Strong's Greek · G3784
G3784 opheílō
ὀφείλω
of-i'-lo
to owe
Looking for Hebrew H3784 kâshaph? It has the same number in Strong's Hebrew lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of G3784. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
opheílō appears 35 times in Scripture, including Matthew 18:28 and Luke 7:41. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to owe (pecuniarily); figuratively, to be under obligation (ought, must, should); morally, to fail in duty
In the King James Version
behove, be bound, (be) debt(-or), (be) due(-ty), be guilty (indebted), (must) need(-s), ought, owe, should
Derivation
probably from the base of G3786 (ὄφελος) (through the idea of accruing);
Appears 35 times in Scripture
“So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.”
“But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’”
“In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should repay all that he owed.”
“So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’””
“In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.”
“Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’”
“But he refused. Instead, he went and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay his debt.”
“And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.’”
““Two men were debtors to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
