn “serving”

  13. Romans 16:18

    For such people are not servants of the Lord Christ, but of their stomachs; and by their smooth and well-said words the hearts of those who have no knowledge of evil are tricked.

    δουλεύουσιν douleuousin “serve”

  14. Galatians 4:8

    But at that time, having no knowledge of God, you were servants to those who by right are no gods:

    ἐδουλεύσατε edouleusate “you were enslaved”

  15. Galatians 4:9

    But now that you have come to have knowledge of God, or more truly, God has knowledge of you, how is it that you go back again to the poor and feeble first things, desiring to be servants to them again?

    δουλεύειν douleuein “to be enslaved”

  16. Galatians 4:25

    Now this Hagar is the mountain Sinai in Arabia, and is the image of the Jerusalem which now is: which is a servant with her children.

    δουλεύει douleuei “she is in slavery”

  17. Galatians 5:13

    Because you, brothers, were marked out to be free; only do not make use of your free condition to give the flesh its chance, but through love be servants one to another.

    δουλεύετε douleuete “do serve”

  18. Ephesians 6:7

    Doing your work readily, as to the Lord, and not to men:

    δουλεύοντες douleuontes “rendering service”

  19. Philippians 2:22

    But his quality is clear to you; how, as a child is to its father, so he was a help to me in the work of the good news.

    ἐδούλευσεν edouleusen “he has served”

  20. Colossians 3:24

    Being certain that the Lord will give you the reward of the heritage: for you are the servants of the Lord Christ.

    δουλεύετε. douleuete “you serve.”

  21. 1 Thessalonians 1:9

    For they themselves give the news of how we came among you; and how you were turned from images to God, to the worship of a true and living God,

    δουλεύειν douleuein “to serve”

  22. 1 Timothy 6:2

    And let those whose masters are of the faith have respect for them because they are brothers, working for them the more readily, because those who take part in the good work are of the faith and are dear. Give orders and teaching about these things.

    δουλευέτωσαν, douleuetōsan “they should serve [them],”

  23. Titus 3:3

    For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another.

    δουλεύοντες douleuontes “serving”