Owe

New Testament

Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words

Definition

A-1opheiloVerbG3784

"to owe, to be a debtor" (in the Passive Voice, "to be owed, to be due"), is translated by the verb "to owe" in Mat 18:28 (twice); Luk 7:41, Luk 16:5, Luk 16:7, Rom 13:8; in Rom 15:27, RV, "they (gentile converts) owe it" (AV, "it is their duty"); Phm 1:18. See BEHOVE, DEBT, DUE, DUTY, GUILTY, INDEBTED, MUST, NEED, OUGHT.

A-2prosopheiloVerbG4359

"to owe besides" (pros, "in addition," and No. 1), is used in Phm 1:19, "thou owest (to me even thine own self) besides," i.e., "thou owest me already as much as Onesimus' debt, and in addition even thyself" (not "thou owest me much more").

B-1opheiletesNounG3781

"a debtor" (akin to A, No. 1), is translated "which owed" in Mat 18:24, lit., "a debtor (of ten thousand talents)." See DEBTOR.