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G1398 · δουλεύω

douleúō

Primary-Source Attested

Strong’s definition

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

KJV gloss list in the source

be in bondage, (do) serve(-ice)

Derivation recorded by Strong

from G1401 (δοῦλος);

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