ὀφείλημα
opheílēma · G3783 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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obligation
That which one must do out of a sense of duty or as the result of commitment
ExamplesRomans 4:4 Now to the one who works, the wages are not credited as a favor, but as what is due.
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offense, sin, transgression, guilt
(Derivative of ὀφείλω ‘to sin against,’) The moral debt incurred as the result of sin
ExamplesMatthew 6:12 ‘And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐγώI, we 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἀφίημιto leave, to forgive, to let 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- κατάaccording to, against, down 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 3 entries
- Debt, amount owed57.221
- This domain covers ὀφείλημα naming a material sum owed, as Jesus teaches the Lord's Prayer: “And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.” (Matthew 6:12)
- Obligation71.26
- Here ὀφείλημα names something owed as a matter of obligation rather than as a gift, as Paul explains justification apart from works: “Now to the one who works, his wage is not credited as a favor, but as what is due.” (Romans 4:4)
- Offense, sin, transgression, guilt88.299
- This domain covers ὀφείλημα used figuratively for moral debt, as the Lord's Prayer likens sin to a debt requiring forgiveness: “And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.” (Matthew 6:12)
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ὀφειλητος, τό (ὀφείλω), that which is owed; a. properly, that which is justly or legally…
a. properly, that which is justly or legally due, a debt; so for מַשָּׁאָה, Deut 24:12 (10); ἀφιέναι, 1 Macc. 15:8; ἀποτίνειν, Plato, legg. 4, p. 717 b.; ἀποδιδόναι, Aristotle, eth. Nic. 9, 2, 5 (p. 1165a, 3). κατά ὀφείλημα, as of debt, Rom 4:4.
b. in imitation of the Chaldean חוב or חובָא (which denotes both debt and sin), metaphorically, offence, sin (see ὀφειλέτης, b.); hence, ἀφιέναι τίνι τά ὀφειλετα αὐτοῦ, to remit the penalty of one's sins, to forgive them, (Chaldean חובִין שְׁבַק), Mt 6:12. (Cf. Winer's Grammar, 30, 32, 33.)
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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