ὀφειλή, ὀφειλης, ἡ (ὀφείλω), that which is owed; properly, a debt: Mat_18:32; metaphorical plural, dues: Rom_13:7; specifically, of conjugal duty (R. V. her due), 1Co_7:3 G L T Tr WH. Found neither in the Greek O. T. nor in secular authors; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 90.

ὀφειλή opheilē 3x a debt, Mat_18:32 ; met. a duty, due, Rom_13:7 ; 1Co_7:3

*† ὀφειλή , -ῆς , ἡ ( < ὀφείλω ), a debt: Mat_18:32 ; metaph ., one's due: Rom_13:7 , 1Co_7:3 (found also in Papyri; v. Deiss., BS , 221; MM , xviii).†

ὀφειλή [page 468] This word ( ter in NT), which, according to Grimm-Thayer, is found neither in the Grk. OT nor in prof. auth. , occurs frequently in the papyri in the literal sense of debt. To Deissmann s exx. in BS p. 221 we may add such passages as BGU IV. 1158 .18 (B.C. 9) μενεῖ δὲ ἡ ὀφιλὴ ἀ [κ ]ίνδυνο (ς ) παντὸ (ς ) κινδύν (ου ), P Oxy II. 286 .18 (A.D. 82) ὑπὲρ τῆς προκειμένης ὀφειλῆς , P Fay 247 ( c. A.D. 100) an account headed ἔχθεσις Εὐημερ [είας ὀ ]φειλῆς , P Tebt II. 323 .15 (A.D. 127) οἰ ]κίαν . . . καθαρὰ [ν ] ἀπὸ ὀφιλῆς , P Oxy IV. 719 .24 (A.D. 193) ἀπό τε δημοσίας κα [ὶ ἰδιωτικῆ ]ς ὀφιλῆς , al . It may be noted that BGU IV. 1055 .31 (B.C. 13) τὸ ἐν ὁ̣̓φι̣λ̣ῇ θησόμενον , cited by Moulton Proleg. p. 161 n. .2 , should be read τὸ ἐνο̣φι̣λ̣ηθησόμενον , and similarly ib. 1053 i. 35 : cf. p Tebt I. 17 .6 (B.C. 114) πάντα τὰ ἐνοφειλόμενα περὶ τὴν κώμην , all arrears owing from the neighbourhood (Edd.).

ὀφειλή ὀφειλή, ἡ, [Etym: ὀφείλω] "a debt", NTest. :— "one's due", id=NTest.

ὀφειλή, -ῆς, ἡ (ὀφείλω), a debt: Mat.18:32; metaphorically, one's due: Rom.13:7, 1Co.7:3 (found also in π.; see Deiss., BS, 221; MM, xviii).† (AS)