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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ὀφειλήG3782
Pronunciationopheilḗ
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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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] duty1×1 Corinthians 7:3
debt1×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 rowMatthew 18:32
Aligned rows3
Books represented3
Matthew1Romans11 Corinthians1
Source forms
ὀφειλὴν2xopheilēnMatthew 18:32, 1 Corinthians 7:3
ὀφειλάς1xopheilasRomans 13:7
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular2xMatthew 18:32, 1 Corinthians 7:3
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural1xRomans 13:7
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Debt both literal and moral: what is owed or due as obligation to another party.
Strong'sG3782
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms2 forms3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
debt
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek 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 18:32Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ὀφειλὴνofeilhn
a debt, duty
Read verseRomans 13:7Noun 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 patterns2Aligned forms3Case patternAccusative (3)Number patternSingular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · FeminineMatt 18:32 · 1 Cor 7:32×
Accusative · Plural · FeminineRom 13:71×
Word Origins
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