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δοῦλος — Ephesians 6:5 enslaved/dependent labor

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SEMANTIC_USAGE_OCCURRENCEUSAGE_G1401_EPH_6_5
Curation State
CURATED
Release Introduced
v45
Language
Greek
Lemma
δοῦλος
Strong Id
G1401
Lemma Keys
[
    "δοῦλος",
    "G1401"
]
Evidence Layers
[
    {
        "id": "BIBLICAL_HEBREW_GREEK",
        "role": "textual_corpus"
    }
]
Source Ids
[
    "SRC_SBLGNT",
    "SRC_KJV1769"
]
Source Reference
Ephesians 6:5
Date Range
{
    "label": "1st century CE composition context",
    "certainty": "broad"
}
Original Language
Greek
Attested Form
δοῦλοι
Original Excerpt
Οἱ δοῦλοι, ὑπακούετε τοῖς κατὰ σάρκα κυρίοις
Translation
{
    "text": "slaves/servants, obey your earthly masters",
    "responsibility": "Berean Archive working context translation; used only for the semantic-usage record.",
    "alignment_note": "Context-level evidence only; this record does not create a new translation-token alignment."
}
Semantic Domains
[
    {
        "id": "slavery_servitude",
        "role": "primary",
        "classification": "documented fact",
        "rationale": "The paired δοῦλοι / κύριοι relationship is an explicit master-servant/slave relationship."
    },
    {
        "id": "household_everyday",
        "role": "secondary",
        "classification": "strong evidence",
        "rationale": "The instruction appears within a household-order section involving dependent labor and household authority."
    }
]
Evidence Strength
DIRECT_ATTESTATION
Context Summary
The occurrence directly addresses people in a master-dependent relationship within the Roman-era household world.
Evidence Boundary
English translations vary between “slave,” “bondservant,” and “servant.” The social status in a particular case should be described from historical and contextual evidence rather than softened or intensified by translation preference alone.
Scripture Reference
{
    "book": "EPH",
    "chapter": 6,
    "verse": "5",
    "edition": "sblgnt"
}