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:
opheilo
Pronunciation:
of-i’-lo
Part of Speech:
verb
Usage Count:
36
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Strong’s Greek Lexicon

or (in certain tenses) its prolonged form οφειλεω opheileo of-i-leh’-o; probably from the base of (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 .

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.