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Lexicon :: Strong's G3784 - opheilō

Aa
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)
Dictionary Aids

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 35 times in 34 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:28 - “But that slave G1401 went G1831 out G1831 and found G2147 one G1520 of his fellow G4889 slaves G4889 who G3739 owed G3784 him a hundred G1540 [fn]denarii G1220; and he seized G2902 him and began to choke G4155 him, saying G3004, ‘Pay G591 back G591 what G5101 you owe G3784!’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:30 - “But he was unwilling G3756 G2309, [fn]and went G565 and threw G906 him in prison G5438 until G2193 he would pay G591 back G591 what G3588 was owed G3784.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:34 - “And his master G2962, moved G3710 with G3710 anger G3710, handed G3860 him over G3860 to the [fn]torturers G930 until G2193 he would repay G591 all G3956 that was owed G3784 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:16 -

“Woe G3759 to you, blind G5185 guides G3595, who say G3004, ‘Whoever G3739 G302 swears G3660 by the [fn]temple G3485, that is nothing G3762; but whoever G3739 G302 swears G3660 by the gold G5557 of the [fn]temple G3485 is obligated G3784.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:18 - “And you say, ‘Whoever G3739 G302 swears G3660 by the altar G2379, that is nothing G3762; but whoever G3739 G302 swears G3660 by the [fn]offering G1435 that is on it is obligated G3784.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:41 - “A moneylender G1157 had G1510 two G1417 debtors G5533: the one G1520 owed G3784 five G4001 hundred G4001 [fn]denarii G1220, and the other G2087, fifty G4004.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:4

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‘And forgive G863 us our sins G266,

For we ourselves G846 also G2532 forgive G863 everyone G3956 who is indebted G3784 to us.

And do not lead G1533 us into temptation G3986.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:5 - “And he summoned G4341 each G1538 one G1520 of his [fn]master’s G2962 debtors G5533, and he began saying G3004 to the first G4413, ‘How G4214 much G4214 do you owe G3784 my master G2962?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:7 - “Then G1899 he said G3004 to another G2087, ‘And how G4214 much G4214 do you owe G3784?’ And he said G3004, ‘A hundred G1540 [fn]kors G2884 of wheat G4621.’ He *said G3004 to him, ‘Take G1209 your bill G1121, and write G1125 eighty G3589.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:10 - “So G3779 you too G2532, when G3752 you do G4160 all G3956 the things G3956 which were commanded G1299 you, say G3004, ‘We are [fn]unworthy G888 slaves G1401; we have done G4160 only that which G3739 we ought G3784 to have done G4160.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:14 - “So G3767 if G1487 I, the Lord G2962 and the Teacher G1320, washed G3538 your feet G4228, you also G2532 ought G3784 to wash G3538 one G240 another’s G240 feet G4228.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:7 - The Jews G2453 answered G611 him, “We have G2192 a law G3551, and by that law G3551 He ought G3784 to die G599, because G3754 He made G4160 Himself G1438 out to be the Son G5207 of God G2316!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:29 - “Therefore G3767, since G3767 we are the descendants G1085 of God G2316, we ought G3784 not to think G3543 that the Divine G2304 Nature is like G3664 gold G5557 or G2228 silver G696 or G2228 stone G3037, an image G5480 formed G5480 by human G444 skill G5078 and thought G1761.

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Owe G3784 nothing G3367 to anyone G3367 except G1508 to love G25 one G240 another G240; for the one who loves G25 [fn]his neighbor G2087 has fulfilled G4137 the Law G3551.

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Now G1161 we who are strong G1415 ought G3784 to bear G941 the weaknesses G771 of those G3588 without G102 strength G102, and not just please G700 ourselves G1438.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:27 - For they were pleased G2106 to do so, and they are indebted G3781 to them. For if G1487 the Gentiles G1484 have shared G2841 in their spiritual G4152 things G4152, they are indebted G3784 to do G3008 them a G3008 service G3008 also G2532 in material G4559 things G4559.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:10 - I did not at all G3843 mean with the sexually G4205 immoral G4205 people G4205 of this G3778 world G2889, or G2228 with the greedy G4123 and swindlers G727, or G2228 with idolaters G1496, for then G686 you would have G3784 to leave G1831 the world G2889.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:36

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But if G1487 anyone G5100 thinks G3543 that he is acting G807 dishonorably G807 toward G1909 his virgin G3933, if G1437 she is [fn]past G5230 her youth G5230 and it ought G3784 to be so G3779, let him do G4160 what G3739 he wishes G2309, he is not sinning G264; let [fn]them marry G1060.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:10 - Or G2228 is He speaking G3004 entirely G3843 for our sake G1223? Yes G1063, it was written G1125 for our sake G1223, because G3754 the plowman G722 ought G3784 to plow G722 in hope G1680, and the thresher G248 to thresh in hope G1680 of sharing G3348 in the crops.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:7 - For a man G435 should G3784 not have his head G2776 covered G2619, since he is the image G1504 and glory G1391 of God G2316; but the woman G1135 is the glory G1391 of man G435.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:10 - Therefore G1223 G3778 the woman G1135 should G3784 have G2192 a symbol of authority G1849 on her head G2776, because G1223 of the angels G32.

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I have become G1096 foolish G878; you yourselves G4771 compelled G315 me. Actually G1063 I should G3784 have been commended G4921 by you, since G1063 I was in no G3762 respect G3762 inferior G5302 to the [fn]most G6088 eminent G6088 apostles G652, even G2532 though G1487 I am G1510 a nobody G3762.

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Here G2400 for this G3778 third G5154 time G5154 I am G2192 ready G2093 to come G2064 to you, and I will not be G2655 a G2655 burden G2655 to G2655 you; for I do not seek G2212 what is yours G4771, but you; for children G5043 are not responsible G3784 to save G2343 up G2343 for their parents G1118, but parents G1118 for their children G5043.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:28 - So G3779 husbands G435 also G2532 ought G3784 to love G25 their own G1438 wives G1135 as their own G1438 bodies G4983. He who loves G25 his own G1438 wife G1135 loves G25 himself G1438;

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We ought G3784 always G3842 to give G2168 thanks G2168 to God G2316 for you, brothers G80 and sisters, as is only fitting G514, because G3754 your faith G4102 is increasing G5232 abundantly G5232, and the love G26 of each G1538 and every G3956 one G1520 of you toward G1519 one G240 another G240 grows G4121 ever greater G4121.

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But we should G3784 always G3842 give G2168 thanks G2168 to God G2316 for you, brothers G80 and sisters beloved G25 by the Lord G2962, because G3754 God G2316 has chosen G138 you [fn]from the beginning G746 for salvation G4991 [fn]through G1722 sanctification G38 [fn]by the Spirit G4151 and faith G4102 in the truth G225.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:18 - But if G1487 he has wronged G91 you in any G5100 way G5100 or G2228 owes G3784 you anything, charge G1677 that to G1677 my account G1677;

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 2:17 - Therefore G3606, in all G3956 things G3956 He [fn]had G3784 to be made G3666 like G3666 His brothers G80 so G2443 that G2443 He might become G1096 a merciful G1655 and faithful G4103 high G749 priest G749 in things pertaining G4314 to God G2316, to make G2433 [fn]propitiation G2433 for G2433 the sins G266 of the people G2992.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:3 - and because G1223 of it he is obligated G3784 to offer G4374 sacrifices for sins G266 for himself G1438, as G2531 well G2531 as for the people G2992.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:12 - For though G2532 [fn]by this G3588 time G5550 you ought G3784 to be teachers G1320, you have G2192 need G5532 again G3825 for someone G5100 to teach G1321 you the [fn]elementary G4747 G746 principles G4747 of the actual G3051 words G3051 of God G2316, and you have come G1096 to need G5532 milk G1051 and not solid G4731 food G5160.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:6 - the one who says G3004 that he remains G3306 in Him ought G3784, himself G846 also G2532, to walk G4043 just G2531 as G2531 He walked G4043.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 3:16 - We know G1097 love G26 by this G3778, that He laid G5087 down G5087 His life G5590 for us; and we ought G3784 to lay G5087 down G5087 our lives G5590 for the brothers G80 and sisters.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:11 - Beloved G27, if G1487 God G2316 so G3779 loved G25 us, we also G2532 ought G3784 to love G25 one G240 another G240.

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Unchecked Copy Box3Jo 1:8

Unchecked Copy Box3Jo 1:8 - Therefore G3767 we ought G3784 to [fn]support G5274 such G5108 people G5108, so G2443 that G2443 we may [fn]prove G1096 to G1096 be G1096 fellow G4904 workers G4904 [fn]with the truth G225.
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