What does ὀφειλή (opheilḗ) mean in the Bible?
ὀφειλή (opheilḗ): Debt both literal and moral: what is owed or due as obligation to another party.
Greek · G3782
ὀφειλή
Debt
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ὀφειλή G3782
Pronunciation opheilḗ
What does ὀφειλή (opheilḗ) mean in the Bible?
ὀφειλή (opheilḗ): Debt both literal and moral: what is owed or due as obligation to another party.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3782?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [marital] duty (1), debt (1), you owe [him] (1).
Where does ὀφειλή (opheilḗ) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 18:32. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (1), Matthew (1), Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It [marital] duty 1× 1 Corinthians 7:3
debt 1× Matthew 18:32
you owe [him] 1× Romans 13:7
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 18:32
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
Matthew 1 Romans 1 1 Corinthians 1
Source forms
ὀφειλὴν 2x opheilēn Matthew 18:32, 1 Corinthians 7:3
ὀφειλάς 1x opheilas Romans 13:7
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 2x Matthew 18:32, 1 Corinthians 7:3
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural 1x Romans 13:7
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Debt both literal and moral: what is owed or due as obligation to another party.
Strong's G3782
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
debt
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 18:32 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ὀφειλὴν ofeilhn
a debt, duty
Read verse Romans 13:7 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
ὀφειλάς· ofeilav
a debt, duty
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Accusative (3) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 18:32 · 1 Cor 7:3 2×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Rom 13:7 1×
Word Origins
ὀφειλή is built from this root:
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain