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Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
A-1 Verb Strong's Number: g3784 Greek: opheilo

Owe:

"to owe, to be a debtor" (in the Passive Voice, "to be owed, to be due"), is translated by the verb "to owe" in Mat 18:28 (twice); Luk 7:41; 16:5, 7; Rom 13:8; in 15:27, RV, "they (Gentile converts) owe it" (AV, "it is their duty"); Phm 1:18.
See BEHOVE, DEBT, DUE, DUTY, GUILTY, INDEBTED, MUST, NEED, OUGHT.

A-2 Verb Strong's Number: g4359 Greek: prosopheilo

Owe:

"to owe besides" (pros, "in addition," and No. 1), is used in Phm 1:19, "thou owest (to me even thine own self) besides," i.e., "thou owest me already as much as Onesimus' debt, and in addition even thyself" (not "thou owest me much more").

B-1 Noun Strong's Number: g3781 Greek: opheiletes

Owe:

"a debtor" (akin to A, No. 1), is translated "which owed" in Mat 18:24, lit., "a debtor (of ten thousand talents)."
See DEBTOR.

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