ὀφειλέτης (ofeilέtaʸs) — debtor / one who is obliged to / one who is obligated to

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, m.

Inflections: ὀφειλέτης; -ου

Related lemmas: ὀφείλω

Sense 1: debtor

Semantic entry: 57.222

Semantic domains: Possess, Transfer, Exchange

Subdomains: Owe, Debt, Cancel

Definition: a person who is in debt

Show passage in OET: MAT 18:24

OET-RV MAT 18:24

24 So when he began the process, a man was brought in who owed him tens of millions,

OET-LV MAT 18:24

24 And of _him having _begun to _be _settling _accounts, one a_debtor of _ten _thousand talantons_of _silver was _brought to _him.

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Sense 2: one who is obliged to, one who is obligated to, one who must

Semantic entry: 71.27

Semantic domains: Mode

Subdomains: Should, Ought

Definition: (derivative of ὀφείλω [source selector 000002][c] ‘to be under obligation,’ 71.25: ὀφείλω) one who is obligated to do something

Show passage in OET: ROM 1:14

OET-RV ROM 1:14

14 Whether it’s Hellains (Greeks) or other foreigners, wise people or foolish, I have an obligation,

OET-LV ROM 1:14

14 To _Hellaʸns both and to _foreigners, to_the_wise both and the_foolish, a_debtor I _am.

Show passage in OET: ROM 8:12

OET-RV ROM 8:12

12 So then, brothers and sisters, we don’t owe anything to our sinful natures, nor do we need to live in worldly ways.

OET-LV ROM 8:12

12 Therefore consequently, brothers, debtors we _are, not to _the flesh, which according _to flesh to _be _living.

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All 4 recorded passages for this sense

ROM: OET ROM 1:14 · OET ROM 8:12 · OET ROM 15:27

GAL: OET GAL 5:3

Sense 3: sinner, offender

Semantic entry: 88.300

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) one who commits sin and thus incurs a moral debt

Show passage in OET: MAT 6:12

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.

Show passage in OET: LUK 13:4

OET-RV LUK 13:4

4 What about those eighteen who were killed when the Siloam tower collapsed on them? Do you think they had bigger debts than all the people living in Yerushalem (Jerusalem)?

OET-LV LUK 13:4

4 Or those the eighteen on whom the tower in the Silōam fell and killed_ them _off, are _you _all _supposing that they became debtors beyond all the people which dwelling _in Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim)?

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament