douleuvw douleuvw; future douleuvsw; 1 aorist ejdouvleusa; perfect dedouvleukav; (dou'lo"); the Septuagint for db'[;;1. properly, to be a slave, serve, do service: absolutely, ; ; tivni ; ; ; said of nations in subjection to other nations, ; ; men are said douleuvein who bear the yoke of the Mosaic law, (see douleiva).2. metaphorically, to obey, submit to; a. in a good sense: absolutely, to yield obedience, ; tivni, to obey one's commands and render to him the services due, ; God: ; ; ; kurivw/ and tw'/ kurivw/, ; (not Rec.^st, see below); ; Christ: ; ; novmw/ Qeou', according to the context, feel myself bound to, ; toi'" qeoi'", to worship gods, ; tw'/ kairw'/ (Anth. 9, 441, 6), wisely adapt oneself to, Rec.^st (see above), cf. Fritzsche at the passage; perform services of kindness and Christian love: ajllhvloi", ; used of those who zealously advance the interests of anything: wJ" patriv tevknon suvn ejmoiv ejdouvleusen eij" tov eujaggevlion equivalent to wJ" patriv tevknon douleuvei, ejmoiv ejdouvleusen kaiv ou{tw suvn ejmoiv ejdouvleusen, etc. (Winer's Grammar, 422 (393); 577 (537)). b. in a bad sense, of those who become slaves to some base power, to yield to, give oneself up to: th'/ aJmartiva, ; novmw/ aJmartiva", ; ejpiqumivai" kaiv hJdonai'", , (Xenophon, mem. 1, 5, 5; Apology Socrates 16; Plato, Phaedrus, p. 238 e.; Polybius 17, 15, 16; Herodian, 1, 17, 22 (9, Bekker edition)); th'/ koiliva, , (gastriv, Anthol. 11, 410, 4; Xenophon, mem. 1, 6, 8; abdomini servire, Seneca, de benef. 7, 26, 4; ventri obedire, Sall. (Cat. )); mamwna'/, to devote oneself to getting wealth: ; . toi'" stoiceioi" tou' kovsmou, .*