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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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ὀφείλημα

Strong’s: G3783

Associated OET lemmas: ὀφείλημα

Notes: Some scholars interpret ὀφείλημα in RV MAT 6:12 · LV MAT 6:12 · Read together MAT 6:12 as referring literally to debts, since they believe the statement refers to the actual forgiveness of debts in the idealized jubilee year in the Jewish Law.

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, n.

Inflections: ὀφείλημα; -τος

Related lemmas: ὀφείλω

Sense 1: debt, amount owed

Semantic entry: 57.221

Semantic domains: Possess, Transfer, Exchange

Subdomains: Owe, Debt, Cancel

Definition: (derivative of ὀφείλω[a] ‘to owe,’ 57.219: ὀφείλω) that which is owed

Notes: It is also possible to understand ὀφείλημα in RV ROM 4:4 · LV ROM 4:4 · Read together ROM 4:4 as meaning ‘obligation’ (see 71.26: ὀφείλημα).

ROM 4:4: RV ROM 4:4 · LV ROM 4:4 · Read together ROM 4:4

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OET-RV ROM 4:4

4 Now for someone who’s working, their wages are considered ‘owed’, not a gift.

OET-LV ROM 4:4

4 And to_the one working, the reward not is_being_counted by grace, but by debt.

Sense 2: obligation

Semantic entry: 71.26

Semantic domains: Mode

Subdomains: Should, Ought

Definition: that which one must do out of a sense of duty or as the result of commitment

Notes: For another interpretation of ὀφείλημα in RV ROM 4:4 · LV ROM 4:4 · Read together ROM 4:4, see 57.221: ὀφειλή / 57.221: ὀφείλημα.

ROM 4:4: RV ROM 4:4 · LV ROM 4:4 · Read together ROM 4:4

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OET-RV ROM 4:4

4 Now for someone who’s working, their wages are considered ‘owed’, not a gift.

OET-LV ROM 4:4

4 And to_the one working, the reward not is_being_counted by grace, but by debt.

Sense 3: offense, sin, transgression, guilt

Semantic entry: 88.299

Semantic domains: Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior

Subdomains: Sin, Wrongdoing, Guilt

Definition: (derivative of ὀφείλω [source selector 000003][d] ‘to sin against,’ 88.298: ὀφείλω) the moral debt incurred as the result of sin

MAT 6:12: RV MAT 6:12 · LV MAT 6:12 · Read together MAT 6:12

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OET-RV MAT 6:12

12 and write off what we owe you
 ⇔ as we also write off what others owe us.

OET-LV MAT 6:12

12 And forgive to_us the debts of_us, as we also forgave to_the debtors of_us.