Word study · Greek
douleía
slavery, bondage
Say it: doo-LI-ah (approximate)
δουλεία
What it means
The state of being a slave. In 4:24-25 Hagar "bears children into slavery," and in 5:1 Paul says "don't be entangled again with a yoke of bondage."
Range of meaning
- SlaveryBeing owned.
- BondageBeing bound.
In Galatians
Every verse (2)
Verses where G1397 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources