# G3784 ὀφείλω

ὀφείλω (opheílō), Strong’s G3784: to owe (pecuniarily); figuratively, to be under obligation (ought, must, should); morally, to fail in duty KJV: behove, be bound, (be) debt(-or), (be) due(-ty), be…

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*opheílō* — to owe (pecuniarily); figuratively, to be under obligation (ought, must, should); morally, to fail in duty

KJV: behove, be bound, (be) debt(-or), (be) due(-ty), be guilty (indebted), (must)…

Derived from [ὄφελος óphelos](https://besorah.bible/word/G3786) (gain)

Occurs 55 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 18:28](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/18?v=28) — “But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him one hundred denarii, and he grabbed him…
- [Matthew 18:30](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/18?v=30) — He would not, but went and cast him into prison until he should pay back that which was due.
- [Matthew 18:34](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/18?v=34) — His lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors until he should pay all that was due to him.
- [Matthew 23:16](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/23?v=16) — “Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of…
- [Matthew 23:18](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/23?v=18) — And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated.’
- [Luke 7:41](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/7?v=41) — “A certain lender had two debtors. The one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.
- [Luke 11:4](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/11?v=4) — Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. Bring us not into temptation, but…
- [Luke 16:5](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/16?v=5) — Calling each one of his lord’s debtors to him, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe to my lord?’
- [Luke 16:7](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/16?v=7) — Then he said to another, ‘How much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred cors of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill…
- [Luke 17:10](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/17?v=10) — Even so you also, when you have done all the things that are commanded you, say, ‘We are unworthy servants. We have…