ὀφείλω

ὀφείλω

[in LXX: 5 Mos 15,2, Es 24,2 (נָשָׁה), Ezk 18,7 (חוֹב), Wis 12,15, 20, al. ;]

to owe, be a debtor: with accusative of thing(s), Matt 18,28, Luk 7,41; 16,7, Phm 18; id. with dative of person(s), Matt 18,28, Luk 16,5. Pass., to be owed, to be due: τ. ὀφειλόμενον, Matt 18,30, 34. Metaphorical: absol. (= Rabbinic חַיָּב; see McNeile, in l), Matt 23,16, 18; with accusative of thing(s) and dative of person(s), Rom 13,8 with inf., to be bound or obliged to do (of. Westc., Epp. Jo., 50), Luk 17,10, Joh 13,14; 19,7, ApG 17,29, Rom 15,1, 27, 1 Kor 5,10; 7,36; 9,10; 11,7; 11,10, 2 Kor 12,14, Ef 5,28, 2 Thess 1,3; 2,13, Hebr 2,17; 5,3, 12, 1 Joh 2,6 Joh 3,16 Joh 4,11, 3 Joh 8; ὤειλον συνίστασθαι, I ought to have been commended, 2 Kor 12,11, In peculiar Aram. sense of having wronged one (see: όφείλημα; but of. also Inscr. ἁμαρτίαν ὀφείίλω, Deiss., BS, 225), with dative of person(s), Luk 11,4 (cf. προσ-οφίελω).†