ὀφείλημα, ὀφειλητος, τό (ὀφείλω), that which is owed; a. properly, that which is justly or legally due, a debt; so for ξΗωΘΜΡΰΘδ, Deu_24:12 (10); ἀφιέναι, 1Ma_15:8; ἀποτίνειν, Plato, legg. 4, p. 717 b.; ἀποδιδόναι, Aristotle, eth. Nic. 9, 2, 5 (p. 1165a, 3). κατά ὀφείλημα, as of debt, Rom_4:4. b. in imitation of the Chaldean ηεα or ηεαΘΰ (which denotes both debt and sin), metaphorically, offence, sin (see ὀφειλέτης, b.); hence, ἀφιέναι τίνι τά ὀφειλετα αὐτοῦ, to remit the penalty of one's sins, to forgive them, (Chaldean ηεαΔιο ωΐΡαΗχ), Mat_6:12. (Cf. Winer's Grammar, 30, 32, 33.)

ὀφείλημα opheilēma 2x a debt; a due, Rom_4:4 , in NT a delinquency, offence, fault, sin, Mat_6:12 , cf. v. 14

ὀφείλημα , -τος , τό ( < ὀφείλω ), [in LXX : Deu_24:10 ( H4859 ), 1Es_3:20 , 1Ma_15:8 * ;] that which is owed, a debt: Rom_4:4 ; metaph . (as Aram. ηεΚαΘΰ ηεΚα ), of sin as a debt, Mat_6:12 .†

ὀφείλημα [page 468] For ὀφείλημα in its literal sense of a money debt, cf. P Hib I. 42 .10 (B.C. 262) τὸν δὲ λοιπὸν . . δώσομεν Λευκίωι ἐν ὀφειλήματι , but the rest we shall give to Leucius as a debt (Edd.), P Lond 1203 .4 (B.C. 113) (= III. p. 10) τὸ δὲ ὀφείλημα τοῦτο ἀποδότω Τοτόης Πα̣ν̣[ο ]β̣[χού ]ν̣ε̣ι̣ , but let T. pay this debt to P. , P Oxy III. 494 .10 (A.D. 156) ὀφειλήματα ἔνγραφα καὶ ἄγραφα , debts recorded and unrecorded, and P Ryl II. 117 .14 (A.D. 269), where it is laid down that those who had inherited nothing from deceased persons should not be held responsible for their debts or the claims made against them μὴ κατέχεσθαι τοῖς ἐκείνων ὀφε̣[ιλήμασι ]ν ἢ καὶ ζητήμασιν . See also Syll 736 (= .3 1108) .10 (iii/ii B.C.) τοῦ κατὰ τὸν νόμον ὀφειλήματ [ο ]ς ἀπολυθείς (with the editor s note).

ὀφείλημα ὀφείλημα, ατος, τό, "that which is owed, a debt", Thuc. , Plat.

ὀφείλημα, -τος, τό (ὀφείλω), [in LXX: Deu.24:10 (מַשָּׁאָה), I Est.3:20, 1Ma.15:8 * ;] that which is owed, a debt: Rom.4:4; metaphorically (as Aram. חוֺבָא חוֺב), of sin as a debt, Mat.6:12.† (AS)