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ὀφειλέτης (opheiletes)

ὀφειλέτης (opheiletes) (Greek Lexicon • G3781 • a debtor): a debtor. Primary meaning: a debtor. Strong's: an ower, i.e. person indebted; figuratively, a delinquent; morally, a transgressor (against God). Lexical nuances: a debtor : c. gen. (of the amount), Mt 18:24 . Metaph., of obligation or duty in general, with reference to favours received or injury done, etc.: Mt 6:12 , Ro 1:14 8:12 15:27 , Ga 5:3 ; of sinners, in relation to God (= Heb. חַיָּב ; cf. Si (He) 8:5 ( 6 )), Lk 13:4 .† Within the broader Biblical Knowledge Graph, this connects directly to Apocrypha & Deuterocanonical Literature—Preserved in the World English Bible (WEB), King James Version (KJV), and Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV), the eighteen Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha books bridge the intertestamental period between the return from Babylon and the New Testament era.

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Sin (region. Referenced in Ex 16:1 , Ex 17:1 , Num 33:11 , Num 33:12 .) Shinar (region. Referenced in Gen 10:10 , Gen 11:2 , Gen 14:1 , Gen 14:9 , Josh 7:21 .) 3D Sanctuary Reconstructions: Silver Half-Shekel ( Temple Tax Coin ) — High-purity silver half-shekel (didrachm) used for the annual Sanctuary tax prescribed in Exodus 30:13–15 for every adult Israelite and referenced in Matthew 17:24–27 when Jesus and Peter paid the two-person Temple tax at Capernaum .

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Romans 7:7 : "What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet."; Matthew 18:32 : "Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:"; AP.SIR 13:30: "Substance is good for him who has no sin on his conscience. And poverty is called very wicked by the mouth of the impious.". Related canonical books and chapters: Proverbs 10 ( Proverbs • Chapter 10 (32 verses)), Proverbs (Old Testament • 31 Chapters), Isaiah 59 ( Isaiah • Chapter 59 (21 verses)).

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Topics, People & Places (36)

ὀφειλέτης
opheiletes
G3781 Greek
a debtor

a debtor. Primary meaning: a debtor. Strong's: an ower, i.e. person indebted; figuratively, a delinquent; morally, a transgressor (against God). Lexical nuances: a debtor : c. gen. (of the amount), Mt 18:24 . Metaph., of obligation or duty in general, with reference to favours received or injury done, etc.: Mt 6:12 , Ro 1:14 8:12 15:27 , Ga 5:3 ; of sinners, in relation to God (= Heb. חַיָּב ; cf. Si (He) 8:5 ( 6 )), Lk 13:4 .†

ὀφείλημα
opheilema
G3783 Greek
that which is owed, a debt

that which is owed, a debt. Primary meaning: that which is owed, a debt. Strong's: something owed, i.e. (figuratively) a due; morally, a fault. Lexical nuances: that which is owed , a debt : Ro 4:4 ; metaph. (as Aram. חוֺבָא , חוֺב ), of sin as a debt, Mt 6:12 .†

Sin
94% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 28.839°N, 33.421°E

region. Referenced in Ex 16:1 , Ex 17:1 , Num 33:11 , Num 33:12 .

ἁμαρτία
hamartia
G0266 Greek
a missing the mark, guilt, sin

a missing the mark, guilt, sin. Primary meaning: a missing the mark, guilt, sin, a fault, failure. Strong's: a sin (properly abstract). Lexical nuances: prop. a missing the mark ; in cl. (v. reff. to CR in MM, VGT , s.v.); guilt , sin (Plat., Arist., al.); more freq., from Æsch. down, a fault, failure . In NT (as LXX) always in ethical sense; as a principle and quality of action, = τὸ ἁμαρτάνειν , a sinning, sin : Ro 5:12 , 13 20 ; ὑφ’ ἁμαρτίαν εἶναι , Ro 3:9 ; ἐπιμένειν , Ro 6:1 ; ἀποθνήσκειν, νεκρὸν εἶναι τῇ ἁ. , Ro 6:2 , 11 ; τὴν ἀ. γινώσκει...

חַטָּאָת
hattat
H2403 Hebrew
sin offering, purification offering, sin

sin offering, purification offering, sin. Sin offering, purification offering, sin itself; sacrificial animal whose blood purified sanctuary and altar from defilement.

חֵטְא
het
H2399 Hebrew
sin, fault, guilt, penalty

sin, fault, guilt, penalty. Sin, moral delinquency, liability to punishment before the divine tribunal; frequently bears capital sentence ('sin unto death').

Proverbs 10
89% Chapter
Proverbs • Chapter 10 (32 verses)

The proverbs of Solomon . A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death. The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the subst... Mentions: Solomon .

ἁμάρτημα
hamartema
G0265 Greek
a sinful deed, a sin

a sinful deed, a sin. Primary meaning: a sinful deed, a sin. Strong's: a sin (properly concrete). Lexical nuances: an act of disobedience to divine law (Lft., Notes , 273), a sinful deed , a sin : Mk 3:28 , 29 , Ro 3:25 , I Co 6:18 , II Pe 1:9 , WH, mg.; αἰώνιων ἁ. ( DCG , i, 788 a ), Mk 3:29 (for exx. from π. , v. MM, VGT , s.v.).†

Proverbs
85% Old Testament
Old Testament • 31 Chapters

Proverbs (Old Testament, 31 chapters). Key figures: Solomon , David , Jacob/Israel , Hezekiah , Judah . Key places: Egypt . Opens with: "The proverbs of Solomon the son of David , king of Israel ;..."

חָטָא
hata
H2398 Hebrew
to miss the mark, err, sin

to miss the mark, err, sin. To miss the mark, lose the way, fail to reach divine goal; moral failure deviating from God's righteous standard in thought, word, or deed.

Isaiah 59
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Isaiah • Chapter 59 (21 verses)

Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. For your hands are defiled with blood, and your... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Zion .

Hebrews 10
82% Chapter
Hebrews • Chapter 10 (39 verses)

For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Moses .

שׁוּב
sub
H7725 Hebrew
to turn back, return, repent, restore

to turn back, return, repent, restore. To turn back, return, repent; theological center of Old Testament repentance, turning from sin and idolatry back to Yahweh and His covenant.

Wiki Article • Prophets & Wisdom

Preserved in the World English Bible (WEB), King James Version (KJV), and Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV), the eighteen Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha books bridge the intertestamental period between the return from Babylon and the New Testament era.

Genesis 20
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Genesis • Chapter 20 (18 verses)

And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur , and sojourned in Gerar . And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said... Mentions: Abram/Abraham, Kadesh 1 , Shur , Gerar.

1 Samuel 20
80% Chapter
1 Samuel • Chapter 20 (42 verses)

And David fled from Naioth in Ramah , and came and said before Jonathan , What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life? And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or ... Mentions: David , Jonathan , Jacob/Israel , Saul , Jesse , Naioth , Ramah 1 .

Deuteronomy 15
79% Chapter
Deuteronomy • Chapter 15 (23 verses)

At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release. And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the Lord's release. Of a foreig... Mentions: Egypt .

Proverbs 13
79% Chapter
Proverbs • Chapter 13 (25 verses)

A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke. A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence. He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destructio...

The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus • Chapter 21 (28 verses)

My son, have you sinned? add no more thereto; And make supplication for your former sins. Flee from sin as from the face of a serpent; For if you draw near it will bite you: The teeth thereof are the teeth of a lion, Slaying the souls of men. All iniquity is as a two-edged sword;...

Romans 8
78% Chapter
Romans • Chapter 8 (39 verses)

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus , who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak thro... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah.

שָׂעִיר
sair
H8163 Hebrew
he-goat, hairy goat, sin offering goat

he-goat, hairy goat, sin offering goat. He-goat, buck; standard animal for communal sin offerings, ruler's sin offering, and the two goats on Day of Atonement.

Matthew 6
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Matthew • Chapter 6 (34 verses)

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may hav... Mentions: Solomon .

The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus • Chapter 5 (15 verses)

Set not your heart upon your goods; And say not, They are sufficient for me. Follow not your own mind and your strength, To walk in the desires of your heart; And say not, Who shall have dominion over me? For the Lord will surely take vengeance on you.

Leviticus 5
77% Chapter
Leviticus • Chapter 5 (19 verses)

And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity. Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or ... Mentions: Moses .

Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical • 51 Chapters

The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus ( Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical , 51 chapters). Key figures: Lot , Jacob/Israel , Moses , Adam , Aaron , Enoch . Key places: Sin , Ophir , Jerusalem , Hermon , Jericho , Pishon . Opens with: "All wisdom comes from the Lord, And is with him forever...."

Leviticus 4
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Leviticus • Chapter 4 (35 verses)

And the Lord spake unto Moses , saying, Speak unto the children of Israel , saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them: If the priest that is anointed do si... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel .

Wiki Article • Torah & Covenant

Raised in Pharaoh's court and called at the burning bush on Horeb , Moses and his brother Aaron lead Israel out of bondage in Egypt through the Passover and crossing of the Red Sea to receive the Covenant Law at Mount Sinai.

Jeremiah 17
77% Chapter
Jeremiah • Chapter 17 (27 verses)

The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars; Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills. O my mountain in th... Mentions: Judah , Jacob/Israel , David , Benjamin , Jerusalem .

The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus • Chapter 7 (36 verses)

Do no evil, so shall no evil overtake you. Depart from wrong, and it shall turn aside from you. My son, sow not upon the furrows of unrighteousness, And you shall not reap them sevenfold. Mentions: Sin , Ophir .

Isaiah 58
76% Chapter
Isaiah • Chapter 58 (14 verses)

Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me t... Mentions: Jacob/Israel .

Proverbs 29
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Proverbs • Chapter 29 (27 verses)

He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth compa...

The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus • Chapter 42 (25 verses)

Of these things be not ashamed, And accept no man’s person to sin thereby: Of the law of the Most High, and his covenant; And of judgement to do justice to the ungodly; Of reckoning with a partner and with travellers; And of a gift from the heritage of friends;

Job 31
75% Chapter
Job • Chapter 31 (40 verses)

I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high? Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity? Mentions: Adam .

Shinar
75% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Babel • 32.537°N, 44.421°E

region. Referenced in Gen 10:10 , Gen 11:2 , Gen 14:1 , Gen 14:9 , Josh 7:21 .

Proverbs 11
75% Chapter
Proverbs • Chapter 11 (31 verses)

A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight. When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom. The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

Interactive 3D Silver Coin • Exodus 30:13 & Matthew 17:24–27

High-purity silver half-shekel (didrachm) used for the annual Sanctuary tax prescribed in Exodus 30:13–15 for every adult Israelite and referenced in Matthew 17:24–27 when Jesus and Peter paid the two-person Temple tax at Capernaum .

Scripture Passages (24)

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.

Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:

Substance is good for him who has no sin on his conscience. And poverty is called very wicked by the mouth of the impious.

When thou shalt vow a vow unto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the Lord thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.

But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.

Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.

What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.

For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

And fear not, my child, because we are made poor: you have much wealth, if you fear God, and depart from all sin, and do that which is pleasing in his sight.

But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?

For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.

There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.

And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.

That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?

But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon: for it is a sin offering.

And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the Lord; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin.

We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:

Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the Lord God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.

Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.

His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.

And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.

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