What does ὀφείλημα (opheílēma) mean in the Bible?
ὀφείλημα (opheílēma): Sin conceived as debt owed to God; obligation incurred that must be repaid or forgiven.
Greek · G3783
ὀφείλημα
Debt
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ὀφείλημα G3783
Pronunciation opheílēma
What does ὀφείλημα (opheílēma) mean in the Bible?
ὀφείλημα (opheílēma): Sin conceived as debt owed to God; obligation incurred that must be repaid or forgiven.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3783?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include an obligation (1), debts (1).
Where does ὀφείλημα (opheílēma) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 6:12. Its strongest book concentrations include 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 an obligation 1× Romans 4:4
debts 1× Matthew 6:12
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 6:12
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Matthew 1 Romans 1
Source forms
ὀφείλημα 1x opheilēma Romans 4:4
ὀφειλήματα 1x opheilēmata Matthew 6:12
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural 1x Matthew 6:12
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular 1x Romans 4:4
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Sin conceived as debt owed to God; obligation incurred that must be repaid or forgiven.
Strong's G3783
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
debt
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Sin conceived as debt owed to God; obligation incurred that must be repaid or forgiven.
(ὀφείλω), [in LXX: Deu.24:10 (מַשָּׁאָה), I Est.3:20, 1Ma.15:8 * ;] that which is owed, a debt: Rom.4:4; metaphorically (as Aram. חוֺבָא חוֺב), of sin as a debt, Mat.6:12.
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 6:12 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
ὀφειλήματα ofeilhmata
a debt, offense, sin
Read verse Romans 4:4 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
ὀφείλημα. ofeilhma
a debt, offense, sin
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 2 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Plural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Matt 6:12 1×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Rom 4:4 1×
Word Origins
ὀφείλημα 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