Strong's Lexicon
G5533 — χρεωφειλέτης
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5533 |
|---|---|
| Word: | χρεωφειλέτης |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from a derivative of G5531 and G3781 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | chreopheiletes |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | khreh-o-fei-let'-ace |
| Meaning: | 1. a loan-ower, i.e. indebted person |
| KJV Renderings: | debtor |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
χρεωφειλέτης (L T Tr WH χρεοφειλέτης; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 691; Winers Grammar, § 5, 1 d. 13; (WHs Appendix, p. 152{b}; Tdf. Proleg., p. 89; T (?; see as above) WH χρεωφιλετης, cf. WH’s Appendix, p. 154{b} (see Iota))), χρεωφειλετου, ὁ (χρέος or χρέως, a loan, a debt, and ὀφειλέτης, which see), a debtor: Luk 7:41; Luk 16:5. (Pro 29:13; Job 31:37; Aesop fab. 289 (edited by Coray, 11th Halm edition); several times in Plutarch; (also in Diodorus, Dionysius Halicarnassus; see Sophocles’ Lexicon, under the word).)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
χρεωφειλέτης (debtor)
Luke 7:41
- KJV: There was a certain creditor which had two debtors the one owed five hundred pence and the other fifty
- GK: δύο χρεωφειλέται ήσαν δανειστή τινί ο εις ώφειλε δηνάρια πεντακόσια ο δε έτερος πεντήκοντα
Luke 16:5
- KJV: So he called every one of his lord’s debtors and said unto the first How much owest thou unto my lord
- GK: και προσκαλεσάμενος ένα έκαστον των χρεωφειλετών του κυρίου εαυτού έλεγε τω πρώτω πόσον οφείλεις τω κυρίω μου