# G1398 δουλεύω

δουλεύω (douleúō), Strong’s G1398: to be a slave to (literal or figurative, involuntary or voluntary) KJV: be in bondage, (do) serve(-ice). Occurs 165 times.

Source: https://besorah.bible/word/G1398 — Besorah, the whole Bible in Hebrew, Greek and English. Texts and licences: https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html

*douleúō* — to be a slave to (literal or figurative, involuntary or voluntary)

KJV: be in bondage, (do) serve(-ice)

Derived from [δοῦλος doûlos](https://besorah.bible/word/G1401) (a slave)

Occurs 165 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 6:24](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/6?v=24) — “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…
- [Luke 15:29](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/15?v=29) — But he answered his father, ‘Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours…
- [Luke 16:13](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/16?v=13) — 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…
- [John 8:33](https://besorah.bible/besorah/john/8?v=33) — They answered him, “We are Abraham’s offspring, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How do you say, ‘You will be…
- [Acts 20:19](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/20?v=19) — serving the Lord with all humility, with many tears, and with trials which happened to me by the plots of the Jews;
- [Romans 6:6](https://besorah.bible/besorah/romans/6?v=6) — knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we would…
- [Romans 7:6](https://besorah.bible/besorah/romans/7?v=6) — 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…
- [Romans 9:12](https://besorah.bible/besorah/romans/9?v=12) — it was said to her, “The elder will serve the younger.”
- [Romans 12:11](https://besorah.bible/besorah/romans/12?v=11) — not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord,
- [Romans 14:18](https://besorah.bible/besorah/romans/14?v=18) — For he who serves Messiah in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.