G3784 – opheilo – ὀφείλω – behove, be bound, (be) debt(-or), (be) due(-ty), be guilty (indebted), (must) need(-s), ought, owe,
- Strong’s ID:
- G3784
- Greek Word:
- ὀφείλω
- Transliteration:
- opheilō / opheilo
- Pronunciation:
- of-i’-lo
- Part of Speech:
- verb
- Usage Count:
- 36
- Search:
- Find “opheilo” in the Bible (New Testament)
Strong’s Greek Lexicon
or (in certain tenses) its prolonged form οφειλεω opheileo of-i-leh’-o; 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.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) to owe
1a) to owe money, be in debt for
1a1) that which is due, the debt
2) metaphorically the goodwill due
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.