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Strong's #3781 - ὀφειλέτης

Transliteration

opheilétēs

Phonetics

of-i-let'-ace

Root Word (Etymology)

from (G3784)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TDNT

5:565,746

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

one who owes another, a debtor
1. one held by some obligation, bound by some duty
2. one who has not yet made amends to whom he has injured:
  1. one who owes God penalty or whom God can demand punishment as something due, i.e. a sinner

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (7)

Matthew 2

Luke 1

Romans 3

Galatians 1

NAS (10)

Matthew 2

Luke 1

Romans 5

Galatians 2

HCS (7)

Matthew 2

Luke 1

Romans 3

Galatians 1

BSB (7)

Matthew 2

Luke 1

Romans 3

Galatians 1

ESV (6)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

Romans 3

Galatians 1

WEB (6)

Matthew 1

Luke 1

Romans 3

Galatians 1

KJV (7)

debtor 2

debtors 3

owed 1

sinners 1

NAS (10)

culprits 1

debtors 1

indebted 1

obligation 3

owed 1

under 3

HCS (7)

debtors 1

more sinful 1

who owed 1

indebted 1

obligated 3

BSB (7)

[an] obligation 1

debtor 1

debtors 1

obligated 2

owe it 1

sinful 1

ESV (6)

debtors 1

obligated 1

owe 1

owed 1

under obligation 1

worse offenders 1

WEB (6)

a debtor 1

debtor 1

debtors 3

offenders 1

RAH

ANT

N-DPM 1

N-NPM 3

N-NSM 3

BEZ

N-DPM 1

N-NPM 3

N-NSM 3

BGB

N-DMP 1

N-NMP 3

N-NMS 3

BMT

N-DPM 1

N-NPM 3

N-NSM 3

BYZ

N-DPM 1

N-NPM 3

N-NSM 3

ELZ

N-DPM 1

N-NPM 3

N-NSM 3

NA26

A-NSM 1

N-DPM 1

N-NPM 2

N-NSM 2

SBL

N-DPM 1

N-NPM 3

N-NSM 3

SCV

N-DPM 1

N-NPM 3

N-NSM 3

STV

N-DPM 1

N-NPM 3

N-NSM 3

TIS

N-DPM 1

N-NPM 3

N-NSM 3

N-DPM 1

N-NPM 3

N-NSM 3

N-DPM 1

N-NPM 3

N-NSM 3

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ὀφειλ-έτης, ου, ὁ,

debtor, τινι Pl. Lg. 736d, etc.; ὀ. εἰμί c. inf.,

I am under bond to.., S. Aj. 590, cf. Romans 8:12 : — fem. ὀφειλ-έτις, ιδος, E. Rh. 965.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

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, Matthew 18:24. Metaphorically,

a. one held by some obligation, bound to some duty: ὀφειλέτης εἰμί, equivalent to ὀφείλω, followed by an infinitive, Galatians 5:3 (Sophocles Aj. 590); ὀφειλέτης εἰμί τίνος, to be one's debtor i. e. under obligations of gratitude to him for favors received, Romans 15:27; τίνι (dative commodi), to be under obligation to do something for someone, Romans 1:14; Romans 8:12.

b. one who has not yet made amends to one whom he has injured: Matthew 6:12; in imitation of the Chaldean חַיָב, one who owes God penalty or of whom God can demand punishment as something due, i. e. a sinner, Luke 13:4.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

* ὀφειλέτης , -ου , ὁ

(<ὀφείλω ),

a debtor: c. gen. (of the amount), Matthew 18:24. Metaph., of obligation or duty in general, with reference to favours received or injury done, etc.: Matthew 6:12, Romans 1:14; Romans 8:12; Romans 15:27, Galatians 5:3; of sinners, in relation to God (= Heb. חַיָּב ; cf. Sir (Hebrews 8:5) (6)), Luke 13:4.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

For the meaning ";coast along"; in Acts 27:8, Field (Notes, p. 143 f.) cites Diod. Sic. xiii. 3 κἀκεῖθεν ἤδη παρελέγοντο τὴν Ἰταλίαν, xiv. 55 αἱ δὲ τριήρεις ἔπλευσαν εἰς τὴν Λιβύην, παρελέγοντο δὲ τὴν γῆν. In BGU II. 665ii. 14 (i/A.D.) ἐνε ̣τ ̣είλατο γὰρ θέων πα ̣ρ ̣α ̣[λ ]έγων, the verb seems to refer to casual, incidental speech.

List of Word Forms

οφειλεται οφειλέται ὀφειλέται οφειλεταις οφειλέταις ὀφειλέταις οφειλετης οφειλέτης ὀφειλέτης opheiletai opheilétai opheiletais opheilétais opheiletes opheiletēs opheilétes opheilétēs