3783. opheiléma
Strong's Concordance
opheiléma: that which is owed, a debt
Original Word: ὀφείλημα, ατος, τό
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: opheiléma
Phonetic Spelling: (of-i'-lay-mah)
Short Definition: a debt, offense, sin
Definition: a debt, offense, sin.
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Cognate: 3783 opheílēma (a neuter noun) – the result of having a debt, focusing on the after-effect of the obligation (note the -ma suffix).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3783: ὀφείλημα

ὀφείλημα, ὀφειλητος, τό (ὀφείλω), that which is owed;

a. properly, that which is justly or legally due, a debt; so for מַשָּׁאָה, Deuteronomy 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, Romans 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), Matthew 6:12. (Cf. Winer's Grammar, 30, 32, 33.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
debt.

From (the alternate of) opheilo; something owed, i.e. (figuratively) a due; morally, a fault -- debt.

see GREEK opheilo

Forms and Transliterations
οφειλημα οφείλημα ὀφείλημα οφειληματα οφειλήματα ὀφειλήματα opheilema opheilēma opheílema opheílēma opheilemata opheilēmata opheilḗmata
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Strong's Greek 3783
2 Occurrences


ὀφείλημα — 1 Occ.
ὀφειλήματα — 1 Occ.

Matthew 6:12 N-ANP
GRK: ἡμῖν τὰ ὀφειλήματα ἡμῶν ὡς
NAS: And forgive us our debts, as we also
KJV: us our debts, as we
INT: us the debts of us as

Romans 4:4 N-ANS
GRK: ἀλλὰ κατὰ ὀφείλημα
NAS: as a favor, but as what is due.
KJV: but of debt.
INT: but according to debt

2 Occurrences

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