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GreekG3781Noun (Masculine)

ὀφειλέτης

opheiletēs

7Occurrences
G3781Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

an ower, i.e. person indebted; figuratively, a delinquent; morally, a transgressor (against God)

from G3784 (ὀφείλω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
a debtor: with genitive (of the amount). Metaphorical, of obligation or duty in general, with reference to favours received or injury done, etc.: of sinners, in relation to God (= Heb. חַיָּב; cf. Sir (6)).

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

G:N-M

Full Description

Greek Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

ὀφειλέτης appears 7 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Romans
3
Matthew
2
Galatians
1
Luke
1

Key Passages

Galatians 5:3BSB

Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.

Luke 13:4BSB

Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam collapsed on them: Do you think that they were more sinful than all the others living in Jerusalem?

Matthew 18:24BSB

As he began the settlements, a debtor was brought to him owing ten thousand talents.

Matthew 6:12BSB

And forgive us our debts,as we also have forgiven our debtors.

Romans 1:14BSB

I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.