G3784

ὀφείλω

opheilō

Verb · Or (in certain tenses) its prolonged form opheileo {of-i-leh'-o}; probably from the base of ὄφελος (G3786) (through the idea of accruing)

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.

Outline

to owe

to owe money, be in debt for

that which is due, the debt

metaph. the goodwill due

Usages

Matthew 18:28

But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.

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Matthew 18:30

And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.

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Matthew 18:34

And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.

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Matthew 23:16

Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!

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Matthew 23:18

And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.

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Luke 7:41

There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.

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Luke 11:4

And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.

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Luke 16:5

So he called every one of his lord’s debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?

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Luke 16:7

Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.

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Luke 17:10

So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.

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John 13:14

If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet.

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John 19:7

The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.

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Acts 17:29

Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.

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Romans 13:8

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

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Romans 15:1

We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

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Romans 15:27

It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things.

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1 Corinthians 5:10

Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.

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1 Corinthians 7:3

Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

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1 Corinthians 7:36

But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.

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1 Corinthians 9:10

Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.

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1 Corinthians 11:7

For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

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1 Corinthians 11:10

For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.

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2 Corinthians 12:11

I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.

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2 Corinthians 12:14

Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

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Ephesians 5:28

So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

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2 Thessalonians 1:3

We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;

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2 Thessalonians 2:13

But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

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Ephesians 1:4

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Philemon 1:18

If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine account;

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Hebrews 2:17

Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.

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Hebrews 5:3

And by reason here of he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.

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Hebrews 5:12

For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.

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Acts 8:30 1 Corinthians 3:1

Ecclesiasticus 6:34 Ecclesiasticus 7:14 Ecclesiasticus 7:29 Ecclesiasticus 32:9 Romans 10:15 1 Timothy 5:17 Hebrews 13:17

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1 John 2:6

He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

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1 John 3:16

Hereby perceive we the love of God of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

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1 John 4:11

Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

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3 John 1:8

We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.

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