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Strong's G1397 δουλεία (douleia)

Douleia means “bondage” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H1397 — geber (“man”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G1397
Language Greek
Linked Usages 46
Books 25

Strong's G1397 Quick Answer

Strong's G1397 δουλεία (douleia) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. douleia (dou-lei'-ah) n. 1. slavery (ceremonially or figuratively) [from G1398] It has 46 linked Bible usages across 25 books. Visible English usage signals include bondage. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
douleia (dou-lei'-ah) n. 1. slavery (ceremonially or figuratively) [from G1398]
Usage
46 linked usages
Books
25 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
bondage

Meaning and Definition

douleia (dou-lei'-ah) n. 1. slavery (ceremonially or figuratively) [from G1398] KJV: bondage Root(s): G1398

Original Word
δουλεία
Transliteration
douleia
Derivation
Root: δουλεύω R1: 1398
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1397. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

slavery

Usage: δουλεία (T, -λία), -ας, ἡ (δουλεύω), [in LXX, as Exo.13:3, for עֶבֶד and cognates ;] slavery, bondage: Rom.8:15, 21 Gal.4:24 5:1, Heb.2:15.† (AS)

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How Strong's G1397 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render douleia, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

bondage Romans 8:15

How Strong's G1397 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 37 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G1397 (δουλεία) appears 44 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G1397 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G1397 in the New Testament

5 indexed usages in New Testament.

Romans 8:15 KJV

For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

Romans 8:21 KJV

Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

Galatians 4:24 KJV

Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.

Strong's G1397 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

37 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 30:26 Septuagint / Brenton

Restore my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, that I may depart, for thou knowest the service wherewith I have served thee.

Exodus 6:6 Septuagint / Brenton

Go, speak to the children of Israel, saying, I am the Lord; and I will lead you forth from the tyranny of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from bondage, and I will ransom you with a high arm, and great judgment.

Exodus 13:3 Septuagint / Brenton

And Moses said to the people, Remember this day, in which ye came forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, for with a strong hand the Lord brought you forth thence; and leaven shall not be eaten.

Strong's G1397 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

3 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 8:76 Septuagint / Brenton

For ever since the time of our fathers we have been and are in great sin, even unto this day.

Judith 8:23 Septuagint / Brenton

For our servitude shall not be directed to favor; but the Lord our God shall turn it to dishonor.

1 Maccabees 8:18 Septuagint / Brenton

and to entreat them that they would take the yoke from them; for they saw that the kingdom of the Grecians did oppress Israel with servitude.

Strong's G1397 in 1 Enoch

1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 98:5 Septuagint / Brenton

And barrenness has not been given to the woman, But on account of the deeds of her own hands she dies without children.

Usage Excerpts

First 46 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1397.

Genesis 30:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Restore my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, that I may depart, for thou knowest the service wherewith I have served thee.
Exodus 6:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Go, speak to the children of Israel, saying, I am the Lord; and I will lead you forth from the tyranny of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from bondage, and I will ransom you with a high arm, and great judgment.
Exodus 13:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses said to the people, Remember this day, in which ye came forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, for with a strong hand the Lord brought you forth thence; and leaven shall not be eaten.
Exodus 13:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if thy son should ask thee hereafter, saying, What is this? then thou shalt say to him, With a strong hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Exodus 20:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Leviticus 25:39 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if thy brother by thee be lowered, and be sold to thee, he shall not serve thee with the servitude of a slave.
Leviticus 26:45 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will remember their former covenant, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage before the nations, to be their God; I am the Lord.
Deuteronomy 5:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Deuteronomy 6:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
beware lest thou forget the Lord thy God that brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Deuteronomy 7:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But because the Lord loved you, and as keeping the oath which he swore to your fathers, the Lord brought you out with a strong hand, and the Lord redeemed thee from the house of bondage, out of the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 8:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
thou shouldest be exalted in heart, and forget the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage:
Deuteronomy 13:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And that prophet or that dreamer of a dream, shall die; for he has spoken to make thee err from the Lord thy God who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, who redeemed thee from bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the Lord thy God commanded thee to walk in: so shalt thou abolish the evil from among you.
Deuteronomy 13:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall stone him with stones, and he shall die, because he sought to draw thee away from the Lord thy God who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Judges 6:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord sent a prophet to the children of Israel; and he said to them, Thus says the Lord God of Israel, I am he that brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and I brought you up out of the house of your bondage.
1 Kingdoms 14:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to all the men of Israel, Ye shall be under subjection, and I and Jonathan my son will be under subjection: and the people said to Saul, Do that which is good in thy sight.
3 Kingdoms 5:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
men cut wood for me out of Lebanon: and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants, and I will give thee the wages of thy service, according to all that thou shalt say, because thou knowest that we have no one skilled in cutting timber like the Sidonians.
3 Kingdoms 12:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
but do thou now lighten somewhat of the hard service of thy father, and of his heavy yoke which he put upon us, and we will serve thee.
2 Chronicles 10:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thy father made our yoke grievous: now then abate somewhat of thy father’s grievous rule, and of his heavy yoke which he put upon us, and we will serve thee.
2 Chronicles 12:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Nevertheless they shall be servants, and know my service, and the service of the kings of the earth.
Ezra 6:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.
Ezra 8:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name.
Ezra 9:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.
Ezra 9:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
Nehemiah 3:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their LORD.
Nehemiah 5:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.
Nehemiah 9:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.
Nehemiah 10:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.
Nehemiah 10:38 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house.
Esther 7:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For both I and my people are sold for destruction, and pillage, and slavery; both we and our children for bondmen and bondwomen: and I consented not to it, for the slanderer is not worthy of the king’s palace.
Psalms 103:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He makes grass to grow for the cattle, And green herb for the service of men, To bring bread out of the earth;
Psalms 146:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Who covers the heaven with clouds, Who prepares rain for the earth, Who causes grass to spring up on the mountains, And green herb for the service of men;
Proverbs 33:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Isaiah 14:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall give thee rest from thy sorrow and vexation, and from thy hard servitude wherein thou didst serve them.
Jeremiah 41:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord; I made a covenant with your fathers in the day wherein I took them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, saying,
Lamentations 1:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Judea is gone into captivity by reason of her affliction, And by reason of the abundance of her servitude: She dwells among the nations, She has not found rest: All her pursuers have overtaken her between her oppressors.
Ezekiel 29:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre; every head was bald, and every shoulder peeled; yet there was no reward to him or to his army serving against Tyre, nor for the service wherewith they served against it.
Micah 6:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of bondage, and sent before thee Moses, and Aaron, and Miriam.
Romans 8:15 New Testament, KJV
For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
Romans 8:21 New Testament, KJV
Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
Galatians 4:24 New Testament, KJV
Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
Galatians 5:1 New Testament, KJV
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
Hebrews 2:15 New Testament, KJV
And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
1 Esdras 8:76 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For ever since the time of our fathers we have been and are in great sin, even unto this day.
Judith 8:23 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For our servitude shall not be directed to favor; but the Lord our God shall turn it to dishonor.
1 Maccabees 8:18 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and to entreat them that they would take the yoke from them; for they saw that the kingdom of the Grecians did oppress Israel with servitude.
1 Enoch 98:5 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
And barrenness has not been given to the woman, But on account of the deeds of her own hands she dies without children.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1397, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Esther 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Romans 2 usages, New Testament
Galatians 2 usages, New Testament
Hebrews 1 usage, New Testament
1 Esdras 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 1 usage, 1 Enoch

Strong's G1397 FAQ

What does douleia (δουλεία) mean?

Douleia (Strong's G1397) is a Greek word most simply glossed "bondage". douleia (dou-lei'-ah) n. 1. slavery (ceremonially or figuratively) [from G1398]

How many times is douleia (δουλεία) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 46 linked usages for Strong's G1397 across 25 books.

Where can I study douleia (δουλεία) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1397 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate douleia (δουλεία)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as bondage. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G1397 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 37 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 3 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G1397, with linked reader references where each row is available.