Quick Definition
ὀφείλημα, ατος, τό n.n. a debt, offense, sin
Strong's Definition
from (the alternate of) 3784; something owed, i.e. (figuratively) a due; morally, a fault
KJV Usage: debt
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -τος | ὀφείλω
57.221 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Owe, Debt, Cancel
debt, amount owed (derivative of ὀφείλω[a] ‘to owe,’ 57.219) that which is owed It is also possible to understand ὀφείλημα in ROM 4:4 as meaning ‘obligation’ (see 71.26).
1 MAT 6:12 Some scholars interpret ὀφείλημα in MAT 6:12 as referring literally to debts, since they believe the statement refers to the actual forgiveness of debts in the idealized jubilee year in the Jewish Law.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὀφείλημα, -ros, τό, (ὀφείλω), that which is ae. a. prop. that which is justly or legally due, a debt; so for mNwr, Deut. xxiv. 12 (10); ἀφιέναι, 1 Mace. xv. 8; ἀποτίνειν, Plat. lego. 4 p. 717b.; ἀποδιδόναι, Aristot. eth. Nic. 9, 2, 5 [p.1165%, 3]. κατὰ ὀφείλημα, as of debt, Ro. iv. 4. b. in imitation of the Chald. 3)n or x2in (which denotes both debi and sin), metaph. offence, sin, (see ὀφειλέτης, b.); hence, ἀφιέναι τινὶ ra ὀφειλ. αὐτοῦ, te remit the penalty of one’s sins, to forgive them, (Chald. Pan paw), Mt. vi 12. [Cf W. 30, 32, 33.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὀφείλημα opheilēma 2x
a debt; a due, Rom. 4:4, in NT a delinquency, offence, fault, sin, Mt. 6:12, cf. v. 14*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ὀφείλημα, -τος, τό
(< ὀφείλω), [in LXX: De 24:10 (מַשָּׁאָה), I Es 3:20, I Mac 15:8*;]
that which is owed, a debt: Ro 4:4; metaph. (as Aram. חוֺבָא, חוֺב), of sin as a debt, Mt 6:12.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὀφείλημα. For ὀφείλημα in its literal sense of a money ‘‘ debt,” cf. P Hib I. 4219 (n.c. 262) τὸν δὲ λοιπὸν. . δώσομεν ΔΛευκίωι ἐν ὀφειλήματι, “but the rest we shall give to Leucius as a debt” (Edd.), P Lond 1203" (B.c. 113) (=TIII. p. 10) τὸ δὲ ὀφείλημα τοῦτο ἀποδότω Tordys ἸΠανΓ[οἸβ[χού]νει, “but let T. pay this debt to P.”, P Oxy IIT. 494" (A.D. 156) ὀφειλήματα ἔνγραφα καὶ ἄγραφα, ‘debts recorded and unrecorded,’’ and P ΕΥ] II. 1171} (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”—pi κατέχεσθαι τοῖς ἐκείνων ὀφε[ιλήμασι]ν ἢ Kal ζητήμασιν. See also Sy// 736 (= 31108)! (iii/ii B.c.) τοῦ κατὰ τὸν νόμον ὀφειλήματί[ ο]ς ἀπολυθείς (with the editor's note).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ὀφείλημα (opheilēma) — debt. ὀφείλ-ημα, ατος, τό, that which is owed, debt, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀποτίνειν ὀ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; and Papyrus, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; compare ὀφήλωμα.