ὀφείλω

opheílō · Greek · Strong's G3784 · 35 occurrences

The KJV renders 6 different Hebrew and Greek words as “debt”

What it means

to owe (pecuniarily); figuratively, to be under obligation (ought, must, should); morally, to fail in duty

probably from the base of G3786 (ὄφελος) (through the idea of accruing);

How the KJV renders it

behove, be bound, debt, due, be guilty, need, ought, owe, should

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“debt”

also renders opheilḗ (G3782), dáneion (G1156), opheílēma (G3783), mashshâʼâh (H4859), nᵉshîy (H5386)

“due”

also renders opheilḗ (G3782), kairós (G2540), ídios (G2398), dâbâr (H1697), mishpâṭ (H4941)

“need”

also renders prosdéomai (G4326), chrḗizō (G5535), deî (G1163), chreía (G5532), tsôrek (H6878)

“ought”

also renders tìs (G5100), deî (G1163), chrḗ (G5534), kôl (H3605), mᵉʼûwmâh (H3972)

“should”

also renders deî (G1163)

Questions this word decides

Where it appears

35 occurrences in the Greek text, first 34 verses shown.

1 Corinthians 5:10 V-IAI-2P1 Corinthians 7:36 V-PAI-3S1 Corinthians 9:10 V-PAI-3S1 Corinthians 11:7 V-PAI-3S1 Corinthians 11:10 V-PAI-3S1 John 2:6 V-PAI-3S1 John 3:16 V-PAI-1P1 John 4:11 V-PAI-1P2 Corinthians 12:11 V-IAI-1S2 Corinthians 12:14 V-PAI-3S2 Thessalonians 1:3 V-PAI-1P2 Thessalonians 2:13 V-PAI-1P3 John 1:8 V-PAI-1PActs 17:29 V-PAI-1PEphesians 5:28 V-PAI-3PHebrews 2:17 V-IAI-3SHebrews 5:3 V-PAI-3SHebrews 5:12 V-PAP-NPMJohn 13:14 V-PAI-2PJohn 19:7 V-PAI-3SLuke 7:41 V-IAI-3SLuke 11:4 V-PAP-DSMLuke 16:5 V-PAI-2SLuke 16:7 V-PAI-2SLuke 17:10 V-IAI-1PMatthew 18:28 V-IAI-3SMatthew 18:30 V-PPP-ASNMatthew 18:34 V-PPP-ASNMatthew 23:16 V-PAI-3SMatthew 23:18 V-PAI-3SPhilemon 1:18 V-PAI-3SRomans 13:8 V-PAM-2PRomans 15:1 V-PAI-1PRomans 15:27 V-PAI-3P

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.