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Owe
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OWE, o. Gr., Eng. own.
1. To be indebted to be obliged or bound to pay. The merchants owe a large sum to foreigners.
A son owes help and honor to his father.
One was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.
Matthew 18 .
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another. Romans 13 .
2. To be obliged to ascribe to to be obliged for as, that he may owe to me all his deliverance.
3. To possess to have to be the owner of. This is the original sense, but now obsolete. In place of it, we use own, from the participle. See Own.
Thou dost here usurp the name thou owest not.
4. To be due or owing.
O deem thy fall not ow'd to man's decree.
This passive form is not now used.
OWE, To be bound or obliged.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Bibliography Information
Entry for 'Owe'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/o/owe.html.
Entry for 'Owe'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/o/owe.html.
