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Debt

ὀφειλήStrong’s G3782

opheilē

Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament

In short

Opheilē is the Greek word usually translated “debt” and “dues”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.

“Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:”
Matthew 18:32 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “debt” and “dues”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • debt 2
  • dues 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Matthew 1
  • Romans 1
  • 1 Corinthians 1

3 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

ὀφειλή opheilē · debt

ὀφειλή, -ῆς, ἡ (ὀφείλω), a debt: Mat.18:32; metaphorically, one's due: Rom.13:7, 1Co.7:3 (found also in π.; see Deiss., BS, 221; MM, xviii).† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “debt” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

DEBT, noun

det. [Latin debitum, contracted.]

  1. That which is due from one person to another, whether money, goods, or services; that which one person is bound to pay or perform to another; as the debts of a bankrupt; the debts of a nobleman.
  2. That which any one is obliged to do or to suffer.
  3. In law, an action to recover a debt This is a customary ellipsis.
  4. In scripture, sin; trespass; guilt; crime; that which renders liable to punishment.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.