What does ἴδιος · δοῦλος mean in the Bible?
ἴδιος · δοῦλος is a Greek phrase meaning "his own bondservants or household servants".
Greek · G2398, G1401
τοὺς ἰδίους δούλους
One's own/private · slave
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ἴδιος G2398 one's own/private
Pronunciation ídios
Emphasizes what belongs distinctly to someone, contrasting with shared or others' property.
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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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What does τοὺς ἰδίους δούλους (tous idious doulous) mean in the Bible?
ἴδιος · δοῦλος is a Greek phrase meaning "his own bondservants or household servants".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2398, G1401?
G2398, G1401 is connected to 114 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. his own bondservants or household servants
Source Gloss
his own bondservants or household servants
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 114 Case pattern Genitive (22) Number pattern Singular (28)
Nominative · Plural · Masculine John 1:11 1×
Nominative · Plural · Neuter John 10:12 1×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Titus 1:12 1×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Acts 20:28 · 1 Cor 7:4 · 1 Cor 7:37 · Heb 9:12 · Heb 13:12 6×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Luke 6:44 · Rom 8:32 · 1 Tim 3:4 · 1 Tim 3:5 · 2 Pet 3:17 5×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Acts 24:23 · 1 Thess 2:14 · 1 Tim 3:12 · 1 Tim 5:8 4×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Acts 25:19 · Jas 1:14 · 2 Pet 1:20 · 2 Pet 2:16 4×
Genitive · Plural · Neuter John 8:44 · Heb 4:10 2×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Heb 7:27 1×
Dative · Singular · Feminine John 4:44 · Acts 1:7 · Acts 1:19 · Acts 2:6 · Acts 2:8 · Acts 3:12 · Acts 13:36 · Acts 24:24 · Rom 11:24 · 1 Cor 7:37 · 1 Cor 12:11 · 2 Pet 1:3 12×
Word Origins
τοὺς ἰδίους δούλους is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
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