Word Summary
opheilē: a debt
Original Word: ὀφειλήTransliteration: opheilē
Phonetic Spelling: (of-i-lay')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a debt
Meaning: a debt
Strong's Concordance
debt, due.
From opheilo; indebtedness, i.e. (concretely) a sum owed; figuratively, obligation, i.e. (conjugal) duty -- debt, due.
see GREEK opheilo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3782: ὀφειλήὀφειλή,
ὀφειλης,
ἡ (
ὀφείλω),
that which is owed; properly,
a debt:
Matthew 18:32; metaphorical plural,
dues:
Romans 13:7; specifically, of
conjugal duty (
R. V. her due),
1 Corinthians 7:3 G L T Tr WH. Found neither in the Greek O. T. nor in secular authors; cf.
Lob. ad Phryn., p. 90.