syndoulos · fellow slave

What it means

syndoulos (σύνδουλος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “fellow slave”.

Someone who serves the same master as another.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Someone who serves the same master as another.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• fellow slave ×6
• fellow slaves ×4

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×5
• Colossians×2
• Revelation×3

• Matthew 18:28

  But that slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves who owed him a hundred denarii; and seizing him, he was choking him, saying, ‘Pay back whatever you owe!’

• Matthew 18:29

  So his fellow slave fell down and was begging him, saying, ‘Be patient with me, and I will repay you.’

• Matthew 18:31

  So when his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were very grieved, and they went and reported to their master all that had happened.

• Matthew 18:33

  Should you not also have had mercy on your fellow slave, as I also had mercy on you?’

• Matthew 24:49

  and begins to beat his fellow slaves, and eats and drinks with the drunkards,

• Colossians 1:7

  just as you learned it from Epaphras our beloved fellow slave, who is a faithful servant of the Messiah on behalf of us,

• Colossians 4:7

  Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful servant and fellow slave in the Lord, will make known to you all the things concerning me.

• Revelation 6:11

  And to each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to rest a little while longer, until the number also of their fellow slaves and their brothers who were about to be killed as they themselves had been would be completed.

• Revelation 19:10

  And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he says to me, “See that you do not! I am a fellow slave of yours and of your brothers who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

• Revelation 22:9

  And he says to me, “See that you do not! I am a fellow slave of yours and of your brothers the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.”