ΟΦΕΙΛΕΤΑΙΣ, οφειλεταις
OPHEILETAIS, opheiletais
Sounds Like: oh-fee-LEH-tays
Translations: debtors, a debtor, those who owe, those who are indebted
From the root: ΟΦΕΙΛΕΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to individuals who owe a debt, whether financial, moral, or spiritual. It can also refer to those who are obligated or bound by duty. In a religious context, it often signifies those who are indebted to God or who have sinned, thus owing a spiritual debt.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G3781 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Twelve Disciples
- The Didache — 8:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟΦΕΙΛΕΤΗΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ὈΦΕΙΛΕΤΑΙΣ — (to) debtors, (to) those who owe, (to) those who are indebted
- ΟΦΕΙΛΕΤΗΣ — debtor, a debtor, one who is indebted, one who owes, an offender, a transgressor
- ΟΦΙΛΕΤΗΣ — debtor, a debtor, one who owes, one who is indebted, one who is obligated
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