dou'lo" dou'lo", douvlh, dou'lon (derived by most from devw, to tie, bind; by some from DELW, to ensnare, capture ((?) others besides; cf. Vanicek, p. 322)); serving, subject to: paresthvsate tav mevlh uJmw'n dou'la th'/ ajkaqarsiva, . Then substantively, hJ douvlh, a female slave, bondmaid, handmaid: tou' Qeou', tou' kurivou, one who worships God and submits to him, (from ()); ,. oJ dou'lo", the Septuagint for db,[,;1. a slave, bondman, man of servile condition; a. properly: opposed to ejleuvqero", ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; opposed to kuvrio", despovth", oijkodespovth", ; f; ; ; ; ; ; , and very often. b. metaphorically, a. one who gives himself up wholly to another's will, ; or dominion, th'" aJmartiva", ; ,; th'" fqora'", , (tw'n hJdonw'n, Athen. 12, p. 531 c.; tw'n crhmavtwn, Plutarch, Pelop. c. 3; tou' pivnein, Aelian v. h. 2, 41). b. the dou'loi Cristou', tou' Cristou', !Ihsou' Cristou', are those whose service is used by Christ in extending and advancing his cause among men: used of apostles, ; ; ; ; ; ; ; of other preachers and teachers of the gospel, ; ; ; of the true worshippers of Christ (who is kuvrio" pavntwn, ), . The dou'loi tou' Qeou', h/:hy? ydeb][', are those whose agency God employs in executing his purposes: used of apostles, ; ; of Moses (), ; of prophets (; ), ; ; ; of all who obey God's commands, his true worshippers, ; ; ; ,; ,; ( (); (); , (,)). g. dou'lo" tivno", devoted to another to the disregard of one's own interests: ; ; strenuously laboring for another's salvation, .2. a servant, attendant, (of a king): <<ref:BHS/GNT_Mat 18:23$