Quick Definition
ὀφειλή, ῆς, ἡ n.f. a debt, duty
Strong's Definition
from 3784; indebtedness, i.e. (concretely) a sum owed; figuratively, obligation, i.e. (conjugal) duty
KJV Usage: debt, due
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ῆς | ὀφείλω
57.221 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Owe, Debt, Cancel
debt, amount owed (derivative of ὀφείλω[a] ‘to owe,’ 57.219) that which is owed
71.24 · Mode · Should, Ought
what one should do, duty that which ought to be done as a matter of duty or social obligation
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὀφειλή, -ῆς, ἡ, (ὀφείλω), that which is owed; prop. a debt: Mt. xviii. 32; metaph. plur. dues: Ro. xiii. 7; spec. of conjugal duty [R. V. her due], 1 Co. vii. 3 GL TTrWH. Found neither in the Grk. O. T. nor in prof. auth.; οἵ. Lob. ad Phryn. p. 90.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὀφειλή opheilē 3x
a debt, Mt. 18:32; met. a duty, due, Rom. 13:7; 1 Cor. 7:3*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† ὀφειλή, -ῆς, ἡ
(< ὀφείλω),
a debt: Mt 18:32; metaph., one's due: Ro 13:7, I Co 7:3 (found also in π.; v. Deiss., BS, 221; MM, xviii).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὀφειλή. This word ({γ in NT), which, according to GrimmThayer, 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. 115818 (B.c. 9) μενεῖ δὲ ἡ ὀφιλὴ ἀ[κ]ίνδυνο(ς) mavrd(s) κινδύν(ου), P Oxy IT. 28618 (a.p. 82) ὑπὲρ τῆς προκειμένης ὀφειλῆς, P Fay 247 (ς. A.D. 100) an account headed ἔχθεσις Εἰὐημερ[είας ὀϊφειλῆς, P Tebt II. 323) (A.D. 127) οἰϊκίαν . . . καθαρὰ[ν] ἀπὸ ὀφιλῆς, P Oxy
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ὀφειλή (opheilē) — debt. ὀφειλ-ή, ἡ, debt, [NT+5th c.BC+]
2. one's due, [NT]