{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "G1398",
  "lemma": "δουλεύω",
  "transliteration": "douleúō",
  "definition": "to be a slave to (literal or figurative, involuntary or voluntary)",
  "kjv": "be in bondage, (do) serve(-ice)",
  "occurrences": 165,
  "language": "Greek",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "G1401",
      "lemma": "δοῦλος",
      "transliteration": "doûlos",
      "meaning": "a slave",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/G1401"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Matthew 6:24",
      "text": "“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/6?v=24"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Luke 15:29",
      "text": "But he answered his father, ‘Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/15?v=29"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Luke 16:13",
      "text": "No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will hold to one and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/16?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "John 8:33",
      "text": "They answered him, “We are Abraham’s offspring, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How do you say, ‘You will be…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/john/8?v=33"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Acts 20:19",
      "text": "serving the Lord with all humility, with many tears, and with trials which happened to me by the plots of the Jews;",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/20?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Romans 6:6",
      "text": "knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we would…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/romans/6?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Romans 7:6",
      "text": "But now we have been discharged from the law, having died to that in which we were held; so that we serve in newness of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/romans/7?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Romans 9:12",
      "text": "it was said to her, “The elder will serve the younger.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/romans/9?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Romans 12:11",
      "text": "not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/romans/12?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Romans 14:18",
      "text": "For he who serves Messiah in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/romans/14?v=18"
    }
  ],
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}