Strong's Lexicon
G3781 — ὀφειλέτης
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3781 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ὀφειλέτης |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G3784 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 7 |
| Transliteration: | opheiletes |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | of-ei-let'-ace |
| Meaning: | 1. an ower, i.e. person indebted 2. (figuratively) a delinquent 3. (morally) a transgressor (against God) |
| KJV Renderings: | debtor, which owed, sinner |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὀφειλέτης, ὀφειλετου, ὁ (ὀφείλω), one who owes another, a debtor: properly, of one who owes another money (Plato, legg. 5, 736 d.; Plutarch; others); with a genitive of the sum due, Mat 18:24. Metaphorically,
a. one held by some obligation, bound to some duty: ὀφειλέτης εἰμί, equivalent to ὀφείλω, followed by an infinitive, Gal 5:3 (Sophocles Aj. 590); ὀφειλέτης εἰμί τίνος, to be one’s debtor i. e. under obligations of gratitude to him for favors received, Rom 15:27; τίνι (dative commodi), to be under obligation to do something for someone, Rom 1:14; Rom 8:12.
b. one who has not yet made amends to one whom he has injured: Mat 6:12; in imitation of the Chaldean çÇéÈá, one who owes God penalty or of whom God can demand punishment as something due, i. e. a sinner, Luk 13:4.
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ὀφειλέτης (debtor)
Matthew 6:12
- KJV: And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors
- GK: και άφες ημίν τα οφειλήματα ημών ως και ημείς αφίεμεν τοις οφειλέταις ημών
Matthew 18:24
- KJV: And when he had begun to reckon one was brought unto him which owed him ten thousand talents
- GK: αρξαμένου δε αυτού συναίρειν προσηνέχθη αυτώ εις οφειλέτης μυρίων ταλάντων
Luke 13:4
- KJV: Or 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
- GK: η εκείνοι οι δέκα και οκτώ εφ΄ ους έπεσεν ο πύργος εν τω Σιλωάμ και απέκτεινεν αυτούς δοκείτε ότι ούτοι οφειλέται εγένοντο παρά πάντας ανθρώπους τους κατοικούντας εν Ιερουσαλήμ
Romans 1:14
- KJV: I am debtor both to the Greeks and to the Barbarians both to the wise and to the unwise
- GK: Ελλησί τε και βαρβάροις σοφοίς τε και ανοήτοις οφειλέτης ειμί
Romans 8:12
- KJV: Therefore brethren we are debtors not to the flesh to live after the flesh
- GK: άρα ούν αδελφοί οφειλέται εσμέν ου τη σαρκί του κατά σάρκα ζην
Romans 15:27
- KJV: It 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
- GK: ευδόκησαν γαρ και οφειλέται αυτών εισιν ει γαρ τοις πνευματικοίς αυτών εκοινώνησαν τα έθνη οφείλουσιν και εν τοις σαρκικοίς λειτουργήσαι αυτοίς
Galatians 5:3
- KJV: For I testify again to every man that is circumcised that he is a debtor to do the whole law
- GK: μαρτύρομαι δε πάλιν παντί ανθρώπω περιτεμνομένω ότι οφειλέτης εστίν όλον τον νόμον ποιήσαι