Word study · Greek
katadoulóō
to enslave
Say it: kat-ad-oo-LO-oh (approximate)
καταδουλόω
What it means
To make someone a slave completely (kata "down" plus doulos "slave"). In 2:4, the "false brothers" wanted "to bring us into bondage," and in 2 Corinthians 11:20 Paul says the Corinthians put up with those who "enslave" them.
Range of meaning
- EnslaveMake into a slave.
- SubjectPut under control.
In Galatians
- Chapter 2
"That they might bring us into bondage" (2:4).
Every verse (1)
Verses where G2615 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources