Greek noun (masculine) · G3781
ὀφειλέτης
opheiletesof-i-let'-ace
debtor
7 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: opheilétēs
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3781is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3781
an ower, i.e. person indebted; figuratively, a delinquent; morally, a transgressor (against God)
The King James renders it: debtor, which owed, sinner.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
opheiletes is rendered "debtor". It stands 7 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Three of the uses stand in Romans, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 6:12And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
Matthew 6:12ὀφειλέταις
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's seven uses are in Romans.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- debtors4
- a debtor3
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ὀφειλέται3
- ὀφειλέτης3
- ὀφειλέταις1
The grammar of each form
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural3N-NPM
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular3N-NSM
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural1N-DPM
Matthew
two uses
And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
- ὀφειλέταιςopheiletaisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: debtors
As he began the settlements, a debtor was brought to him owing ten thousand talents.
- ὀφειλέτηςopheiletesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a debtor
Luke
one use
Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam collapsed on them: Do you think that they were more sinful than all the others living in Jerusalem?
- ὀφειλέταιopheiletainoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: debtors
Romans
three uses
I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.
- ὀφειλέτηςopheiletesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a debtor
Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation, but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it.
- ὀφειλέταιopheiletainoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: debtors
They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual blessings, they are obligated to minister to them with material blessings.
- ὀφειλέταιopheiletainoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: debtors
Galatians
one use
Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.
- ὀφειλέτηςopheiletesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a debtor
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.