Strong's Number 1398
Transliteration:
douleuo
{dool-yoo'-o}
Word Origin:
TDNT:
2:261,182
Part of Speech:
verb
Usage in the KJV:
serve 18, be in bondage 4, do service 3
Total: 25
Definition:
- to be a slave, serve, do service
- of a nation in subjection to other nations
- metaph. to obey, submit to
- in a good sense, to yield obedience
- in a bad sense, of those who become slaves to some base power, to yield to, give one's self up to