Debtor
χρεωφειλέτηςStrong’s G5533chreōpheiletēs
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Chreōpheiletēs is the Greek word usually translated “debtors”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.”
Meaning
Usually translated “debtors”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- debtors 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 2
1 book in all.
Related words
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Greek dictionary
χρεωφειλέτης chreōpheiletēs · debtor
χρεοφειλέτης (Rec. χρεω-, WH, χρεοφιλ-; see WH, App., 152, 154), -ου, ὁ, (χρέος, a debt, + ὀφειλέτης) [in LXX: Job.31:37, Pro.29:13 * ;] a debtor: Luk.7:41 16:5.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “debtor” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DEBT'OR, noun
det'tor.
- The person who owes another either money, goods or services.
- One who is under obligation to do something.“He is a debtor to do the whole law” Galatians 5:3
- The side of an account in which debts are charged.
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.