Strong's Number 3781
Transliteration:
opheiletes
{of-i-let'-ace}
Word Origin:
TDNT:
5:565,746
Part of Speech:
noun masculine
Usage in the KJV:
debtor 5, sinner 1, which owed 1
Total: 7
Definition:
- one who owes another, a debtor
- one held by some obligation, bound by some duty
- one who has not yet made amends to whom he has injured:
- one who owes God penalty or whom God can demand punishment as something due, i.e. a sinner