What does δοῦλος · ἐλεύθερος mean in the Bible?
δοῦλος · ἐλεύθερος is a Greek phrase meaning "whether slave or free".
Greek · G1401, G1658
δοῦλος εἴτε ἐλεύθερος
Slave · free/freedom
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δοῦλος G1401 slave
Pronunciation doûlos
Complete loss of personal autonomy and will to a master; metaphorically, enslavement to sin or Christ.
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ἐλεύθερος G1658 free/freedom
Pronunciation eleútheros
Liberation from external constraint or obligation, whether social, legal, or spiritual bondage.
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What does δοῦλος εἴτε ἐλεύθερος (doulos eite eleutheros) mean in the Bible?
δοῦλος · ἐλεύθερος is a Greek phrase meaning "whether slave or free".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G1401, G1658?
G1401, G1658 is connected to 126 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. whether slave or free
Source Gloss
whether slave or free
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 10 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 10 Aligned forms 126 Case pattern Nominative (57) Number pattern Singular (71)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 10:24 · Matt 10:25 · Matt 18:26 · Matt 18:28 · Matt 20:27 · Matt 24:45 · Matt 24:46 · Matt 24:48 · Mark 10:44 · Luke 7:2 · Luke 12:43 · Luke 12:45 · Luke 12:47 · Luke 14:21 · Luke 14:22 · John 8:34 35×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 13:27 · Matt 13:28 · Matt 22:10 · Luke 12:37 · Luke 17:10 · John 4:51 · John 18:18 · Acts 16:17 · Rom 6:16 · Rom 6:17 · Rom 6:20 · 1 Cor 7:23 · 1 Cor 12:13 · Eph 6:5 · Eph 6:6 · Phil 1:1 22×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 18:27 · Matt 24:50 · Luke 12:46 · Gal 4:1 · Phil 2:7 · Rev 15:3 6×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 18:23 · Matt 25:19 · John 18:26 · Rev 19:2 · Rev 19:18 5×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Matt 22:8 · Mark 13:34 · Acts 4:29 · Col 4:1 · Rev 1:1 · Rev 11:18 · Rev 22:6 7×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 8:9 · Luke 7:8 · Luke 14:21 · Luke 17:9 · John 18:10 · Rev 1:1 6×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Matt 21:34 · Matt 21:35 · Matt 21:36 · Matt 22:3 · Matt 22:4 · Matt 22:6 · Matt 25:14 · Luke 15:22 · Luke 19:13 · Luke 19:15 · John 15:15 · Acts 2:18 · Rom 6:16 · 2 Cor 4:5 · Titus 2:9 · Rev 2:20 19×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 25:30 · Matt 26:51 · Mark 12:2 · Mark 12:4 · Mark 14:47 · Luke 2:29 · Luke 7:3 · Luke 7:10 · Luke 14:17 · Luke 14:23 · Luke 17:7 · Luke 20:10 · Luke 20:11 · Luke 22:50 · John 18:10 · 2 Tim 2:24 18×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Rom 6:19 2×
Vocative · Singular · Masculine Matt 18:32 · Matt 25:21 · Matt 25:23 · Matt 25:26 · Luke 19:17 · Luke 19:22 6×
Word Origins
δοῦλος εἴτε ἐλεύθερος is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain