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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.)
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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 - But that bondman having gone out, found one of his fellow-bondmen who owed him a hundred denarii. And having seized him, he throttled him, saying, Pay me if thou owest anything.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:30 - But he would not, but went away and cast him into prison, until he should pay what was owing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:34 - And his lord being angry delivered him to the tormentors till he paid all that was owing to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:16 - Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:18 - And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it is a debtor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:41 - There were two debtors of a certain creditor: one owed five hundred denarii and the other fifty;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:4 - and remit us our sins, for we also remit to every one indebted to us; and lead us not into temptation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:5 - And having called to him each one of the debtors of his own lord, he said to the first, How much owest thou to my lord?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:7 - Then he said to another, And thou, how much dost thou owe? And he said, A hundred cors of wheat. And he says to him, Take thy writing and write eighty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:10 - Thus *ye* also, when ye shall have done all things that have been ordered you, say, We are unprofitable bondmen; we have done what it was our duty to do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:14 - If I therefore, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, 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, because he made himself Son of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:29 - Being therefore the offspring of God, we ought not to think that which is divine to be like gold or silver or stone, the graven form of man's art and imagination.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:8 - Owe no one anything, unless to love one another: for he that loves another has fulfilled the law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:1 - But *we* ought, we that 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 - They have been well pleased indeed, and they are their debtors; for if the nations have participated in their spiritual things, they ought also in fleshly to minister to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:10 - not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the avaricious and rapacious, or idolaters, since then ye should go out of the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:3 - Let the husband render her due to the wife, and in like manner the wife to the husband.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:36 - But if any one think that he behaves unseemly to his virginity, if he be beyond the flower of his age, and so it must be, let him do what he will, he does not sin: let them marry.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:10 - or does he say it altogether for our sakes? For for our sakes it has been written, that the plougher should plough in hope, and he that treads out corn, in hope of partaking of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:7 - For man indeed ought not to have his head covered, being God's image and glory; but woman is man's glory.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:10 - Therefore ought the woman to have authority on her head, on account of the angels.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 12:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:11 - I have become a fool; *ye* have compelled me; for *I* ought to have been commended by you; for I have been nothing behind those who were in surpassing degree apostles, if also I am nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:14 - Behold, this third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be in laziness a charge; for I do not seek yours, but you; for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:28 - So ought men also to love their own wives as their own bodies: he that loves his own wife loves himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:3 - We ought to thank God always for you, brethren, even as it is meet, because your faith increases exceedingly, and the love of each one of you all towards one another abounds;

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:18 - but if he have wronged thee anything or owe anything to thee, put this to my account.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 2:17 - Wherefore it behoved him in all things to be made like to his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things relating to 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, on account of this infirmity, he ought, even 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 when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have again need that one should teach you what are the elements of the beginning of the oracles of God, and are become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:6 - He that says he abides in him ought, even as *he* walked, himself also so to walk.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 3:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:16 - Hereby we have known love, because *he* has laid down his life for us; and *we* ought for the brethren to lay down our lives.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 4:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:11 - Beloved, if God has so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box 3Jo 1:8

Unchecked Copy Box3Jo 1:8 - *We* therefore ought to receive such, that we may be fellow-workers with the truth.
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