STRONGS NUMBER G1397


Word Summary
douleia: slavery
Original Word: δουλεία
Transliteration: douleia
Phonetic Spelling: (doo-li'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: slavery
Meaning: slavery
Strong's Concordance
bondage.

From douleuo; slavery (ceremonially or figuratively) -- bondage.

see GREEK douleuo

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1397: δουλεία

δουλεία (Tdf. δουλια (see Iota)), δουλείας, , (δουλεύω); slavery, bondage, the condition of a slave: τῆς φθορᾶς, the bondage which consists in decay (Winers Grammar, § 59, 8 a., cf. Buttmann, 78 (68)), equivalent to the law, the necessity, of perishing, Romans 8:21; 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, Hebrews 2:15, as well as by the Mosaic law in its votaries, Romans 8:15 (πνεῦμα δουλείας); the Mosaic system is said to cause δουλεία on account of the grievous burdens its precepts impose upon its adherents: Galatians 4:24; Galatians 5:1. (From Pindar down.)