Debtor

Debtor - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)

Various regulations as to the relation between debtor and creditor are laid down in the Scriptures.

(1.) The debtor was to deliver up as a pledge to the creditor what he could most easily dispense with (Deut. 24:10, 11).

(2.) A mill, or millstone, or upper garment, when given as a pledge, could not be kept over night (Ex. 22:26, 27).

(3.) A debt could not be exacted during the Sabbatic year (Deut. 15:1-15).

For other laws bearing on this relation see Lev. 25:14, 32, 39; Matt. 18:25, 34.

(4.) A surety was liable in the same way as the original debtor (Prov. 11:15; 17:18).

Debtor - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

DEBT'OR, n. det'tor.

1. The person who owes another either money, goods or services.

In Athens an insolvent debtor became slave to his creditor.

2. One who is under obligation to do something.

I am debtor to the Greeks and barbarians. Rom. I.

He is a debtor to do the whole law. Gal 5.

3. The side of an account in which debts are charged.