What does πόσος · ὀφείλω mean in the Bible?
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Greek · G4214, G3784
πόσον ὀφείλεις
Interrogative pronoun (of amount) how much (large, long or (plural) many) · to owe
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πόσος G4214 interrogative pronoun (of amount) how much (large, long or (plural) many)
Pronunciation pósos
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ὀφείλω G3784 to owe
Pronunciation opheílō
Moral or spiritual obligation, not just financial debt; what one is bound or duty-bound to do
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What does πόσον ὀφείλεις (poson opheileis) mean in the Bible?
πόσος · ὀφείλω is a Greek phrase meaning "how much do you owe?".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G4214, G3784?
G4214, G3784 is connected to 27 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. how much do you owe?
Source Gloss
how much do you owe?
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 10 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 10 Aligned forms 27 Case pattern Dative (11) Number pattern Singular (15)
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Matt 6:23 1×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Mark 9:21 1×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Luke 15:17 1×
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Acts 21:20 1×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Mark 8:20 1×
Dative · Singular · Neuter Matt 7:11 · Matt 10:25 · Matt 12:12 · Luke 11:13 · Luke 12:24 · Luke 12:28 · Rom 11:12 · Rom 11:24 · Phlm 1:16 · Heb 9:14 · Heb 10:29 11×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Matt 15:34 · Matt 16:9 · Mark 6:38 · Mark 8:5 · Mark 8:19 5×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Matt 27:13 · Mark 15:4 2×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Luke 16:5 · Luke 16:7 2×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Matt 16:10 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 35 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 29 imperfect 6
Voice
active 33 passive 2
Mood
indicative 30 participle 4 imperative 1
NT Occurrences
Matthew 18:28 ὤφειλεν imperfect active indicative background Matthew 18:28 ὀφείλεις present active indicative ongoing Matthew 18:30 ὀφειλόμενον present passive participle participle Matthew 18:34 ὀφειλόμενον present passive participle participle Matthew 23:16 ὀφείλει present active indicative ongoing Matthew 23:18 ὀφείλει present active indicative ongoing Luke 7:41 ὤφειλεν imperfect active indicative background Luke 11:4 ὀφείλοντι present active participle participle Luke 16:5 ὀφείλεις present active indicative ongoing Luke 16:7 ὀφείλεις present active indicative ongoing Luke 17:10 ὠφείλομεν imperfect active indicative background John 13:14 ὀφείλετε present active indicative ongoing John 19:7 ὀφείλει present active indicative ongoing Acts 17:29 ὀφείλομεν present active indicative ongoing Romans 13:8 ὀφείλετε present active imperative imperative Romans 15:1 Ὀφείλομεν present active indicative ongoing Romans 15:27 ὀφείλουσιν present active indicative ongoing 1 Corinthians 5:10 ὠφείλετε imperfect active indicative background 1 Corinthians 7:36 ὀφείλει present active indicative ongoing 1 Corinthians 9:10 ὀφείλει present active indicative ongoing 1 Corinthians 11:10 ὀφείλει present active indicative ongoing 1 Corinthians 11:7 ὀφείλει present active indicative ongoing 2 Corinthians 12:11 ὤφειλον imperfect active indicative background 2 Corinthians 12:14 ὀφείλει present active indicative ongoing Ephesians 5:28 ὀφείλουσιν present active indicative ongoing 2 Thessalonians 1:3 ὀφείλομεν present active indicative ongoing 2 Thessalonians 2:13 ὀφείλομεν present active indicative ongoing Philemon 1:18 ὀφείλει present active indicative ongoing Hebrews 2:17 ὤφειλεν imperfect active indicative background Hebrews 5:12 ὀφείλοντες present active participle participle Hebrews 5:3 ὀφείλει present active indicative ongoing 1 John 2:6 ὀφείλει present active indicative ongoing 1 John 3:16 ὀφείλομεν present active indicative ongoing 1 John 4:11 ὀφείλομεν present active indicative ongoing 3 John 1:8 ὀφείλομεν present active indicative ongoing
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
πόσον ὀφείλεις is built from this root:
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