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ὀφείλω

Lexicon Index Written Scriptures

Lemma	ὀφείλω
Citation form	ὀφείλω
Part of speech	verb
Gloss	I owe, ought
Strong’s	G3784
Transliteration	opheílō
Definition	to owe (pecuniarily); figuratively, to be under obligation (ought, must, should); morally, to fail in duty
KJV glosses	:--behove, be bound, (be) debt(-or), (be) due(-ty), be guilty (indebted), (must) need(-s), ought, owe, should.
Derivation	probably from the base of (through the idea of accruing)
SBLGNT occurrences	34

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek form	Grammar and occurrences
ὀφείλει	verb, third person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PAI-S--) — Matthew 23:16 verb, third person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PAI-S--) — Matthew 23:18 verb, third person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PAI-S--) — John 19:7 verb, third person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PAI-S--) — 1 Corinthians 11:10 verb, third person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PAI-S--) — 1 Corinthians 11:7 verb, third person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PAI-S--) — 1 Corinthians 7:36 verb, third person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PAI-S--) — 1 Corinthians 9:10 verb, third person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PAI-S--) — 2 Corinthians 12:14 verb, third person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PAI-S--) — Philemon 1:18 verb, third person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PAI-S--) — Hebrews 5:3 verb, third person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PAI-S--) — 1 John 2:6
ὀφείλεις	verb, second person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 2PAI-S--) — Matthew 18:28 verb, second person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 2PAI-S--) — Luke 16:5 verb, second person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 2PAI-S--) — Luke 16:7
ὀφείλετε	verb, second person, present, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 2PAI-P--) — John 13:14 verb, second person, present, active, plural (MorphGNT 2PAD-P--) — Romans 13:8
ὀφείλομεν	verb, first person, present, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 1PAI-P--) — Acts 17:29 verb, first person, present, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 1PAI-P--) — 2 Thessalonians 1:3 verb, first person, present, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 1PAI-P--) — 2 Thessalonians 2:13 verb, first person, present, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 1PAI-P--) — 1 John 3:16 verb, first person, present, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 1PAI-P--) — 1 John 4:11 verb, first person, present, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 1PAI-P--) — 3 John 1:8
Ὀφείλομεν	verb, first person, present, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 1PAI-P--) — Romans 15:1
ὀφειλόμενον	verb, present, passive, participle, accusative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT -PPPASN-) — Matthew 18:30 verb, present, passive, participle, accusative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT -PPPASN-) — Matthew 18:34
ὀφείλοντες	verb, present, active, participle, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT -PAPNPM-) — Hebrews 5:12
ὀφείλοντι	verb, present, active, participle, dative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT -PAPDSM-) — Luke 11:4
ὀφείλουσιν	verb, third person, present, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3PAI-P--) — Romans 15:27 verb, third person, present, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3PAI-P--) — Ephesians 5:28
ὤφειλεν	verb, third person, imperfect, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3IAI-S--) — Matthew 18:28 verb, third person, imperfect, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3IAI-S--) — Luke 7:41 verb, third person, imperfect, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3IAI-S--) — Hebrews 2:17
ὠφείλετε	verb, second person, imperfect, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 2IAI-P--) — 1 Corinthians 5:10
ὠφείλομεν	verb, first person, imperfect, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 1IAI-P--) — Luke 17:10
ὤφειλον	verb, first person, imperfect, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 1IAI-S--) — 2 Corinthians 12:11

Morphology

verb; MorphGNT -PAPDSM-
verb; MorphGNT -PAPNPM-
verb; MorphGNT -PPPASN-
verb; MorphGNT 1IAI-P--
verb; MorphGNT 1IAI-S--
verb; MorphGNT 1PAI-P--
verb; MorphGNT 2IAI-P--
verb; MorphGNT 2PAD-P--
verb; MorphGNT 2PAI-P--
verb; MorphGNT 2PAI-S--
verb; MorphGNT 3IAI-S--
verb; MorphGNT 3PAI-P--
verb; MorphGNT 3PAI-S--

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: οφειλω.