καταδουλόω
katadouloō · enslave
Greek word · Strong’s number G2615 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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katadouloō (καταδουλόω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “enslave”.
Bring someone completely under one's control.
How to say it
ka·ta·dou·lo·ō
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
- To bring someone wholly under control, robbing their freedom.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- enslaves ×1
- they might enslave ×1
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 2 Corinthians 11:20
For you bear it if someone enslaves you, if someone devours you, if someone takes from you, if someone exalts himself, if someone strikes you in the face.
- Galatians 2:4
And this was because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who slipped in to spy out our freedom that we have in the Messiah Jesus, so that they might enslave us;