What does ἀχρεῖος · δοῦλος mean in the Bible?
ἀχρεῖος · δοῦλος is a Greek phrase meaning "worthless, useless servant".
Greek · G888, G1401
ἀχρεῖον δοῦλον
Worthless · slave
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ἀχρεῖος G888 worthless
Pronunciation achreîos
Worthless through uselessness or unproductiveness, especially of servants failing their obligation
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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 ἀχρεῖον δοῦλον (achreion doulon) mean in the Bible?
ἀχρεῖος · δοῦλος is a Greek phrase meaning "worthless, useless servant".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G888, G1401?
G888, G1401 is connected to 2 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. worthless, useless servant
Source Gloss
worthless, useless servant
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 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 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Plural (1)
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Luke 17:10 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 25:30 1×
Word Origins
ἀχρεῖον δοῦλον is built from these roots:
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