δούλη

G1401 G:N-F

female slave

δούλη , ἡ, see: δοῦλος. δοῦλος , -η, -ον, [in LXX, ὁ δ. nearly always for עֶבֶד; ὁ δ. chiefly for שִׁפְחָה ,אָמָה ;] __1. in bondage to, subject to : Rom.6:19. __2. As subst., ὁ, ἡ δ., a slave ; __(a) fem., ἡ δ., a female slave, bondmaid (Cremer, 702; DB , iii, 215): Luk.1:38, 48 Act.2:18 " (LXX) ; __(b) masc., ὁ δ., a slave, bond-man : Mat.8:9 18:23 , al.; opposite to ἐλεύθερος, 1Co.7:22 12:13 , Gal.3:28 , Eph.6:8 , Col.3:11 , Rev.6:15 13:16 19:18 ; opposite to κύριος, δεσπότης, οἰκοδεσπότης, Mat.10:24 13:27, 28 Luk.12:46 , Jhn.15:15 , Eph.6:5 , Col.3:22 4:1 , al.; metaphorically, δ. Χριστοῦ, τοῦ Χρ., Ἰησοῦ Χρ., Rom.1:1 , 1Co.7:22 , Gal.1:10 , Eph.6:6 , Php.1:1 , Col.4:12 , Jas.1:1 , 2Pe.1:1 , Ju 1 ; δ. τ. θεοῦ, τ. κυρίου, Act.16:17 , 2Ti.2:24 , Tit.1:1 , 1Pe.2:16 , Rev.7:3 15:3 ; δ. πονηρός, ἀχρεῖος, κακός, Mat.18:32 24:48 25:26, 30 , Luk.17:10 19:22 ; δ. ἁμαρτίας, Jhn.8:34 , Rom.6:17, 20 ; τ. φθορᾶς, 2Pe.2:19. SYN. : διάκονος (q.V.), θεράπων, ὐπηρέτης (see DB , iii, 377; iv, 461, 469; DCG , i, 221; ii, 613; Cremer, 215, 702). (AS)