Strong G3781ὀφειλέτης
debtor
- Transliteration
- opheiletēs
- Pronunciation
- of-i-let'-ace
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From G3784; an ower that is a person indebted; figuratively a delinquent; morally a transgressor (against God): - debtor which owed sinner.
Detailed definition
ὀφειλέτης, -ου, ὁ
(ὀφείλω),
a debtor: with genitive (of the amount), Mat.18:24. Metaphorical, of obligation or duty in general, with reference to favours received or injury done, etc.: Mat.6:12, Rom.1:14 8:12 15:27, Gal.5:3; of sinners, in relation to God (= Heb. חַיָּב; cf. Sir (Heb.8:5) (6)), Luk.13:4.†
(AS)
(ὀφείλω),
a debtor: with genitive (of the amount), Mat.18:24. Metaphorical, of obligation or duty in general, with reference to favours received or injury done, etc.: Mat.6:12, Rom.1:14 8:12 15:27, Gal.5:3; of sinners, in relation to God (= Heb. חַיָּב; cf. Sir (Heb.8:5) (6)), Luk.13:4.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3781 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- debtor4
- debtors1
- owe1
- sinner1
First verses
- Matthew 6:12And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
- Matthew 18:24And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.
- Luke 13:4Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
- Romans 1:14I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
- Romans 8:12Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
- Romans 15:27It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things.
- Galatians 5:3For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ὀφειλ-έτης, ου, ὁ,
debtor, τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 736d, etc.)]; ὀ. εἰμί with infinitive, I am under bond to.., [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 590, cf. NT.Rom.8.12)]: —feminine ὀφειλ-έτις, ιδος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 965.)]
debtor, τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 736d, etc.)]; ὀ. εἰμί with infinitive, I am under bond to.., [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 590, cf. NT.Rom.8.12)]: —feminine ὀφειλ-έτις, ιδος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 965.)]