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G3784Greek

ὀφείλω

Definition and meaning

opheilo (of-ei'-lo) (or (in certain tenses), its prolonged form opheileo of-ei-leh'-o) v. 1. to owe (finacially) 2. (figuratively) to be under obligation, indebted (ought, must, should) 3. (morally) to fail in duty [probably from the base of G3786 (through the idea of accruing)] KJV: behove, be bound, (be) debt(-or), (be) due(-ty), be guilty (indebted), (must) need(-s), ought, owe, should Root(s): G3786 See also: G3785

Tagged KJV passages

35 matching verses - 36.0 tagged occurrences

Highlighted words carry the exact Strong's tag in the installed KJV text. A verse may contain more than one occurrence. These are tagged English renderings, not independently verified original-language token counts.

Matthew 18:28

But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.

Matched English: owed, owest
Matthew 18:30

And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.

Matched English: debt
Matthew 18:34

And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.

Matched English: due
Matthew 23:16

Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!

Matched English: debtor
Matthew 23:18

And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.

Matched English: guilty
Luke 7:41

There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.

Matched English: owed
Luke 11:4

And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.

Matched English: indebted
Luke 16:5

So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?

Matched English: thou
Luke 16:7

Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.

Matched English: owest
Luke 17:10

So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.

Matched English: duty
John 13:14

If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet.

Matched English: ought
John 19:7

The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.

Matched English: ought
Acts 17:29

Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.

Matched English: ought
Romans 13:8

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

Matched English: Owe
Romans 15:1

We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

Matched English: ought
Romans 15:27

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.

Matched English: is
1 Corinthians 5:10

Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.

Matched English: needs
1 Corinthians 7:3

Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

Matched English: due
1 Corinthians 7:36

But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.

Matched English: need
1 Corinthians 9:10

Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.

Matched English: should
1 Corinthians 11:7

For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

Matched English: ought
1 Corinthians 11:10

For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.

Matched English: ought
2 Corinthians 12:11

I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.

Matched English: ought
2 Corinthians 12:14

Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

Matched English: ought