- Original: δουλεύω - Transliteration: Douleuo - Phonetic: dool-yoo'-o - Definition: 1. to be a slave, serve, do service a. of a nation in subjection to other nations 2. metaph. to obey, submit to a. in a good sense, to yield obedience b. in a bad sense, of those who become slaves to some base power, to yield to, give one's self up to - Origin: from G1401 - TDNT entry: 06:21,2 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From G1401 ; to be a slave to (literally or figuratively involuntarily or voluntarily): - be in bondage (do) serve (-ice). Total KJV Occurrences: 20 • bondage, 4 Joh 8:33; Act 7:7; Galatians 4:9; Galatians 4:25 • serve, 8 Romans 6:6; Romans 7:6; Romans 7:25; Romans 9:12; Romans 16:18; Galatians 5:13; Colossians 3:24; 1 Thessalonians 1:9 • served, 1 Philippians 2:22 • serveth, 1 Romans 14:18 • service, 3 Galatians 4:8; Eph 6:7; 1 Timothy 6:2 • serving, 3 Act 20:19; Romans 12:11; Titus 3:3