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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 35 times in 34 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:28 - "But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, who owed him one hundred denarii, and he grabbed him, and took him by the throat, saying, 'Pay me what you owe!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:30 - He would not, but went and cast him into prison, until he should pay back that which was due.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:34 - His lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors, until he should pay all that was due to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:16 - "Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:18 - 'Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is a obligated.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:41 - "A certain lender had two debtors. The one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:4 - Forgive us our sins, For we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. Bring us not into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:5 - Calling each one of his lord's debtors to him, he said to the first, 'How much do you owe to my lord?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:7 - Then said he to another, 'How much do you owe?' He said, 'A hundred cors of wheat.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:10 - Even so you also, when you have done all the things that are commanded you, say, 'We are unworthy servants. We have done our duty.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:14 - If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:7 - The Yehudim answered him, "We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God."

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:29 - Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold, or silver, or stone, engraved by art and design of man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:8 - Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:1 - Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:27

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:27 - Yes, it has been their good pleasure, and they are their debtors. For if the Goyim have been made partakers of their spiritual things, they owe it to them also to serve them in fleshly things.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:10 - yet not at all meaning with the sexual sinners of this world, or with the covetous and extortioners, or with idolaters; for then you would have to leave the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:36 - But if any man thinks that he is behaving inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of her age, and if need so requires, let him do what he desires. He doesn't sin. Let them marry.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:10 - or does he say it assuredly for our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake, because he who plows ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should partake of his hope.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:7 - For a man indeed ought not to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of the man.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:10 - For this cause the woman ought to have authority on her head, because of the angels.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:11 - I have become foolish in boasting. You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for in nothing was I behind the very best apostles, though I am nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:14 - Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you; for I seek not your possessions, but you. For the children ought not to save up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:28 - Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:3 - We are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers, even as it is appropriate, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of each and every one of you towards one another abounds;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:13 - But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Phm 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:18 - But if he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, put that to my account.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 2:17 - Therefore he was obligated in all things to be made like his brothers, that he might become a merciful and faithful Kohen Gadol in things pertaining to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:3 - Because of this, he must offer sacrifices for sins for the people, as well as for himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:12 - For when by reason of the time you ought to be teachers, you again need to have someone teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God. You have come to need milk, and not solid food.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:6 - he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 3:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:16 - By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 4:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:11 - Beloved, if God loved us in this way, 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 for the truth.
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