Word Summary
doulagōgeō: to enslave, subdue
Original Word: δουλαγωγέωTransliteration: doulagōgeō
Phonetic Spelling: (doo-lag-ogue-eh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to enslave, subdue
Meaning: to enslave, subdue
Strong's Concordance
bring into subjection, enslave
From a presumed compound of doulos and ago; to be a slave-driver, i.e. To enslave (figuratively, subdue) -- bring into subjection.
see GREEK doulos
see GREEK ago
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1396: δουλαγωγέωδουλαγωγέω (
Rec.st δουλαγαγέω),
δουλαγωγῶ; (
δουλαγωγος, cf.
παιδαγωγός;
to lead away into slavery, claim as one's slave, (
Diodorus Siculus 12, 24, and occasionally in other later writings);
to make a slave and
to treat as a slave, i. e. with severity, to subject to stern and rigid discipline:
1 Corinthians 9:27. Cf. Fischer, De vitiis lexicorum N. T., p. 472f