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ὀφείλω opheilō · G3784

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to owe

ὀφείλω ; [in LXX: Deu.15:2, Isa.24:2 (נָשָׁה), Eze.18:7 (חוֹב), Wis.12:15, 20, al. ; ] ; to owe, be a debtor: with accusative of thing(s), Mat.18:28, Luk.7:41 16:7, Phm 18; id. with dative of person(s), Mat.18:28, Luk.16:5. Pass., to be owed, to be due: τ. ὀφειλόμενον, Mat.18:30, 34. Metaphorical: absol. (= Rabbinic חַיָּב; see McNeile, in l), Mat.23:16, 18; with accusative of thing(s) and dative of person(s), Rom.13:8; with inf., to be bound or obliged to do (of. Westc., Epp. Jo., 50), Luk.17:10, Jhn.13:14 19:7, Act.17:29, Rom.15:1, 27, 1Co.5:10 7:36 9:10 11:7 11:10, 2Co.12:14, Eph.5:28, 2Th.1:3 2:13, Heb.2:17 5:3, 12, 1Jn.2:6 Jn 3:16 Jn 4:11, 3Jn.8; ὤειλον συνίστασθαι, I ought to have …

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

ὀφείλ-ω, ; imperfect ὤφειλον; Epic dialect ὀφέλλω (also Aeolic dialect, []imperfect ὤφελλον or ὄφελλον, see infr. II. []: future ὀφειλήσω []: aorist 1 ὠφείλησα [] (ἐπ-): perfect ὠφείληκα: pluperfect -ήκειν[]aorist 2 ὤφελον (see. below []:—passive, aorist participle ὀφειληθείς []. (Cretan dialect ὀφήλω [], written ὀπέλο [] ὀφέλλω (see. above) and ὀφήλω []: in early Attic dialect Inscrr. written both ὀφελ -IG 12.91.8[]:—owe, have to pay or account for, τὸ καὶ μοιχάγρι᾽ ὀφέλλει []; ὅτι μοι.. …

Where it's used 35 times

Matthew 18:28 · Matthew 18:30 · Matthew 18:34 · Matthew 23:16 · Matthew 23:18 · Luke 7:41 · Luke 11:4 · Luke 16:5 · Luke 16:7 · Luke 17:10 · John 13:14 · John 19:7 · Acts 17:29 · Romans 13:8 · Romans 15:1 · Romans 15:27 · 1 Corinthians 5:10 · 1 Corinthians 7:36 · 1 Corinthians 9:10 · 1 Corinthians 11:7 · 1 Corinthians 11:10 · 2 Corinthians 12:11 · 2 Corinthians 12:14 · Ephesians 5:28 · 2 Thessalonians 1:3 · 2 Thessalonians 2:13 · Philemon 1:18 · Hebrews 2:17 · Hebrews 5:3 · Hebrews 5:12 · 1 John 2:6 · 1 John 3:16 · 1 John 4:11 · 3 John 1:8 … and 1 more

Source: TBESG G3784; TFLSJ G3784

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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