5533. chreopheiletés
Strong's Lexicon
chreopheiletés: Debtor

Original Word: χρεοφειλέτης
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: chreopheiletés
Pronunciation: khreh-of-i-LET-ace
Phonetic Spelling: (khreh-o-fi-let'-ace)
Definition: Debtor
Meaning: a debtor.

Word Origin: From χρέος (chreos, meaning "debt") and ὀφειλέτης (opheiletés, meaning "debtor")

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The concept of debt and obligation in the Hebrew Bible is often expressed with terms like חוֹב (chov, meaning "debt") and נָשָׁא (nasha, meaning "to lend" or "to borrow"). These terms reflect similar themes of obligation and forgiveness found in the New Testament.

Usage: The term "chreopheiletés" refers to someone who owes a debt or is under obligation to repay something. In the New Testament, it is used metaphorically to describe a person who is morally or spiritually indebted, particularly in the context of sin and the need for forgiveness.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, debt was a common aspect of economic life. Debtors were often subject to severe penalties, including imprisonment or slavery, if they failed to repay their debts. This cultural understanding of debt and obligation provides a backdrop for the metaphorical use of "chreopheiletés" in the New Testament, where it illustrates the human condition of being indebted to God due to sin.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
probably a comp. of chreos (debt) and opheiletés
Definition
a debtor
NASB Translation
debtors (2).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5533: χρεωφειλέτης

χρεωφειλέτης (L T Tr WH χρεοφειλέτης; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 691; Winers Grammar, § 5, 1 d. 13; (WHs Appendix, p. 152{b}; Tdf. Proleg., p. 89; T (?; see as above) WH χρεωφιλετης, cf. WH's Appendix, p. 154{b} (see Iota))), χρεωφειλετου, (χρέος or χρέως, a loan, a debt, and ὀφειλέτης, which see), a debtor: Luke 7:41; Luke 16:5. (Proverbs 29:13; Job 31:37; Aesop fab. 289 (edited by Coray, 11th Halm edition); several times in Plutarch; (also in Diodorus, Dionysius Halicarnassus; see Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word).)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
debtor.

From a derivative of chrao and opheiletes; a loan-ower, i.e. Indebted person -- debtor.

see GREEK chrao

see GREEK opheiletes

Forms and Transliterations
χρεοφειλέται χρεοφειλετῶν χρεοφιλεται χρεοφιλέται χρεοφιλετων χρεοφιλετῶν χρεωφειλέται χρεωφειλέτου χρεωφειλετών chreopheiletai chreopheilétai chreopheileton chreopheiletôn chreopheiletōn chreopheiletō̂n
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Englishman's Concordance
Luke 7:41 N-NMP
GRK: δύο χρεοφειλέται ἦσαν δανιστῇ
NAS: had two debtors: one owed
KJV: which had two debtors: the one
INT: Two debtors there were to a creditor

Luke 16:5 N-GMP
GRK: ἕκαστον τῶν χρεοφειλετῶν τοῦ κυρίου
NAS: of his master's debtors, and he [began] saying
KJV: lord's debtors [unto him], and said
INT: each of the debtors the master

Strong's Greek 5533
2 Occurrences


χρεοφειλέται — 1 Occ.
χρεοφειλετῶν — 1 Occ.

















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