Opheilétēs — G3781

Definition

masculine noun

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

1. one held by some obligation, bound to some duty
2. one who has not yet made amends to one whom he has injured

Usually translated as

debtor, which owed, sinner

Origin

from G3784

• opheílō (G3784)

Occurrences

Opheilétēs occurs 7 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (2), Luke (1), Romans (3), Galatians (1)

• Matthew 6:12 — And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors (ὀφειλέταις).
• Matthew 18:24 — And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed (ὀφειλέτης) 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 (ὀφειλέται) above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
• Romans 1:14 — I am debtor (ὀφειλέτης) both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
• Romans 8:12 — Therefore, brethren, we are debtors (ὀφειλέται), not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
• Romans 15:27 — It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors (ὀφειλέται) 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 (ὀφειλέτης) to do the whole law.