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Debtor

Various regulations as to the relation between debtor and creditor are laid down in the Scriptures. (1. This unified study connects 7 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
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  • Historical Reference: A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament
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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G3781, G5533, H2326
Hebrew
חוֹב · chôwb
Greek
ὀφειλέτης · opheiletēs

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ὀφειλέτης

G3781
Transliteration
opheiletēs
Language
Greek
Part of speech
G:N-M
Indexed occurrences
7

Glosses

debtor, debtor, which owed, sinner

Lexicon definition

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)

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

χρεωφειλέτης

G5533
Transliteration
chreōpheiletēs
Language
Greek
Part of speech
G:N-M
Indexed occurrences
2

Glosses

debtor

Lexicon definition

χρεοφειλέτης (Rec. χρεω-, WH, χρεοφιλ-; see WH, App., 152, 154), -ου, ὁ, (χρέος, a debt, + ὀφειλέτης) [in LXX: Job.31:37, Pro.29:13 * ;] a debtor: Luk.7:41 16:5.† (AS)

A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament

Ὀφειλέτης

G3781
Transliteration
opheilétēs
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
7

Glosses

debtor, which owed, sinner

Lexicon definition

a debtor, one who owes another, Mat. 18.24; met. one who is in any way bound, or under obligation to perform any duty, Ro. 1.14; 8.12; 15.27. Ga. 5.3; in N.T., one who fails in duty towards any one, a delinquent, offender, Mat. 6.12; a sinner, Lu. 13.4, cf. v. 2.

A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament

Χρεωφειλέτης

G5533
Transliteration
chreōpheilétēs
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
2

Glosses

debtor

Lexicon definition

one who owes a debt, a debtor, Lu. 7.41; 16.5. L.G.

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

χρεωφειλέτης

G5533
Transliteration
chreōpheilétēs
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
2

Glosses

debtor

Lexicon definition

a loan-ower, i.e. indebted person

Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Debtor

Various regulations as to the relation between debtor and creditor are laid down in the Scriptures. (1.) The debtor was to deliver up as a pledge to the creditor what he could most easily dispense with (Deut. 24:10, 11). (2.) A mill, or millstone, or upper garment, when given as a pledge, could not be kept over night (Ex. 22:26, 27). (3.) A debt could not be exacted during the Sabbatic year (Deut. 15:1-15). For other laws bearing on this relation see Lev. 25:14, 32, 39; Matt. 18:25, 34. (4.) A surety was liable in the same way as the original debtor (Prov. 11:15; 17:18).

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Debtor

Indexed occurrences: 3

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Strong's Concordance

Debtors

Indexed occurrences: 3

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All Scripture references23 references

Exodus 1

Exodus 21:2

Leviticus 1

Leviticus 25:14

Nehemiah 2

Nehemiah 5:3Nehemiah 10:31

Job 1

Job 20:18

Psalms 1

Psalms 37:21

Proverbs 2

Proverbs 13:11Proverbs 22:7

Isaiah 1

Isaiah 24:2

Ezekiel 1

Ezekiel 18:7

Matthew 6

Matthew 5:25Matthew 5:42Matthew 6:12Matthew 6:24Matthew 18:23Matthew 18:24

Luke 4

Luke 7:41Luke 14:28Luke 16:5Luke 20:9

Romans 2

Romans 13:7Romans 13:8

Hebrews 1

Hebrews 13:5

Topical Bible

Nave's Topical Bible

DEBTORS

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Ancient Context1 items

Josephus Antiquities Whiston

The Polity Settled By Moses; And How He Disappeared From Among Mankind.

Antiquities Book 4, Chapter 8

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Dictionary

Debtor

Various regulations as to the relation between debtor and creditor are laid down in the Scriptures. (1.) The debtor was to deliver up as a pledge to the creditor what he could most easily dispense with (Deut. 24:10, 11). (2.) A mill, or millstone, or upper garment, when given as a pledge, could not be kept over night (Ex. 22:26, 27). (3.) A debt could not be exacted during the Sabbatic year (Deut. 15:1-15). For other laws bearing on this relation see Lev. 25:14, 32, 39; Matt. 18:25, 34. (4.) A surety was liable in the same way as the original debtor (Prov. 11:15; 17:18).

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