Strong's Greek: 1249. ◄ 1249. Definition: a waiter, servant; then of any one who performs any service, an administrator. 1249 diákonos (from 1223 /diá, thoroughly and konis, dust) – properly, thoroughly raise up dust by moving in a hurry, and so to minister (WP, 1, 162); ministry (sacred service).
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Examples. ' 1 If the term doulos signifies' hired servant 'or' an apprentice, 'it is certainly strange, that out of the long list of learned lexicographers, not a single one ever found it out. 2  My correspondent informs me that the Greek word doulos, translated servant, means hired servant and not slave.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon. STRONGS NT 1249: διάκονος. διάκονος, διακονου, ὁ, ἡ (of uncertain origin, but by no means, as was formerly thought, compounded of διά and κόνις, so as to mean, properly, 'raising dust by hastening'; cf. ἐγκόνειν; for the alpha in the preposition διά is short, in διάκονος, long.
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Definition. 1  a slave, bondman, man of servile condition a slave. metaph., one who gives himself up to another's will those whose service is used by Christ in extending and advancing his cause among men. 2  a servant, attendant.
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Answer: A bondservant is a slave. In some Bibles the word bondservant is the translation of the Greek word doulos, which means “one who is subservient to, and entirely at the disposal of, his master; a slave.” Other translations use the word slave or servant. In Roman times, the term bondservant or slave could refer to someone who voluntarily served others.
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Greek lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the Theological Dictionary of the New Testament.. These files are public domain. Bibliography Information.
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In the NT a person owned as a possession for various lengths of times (Hebrew slaves no more than seven years, Gentile slaves without time limit), of lower social status than free persons or masters; slaves could earn or purchase their freedom. A male slave, or servant, of various degrees, Mt. 8:9, et al.
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'If the term doulos signifies' hired servant 'or' an apprentice, 'it is certainly strange, that out of the long list of learned lexicographers, not a single one ever found it out. Nellie Norton: Or, Southern Slavery and the Bible. A Scriptural Refutation of the Principal Arguments upon which the Abolitionists Rely. A Vindication of Southern Slavery from the Old and New Testaments. My correspondent informs me that the Greek word doulos, translated servant, means hired servant and not slave.
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The NAS New Testament Greek Lexicon. a slave, bondman, man of servile condition a slave. metaph., one who gives himself up to another's will those whose service is used by Christ in extending and advancing his cause among men. devoted to another to the disregard of one's own interests.
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define greek word doulos
The Greek word Doulos means one who is subservient to, and entirely at the disposal of, his master; a slave. The Greek word doulos means one who is subservient to, and entirely at the disposal of, his master and a slave.