Lexicon opheiléma: Debt, obligation Original Word: ὀφείλημα Strong's Exhaustive Concordance debt. From (the alternate of) opheilo; something owed, i.e. (figuratively) a due; morally, a fault -- debt. see GREEK opheilo HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 3783 opheílēma (a neuter noun) – the result of having a debt, focusing on the after-effect of the obligation (note the -ma suffix). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom opheiló Definition that which is owed, a debt NASB Translation debts (1), what is due (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3783: ὀφείλημαὀφείλημα, ὀφειλητος, τό (ὀφείλω), that which is owed; a. properly, that which is justly or legally due, a debt; so for מַשָּׁאָה, Deuteronomy 24:12 (10); ἀφιέναι, 1 Macc. 15:8; ἀποτίνειν, Plato, legg. 4, p. 717 b.; ἀποδιδόναι, Aristotle, eth. Nic. 9, 2, 5 (p. 1165a, 3). κατά ὀφείλημα, as of debt, Romans 4:4. b. in imitation of the Chaldean חוב or חובָא (which denotes both debt and sin), metaphorically, offence, sin (see ὀφειλέτης, b.); hence, ἀφιέναι τίνι τά ὀφειλετα αὐτοῦ, to remit the penalty of one's sins, to forgive them, (Chaldean חובִין שְׁבַק), Matthew 6:12. (Cf. Winer's Grammar, 30, 32, 33.) Englishman's Concordance Matthew 6:12 N-ANPGRK: ἡμῖν τὰ ὀφειλήματα ἡμῶν ὡς NAS: And forgive us our debts, as we also KJV: us our debts, as we INT: us the debts of us as Romans 4:4 N-ANS Strong's Greek 3783 |
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