G3784
G3784 — ὀφείλω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
opheilo (of-ei'-lo) (or (in certain tenses), its prolonged form opheileo of-ei-leh'-o) v.
1. to owe (finacially)
2. (figuratively) to be under obligation, indebted (ought, must, should)
3. (morally) to fail in duty
[probably from the base of G3786 (through the idea of accruing)]
KJV: behove, be bound, (be) debt(-or), (be) due(-ty), be guilty (indebted), (must) need(-s), ought, owe, should
Root(s): G3786
See also: G3785
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
behove, be bound, (be) debt(-or), (be) due(-ty), be guilty (indebted), (must) need(-s), ought, owe, should
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ὀφείλω (behove)
Matthew 18:28
- KJV: But the same servant went out and found one of his fellowservants which owed him an hundred pence and he laid hands on him and took him by the throat saying Pay me that thou owest
- GK: εξελθών δε ο δούλος εκείνος εύρεν ένα των συνδούλων αυτού ος ωφείλεν αυτώ εκατόν δηνάρια και κρατήσας αυτόν έπνιγε λέγων απόδος μοι ει οφείλεις
Matthew 18:30
- KJV: And he would not but went and cast him into prison till he should pay the debt
- GK: ο δε ουκ ήθελεν αλλά απελθών έβαλεν αυτόν εις φυλακήν εώς ου αποδώ το οφειλόμενον
Matthew 18:34
- KJV: And his lord was wroth and delivered him to the tormentors till he should pay all that was due unto him
- GK: και οργισθείς ο κύριος αυτού παρέδωκεν αυτόν τοις βασανισταίς εώς ου αποδώ παν το οφειλόμενον αυτώ
Matthew 23:16
- KJV: Woe unto you blind guides which say Whosoever shall swear by the temple it is nothing but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple he is a debtor
- GK: ουαί υμίν οδηγοί τυφλοί οι λέγοντες ος αν ομόση εν τω ναώ ουδέν εστιν ος δ΄ αν ομόση εν τω χρυσώ του ναού οφείλει
Matthew 23:18
- KJV: And Whosoever shall swear by the altar it is nothing but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it he is guilty
- GK: και ος εάν ομόση εν τω θυσιαστηρίω ουδέν εστιν ος δ΄ αν ομόση εν τω δώρω τω επάνω αυτού οφείλει
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 11:4
- KJV: And forgive us our sins for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil
- GK: και άφες ημίν τας αμαρτίας ημών και γαρ αυτοί αφίεμεν παντί οφείλοντι ημίν και μη εισενέγκης ημάς εις πειρασμόν αλλά ρύσαι ημάς από του πονηρού
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
Luke 16:7
- KJV: Then said he to another And how much owest thou And he said An hundred measures of wheat And he said unto him Take thy bill and write fourscore
- GK: έπειτα ετέρω είπεν συ δε πόσον οφείλεις ο δε είπεν εκατόν κόρους σίτου και λέγει αυτώ δέξαι σου το γράμμα και γράψον ογδοήκοντα