Strong's Number G1398

δουλεύω

douleuo · dool-yoo'-o

Transliteration:

douleuo{dool-yoo'-o}

Word Origin:

from 1401

TDNT:

2:261,182

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

to be a slave to (literal or figurative, involuntary or voluntary)

Usage in the KJV:

serve 12, be in bondage 2, do service 3

Total: 25
Occurs 25 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

to be a slave, serve, do service
1. of a nation in subjection to other nations
metaph. to obey, submit to
1. in a good sense, to yield obedience
2. in a bad sense, of those who become slaves to some base power, to yield to, give one's self up to