δουλεία
douleia
“slavery”
Definition
slavery (ceremonially or figuratively)
from G1398 (δουλεύω);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
G:N-F
Greek Noun, Feminine
Occurrences
δουλεία appears 5 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
These things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar.
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.
and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.
For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
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