G3781: ὀφειλέτης
opheilétēs · “debtor”
Definition
an ower, i.e. person indebted; figuratively, a delinquent; morally, a transgressor (against God)
KJV translates it as: debtor, which owed, sinner
Word origin: from G3784 (ὀφείλω);
Extended definition
(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.†
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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G3781 is translated
- debtors ×4
- a debtor ×3
Bible verses with G3781 (opheilétēs)
Opheilétēs appears in 7 verses.
- Matthew 6:12
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
- Matthew 18:24
And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.
- Luke 13:4
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?
- Romans 1:14
I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
- Romans 8:12
Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
- Romans 15:27
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.
- Galatians 5:3
For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.