doulos

'If the term doulos signifies' hired servant 'or' an apprentice, 'it is certainly strange, that out of the long list of learned lexicographers, not a single one ever found it out.

Nellie Norton: Or, Southern Slavery and the Bible. A Scriptural Refutation of the Principal Arguments upon which the Abolitionists Rely. A Vindication of Southern Slavery from the Old and New Testaments. 1864

My correspondent informs me that the Greek word "doulos," translated servant, means hired servant and not slave.

Scriptural and Statistical Views in Favor of Slavery Thornton Stringfellow 1856

My correspondent informs me that the Greek word "doulos," translated servant, means hired servant and not slave.

A Brief Examination of Scripture Testimony on the Institution of Slavery, in an Essay, First Published in the Religious Herald, and Republished by Request: with Remarks on a Letter of Elder Galusha, of New York, to Dr. R. Fuller, of South Carolina 1850

"Bloomfield says 'The word doulos, contracted for deolos, was properly an adjective, signifying bound; but used substantively, denotes a bond servant, usually for life.'

Nellie Norton: Or, Southern Slavery and the Bible. A Scriptural Refutation of the Principal Arguments upon which the Abolitionists Rely. A Vindication of Southern Slavery from the Old and New Testaments. 1864

Moreover, Dr. Barnes says that the word doulos denotes servant of any kind, and it should never be assumed that those to whom it is applied were slaves. "

Nellie Norton: Or, Southern Slavery and the Bible. A Scriptural Refutation of the Principal Arguments upon which the Abolitionists Rely. A Vindication of Southern Slavery from the Old and New Testaments. 1864

This man was a great preacher, but it is possible for any one to become a 'doulos' in so far as he is willing to serve God and his fellowman.

Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans" Edith Matilda Thomas 1889

The spirit of "doulos" had displaced her antipathy toward the word servant.

Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans" Edith Matilda Thomas 1889

Greek word "doulos;" that is, says Dr. Johnson in his Dictionary, it meant formerly a captive taken in war, and reserved for slavery.

Scriptural and Statistical Views in Favor of Slavery Thornton Stringfellow 1856

God for the purchase of slaves from the heathen, (in order to silence his argument about "doulos," and hired servant,) I say he told me positively, there was no such law.

A Brief Examination of Scripture Testimony on the Institution of Slavery, in an Essay, First Published in the Religious Herald, and Republished by Request: with Remarks on a Letter of Elder Galusha, of New York, to Dr. R. Fuller, of South Carolina 1850

Another remarkable fact is this: the English word servant, originally meant precisely the same thing as the Greek word "doulos;" that is, says Dr. Johnson in his Dictionary, it meant formerly a captive taken in war, and reserved for slavery.

A Brief Examination of Scripture Testimony on the Institution of Slavery, in an Essay, First Published in the Religious Herald, and Republished by Request: with Remarks on a Letter of Elder Galusha, of New York, to Dr. R. Fuller, of South Carolina 1850