Opheiletes means “ower” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H3781 — kashshil (“ax”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G3781 ὀφειλέτης (opheiletes) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. opheiletes (of-ei-let'-ace) n. 1. an ower, i.e. person indebted 2. (figuratively) a delinquent It has 8 linked Bible usages across 5 books. Visible English usage signals include debtors and debtor. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and 1 Enoch.
opheiletes (of-ei-let'-ace) n. 1. an ower, i.e. person indebted 2. (figuratively) a delinquent 3. (morally) a transgressor (against God) [from G3784] KJV: debtor, which owed, sinner Root(s): G3784
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3781. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
debtor
Usage: ὀφειλέτης, -ου, ὁ (ὀφείλω), a debtor: with genitive (of the amount), Mat.18:24. Metaphorical, of obligation or duty in general, with reference to favours received or injury done, etc.: Mat.6:12, Rom.1:14 8:12 15:27, Gal.5:3; of sinners, in relation to God (= Heb. חַיָּב; cf. Sir (Heb.8:5) (6)), Luk.13:4.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render opheiletes, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G3781 (ὀφειλέτης) appears 1 time in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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7 indexed usages in New Testament.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.
Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.
and beget us children.' And Semjaza, who was their leader, said unto them: 'I fear ye will not
First 8 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3781.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.
Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things.
For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
and beget us children.' And Semjaza, who was their leader, said unto them: 'I fear ye will not
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3781, grouped by book.
Opheiletes (Strong's G3781) is a Greek word most simply glossed "ower". opheiletes (of-ei-let'-ace) n. 1. an ower, i.e. person indebted 2. (figuratively) a delinquent
This page currently indexes 8 linked usages for Strong's G3781 across 5 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3781 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and 1 Enoch.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as debtors and debtor. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G3781, with linked reader references where each row is available.