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Lexicon :: Strong's G3784 - opheilō

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ὀφείλω
Transliteration
opheilō (Key)
Pronunciation
of-i'-lo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Or (in certain tenses) its prolonged form opheileo {of-i-leh'-o}; probably from the base of ὄφελος (G3786) (through the idea of accruing)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:559,746

Trench's Synonyms: cvii. Additional Synonyms

Strong’s Definitions

ὀφείλω opheílō, of-i'-lo; probably from the base of G3786 (through the idea of accruing); to owe (pecuniarily); figuratively, to be under obligation (ought, must, should); morally, to fail in duty:—behove, be bound, (be) debt(-or), (be) due(-ty), be guilty (indebted), (must) need(-s), ought, owe, should. See also G3785.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x

The KJV translates Strong's G3784 in the following manner: ought (15x), owe (7x), be bound (2x), be (one's) duty (2x), be a debtor (1x), be guilty (1x), be indebted (1x), miscellaneous (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x
The KJV translates Strong's G3784 in the following manner: ought (15x), owe (7x), be bound (2x), be (one's) duty (2x), be a debtor (1x), be guilty (1x), be indebted (1x), miscellaneous (7x).

  1. to owe

    1. to owe money, be in debt for

      1. that which is due, the debt

  2. metaph. the goodwill due

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ὀφείλω opheílō, of-i'-lo; probably from the base of G3786 (through the idea of accruing); to owe (pecuniarily); figuratively, to be under obligation (ought, must, should); morally, to fail in duty:—behove, be bound, (be) debt(-or), (be) due(-ty), be guilty (indebted), (must) need(-s), ought, owe, should. See also G3785.
STRONGS G3784:
ὀφείλω; imperfect ὤφειλον; present passive participle ὀφειλόμενος; from Homer down; to owe;
a. properly, to owe money, be in debt for: τίνι τί, Matthew 18:28; Luke 16:5; without a dative, Matthew 18:28; Luke 7:41; Luke 16:7; Philemon 1:18; τό ὀφειλόμενον, that which is due, the debt, Matthew 18:30; αὐτῷ (which L Tr WH omit), that due to him, Matthew 18:34.
b. metaphorically: τί, passive τήν εὔνοιαν ὀφειλομένην, the good-will due (A. V. (not R. V.) due benevolence), 1 Corinthians 7:3 Rec.; μηδενί μηδέν ὀφείλετε (here ὀφείλετε, on account of what precedes and what follows, must be taken in its broadest sense, both literal and tropical), εἰ μή τό ἀλλήλους ἀγαπᾶν, owe no one anything except to love one another, because we must never cease loving and the debt of love can never be paid, Romans 13:8. absolutely, to be a debtor, be bound: Matthew 23:16, 18; followed by an infinitive to be under obligation, bound by duty or necessity, to do something; it behooves one; one ought; used thus of a necessity imposed either by law and duty, or by reason, or by the times, or by the nature of the matter under consideration (according to Westcott (Epistles of John, p. 5), Cremer, others, denoting obligation in its special and personal aspects): Luke 17:10; John 13:14; John 19:7 (ὀφείλει ἀποθανεῖν, he ought to die); Acts 17:29; Romans 15:1, 27; 1 Corinthians 5:10; (1 Corinthians 7:36 (A. V. need so requireth)); 1 Corinthians 9:10; 11:7,10; 2 Corinthians 12:14; Ephesians 5:28; 2 Thessalonians 1:3; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; Hebrews 2:17; Hebrews 5:3, 12; 1 John 2:6; 1 John 3:16; 1 John 4:11; 3 John 1:8; ὤφειλον συνίστασθαι, I ought to have been commended, i. e. I can demand commendation, 2 Corinthians 12:11.
c. after the Chaldee (see ὀφειλέτης, b., ὀφείλημα, b.), ὀφείλω τίνι, to have wronged one and not yet made amends to him (A. V. indebted), Luke 11:4. (Compare: προσοφείλω.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
18:28; 18:28; 18:30; 18:34; 23:16; 23:18
Luke
7:41; 11:4; 16:5; 16:7; 17:10
John
13:14; 19:7
Acts
17:29
Romans
13:8; 15:1; 15:27
1 Corinthians
5:10; 7:3; 7:36; 9:10; 11:7; 11:10
2 Corinthians
12:11; 12:14
Ephesians
5:28
2 Thessalonians
1:3; 2:13
Philemon
1:18
Hebrews
2:17; 5:3; 5:12
1 John
2:6; 3:16; 4:11
3 John
1:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3784 matches the Greek ὀφείλω (opheilō),
which occurs 36 times in 35 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:28 - 'And, that servant having come forth, found one of his fellow-servants who was owing him an hundred denaries, and having laid hold, he took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that which thou owest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:30 - and he would not, but having gone away, he cast him into prison, till he might pay that which was owing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:34 - 'And having been wroth, his lord delivered him to the inquisitors, till he might pay all that was owing to him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:16 - 'Wo to you, blind guides, who are saying, Whoever may swear by the sanctuary, it is nothing, but whoever may swear by the gold of the sanctuary -- is debtor!

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:18 - 'And, whoever may swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever may swear by the gift that is upon it -- is debtor!

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:41 - 'Two debtors were to a certain creditor; the one was owing five hundred denaries, and the other fifty;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:4 - and forgive us our sins, for also we ourselves forgive every one indebted to us; and mayest Thou not bring us into temptation; but do Thou deliver us from the evil.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:5 - 'And having called near each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much dost thou owe to my lord?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:7 - 'Afterward to another he said, And thou, how much dost thou owe? and he said, A hundred cors of wheat; and he saith to him, Take thy bill, and write eighty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:10 - 'So also ye, when ye may have done all the things directed you, say -- We are unprofitable servants, because that which we owed to do -- we have done.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:14 - if then I did wash your feet -- the Lord and the Teacher -- ye also ought to wash one another's feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:7 - the Jews answered him, 'We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, for he made himself Son of God.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:29 - 'Being, therefore, offspring of God, we ought not to think the Godhead to be like to gold, or silver, or stone, graving of art and device of man;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:8 - To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other -- law he hath fulfilled,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:1 - And we ought -- we who are strong -- to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:27

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:27 - for it pleased well, and their debtors they are, for if in their spiritual things the nations did participate, they ought also, in the fleshly things, to minister to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:10 - and not certainly with the whoremongers of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or idolaters, seeing ye ought then to go forth out of the world --

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:3 - to the wife let the husband the due benevolence render, and in like manner also the wife to the husband;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:36 - and if any one doth think it to be unseemly to his virgin, if she may be beyond the bloom of age, and it ought so to be, what he willeth let him do; he doth not sin -- let him marry.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:10 - or because of us by all means doth He say it? yes, because of us it was written, because in hope ought the plower to plow, and he who is treading ought of his hope to partake in hope.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:7 - for a man, indeed, ought not to cover the head, being the image and glory of God, and a woman is the glory of a man,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:10 - because of this the woman ought to have a token of authority upon the head, because of the messengers;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 12:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:11 - I have become a fool -- boasting; ye -- ye did compel me; for I ought by you to have been commended, for in nothing was I behind the very chiefest apostles -- even if I am nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 12:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:14 - Lo, a third time I am ready to come unto you, and I will not be a burden to you, for I seek not yours, but you, for the children ought not for the parents to lay up, but the parents for the children,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:28 - so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife -- himself he doth love;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:3 - We ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because increase greatly doth your faith, and abound doth the love of each one of you all, to one another;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:13 - And we -- we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, beloved by the Lord, that God did choose you from the beginning to salvation, in sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Phm 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:18 - and if he did hurt to thee, or doth owe anything, this to me be reckoning;

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 2:17 - wherefore it did behove him in all things to be made like to the brethren, that he might become a kind and stedfast chief-priest in the things with God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:3 - and because of this infirmity he ought, as for the people, so also for himself to offer for sins;

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:12 - for even owing to be teachers, because of the time, again ye have need that one teach you what are the elements of the beginning of the oracles of God, and ye have become having need of milk, and not of strong food,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:6 - He who is saying in him he doth remain, ought according as he walked also himself so to walk.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 3:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:16 - in this we have known the love, because he for us his life did lay down, and we ought for the brethren the lives to lay down;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 4:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:11 - Beloved, if thus did God love us, we also ought one another to love;

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Unchecked Copy Box 3Jo 1:8

Unchecked Copy Box3Jo 1:8 - we, then, ought to receive such, that fellow-workers we may become to the truth.
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