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sýndoulos

fellow servant

Say it: SOON-doo-los (approximate)

σύνδουλος

What it means

Fellow slave, fellow servant. In 4:7, Tychicus is "a fellow servant in the Lord," and Epaphras in 1:7. Paul uses it for equals, not for those beneath him.

Range of meaning

  • Fellow slaveOne who serves alongside.
  • Fellow servantA co-worker.

In Colossians

  • Chapter 4

    "And fellow servant in the Lord" (4:7).

Every verse (2)

Verses where G4889 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources