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ὀφείλω G3784
G3784 is the Greek word ὀφείλω, transliterated opheílō. The King James Version most often renders it ought.
What it means
to owe (pecuniarily); figuratively, to be under obligation (ought, must, should); morally, to fail in duty.
Where it comes from
probably from the base of G3786 (ὄφελος) (through the idea of accruing).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 29 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: behove, be bound, (be) debt(-or), (be) due(-ty), be guilty (indebted), (must) need(-s), ought, owe, should.
Verses using ὀφείλω
All 32 verses, quoted in full.
Matthew 18:28 · KJV
But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.
Matthew 18:34 · KJV
And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.
Luke 7:41 · KJV
There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.
Luke 11:4 · KJV
And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
Luke 16:5 · KJV
So he called every one of his lord’s debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?
Luke 16:7 · KJV
Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.
Luke 17:10 · KJV
So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.
John 13:14 · KJV
If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet.
John 19:7 · KJV
The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
Acts 17:29 · KJV
Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.
Romans 13:8 · KJV
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Romans 15:1 · KJV
We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
Romans 15:27 · KJV
It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things.
1 Corinthians 5:10 · KJV
Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.
1 Corinthians 7:3 · KJV
Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
1 Corinthians 7:36 · KJV
But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.
1 Corinthians 9:10 · KJV
Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.
1 Corinthians 11:7 · KJV
For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
1 Corinthians 11:10 · KJV
For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.
2 Corinthians 12:11 · KJV
I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.
2 Corinthians 12:14 · KJV
Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
Ephesians 5:28 · KJV
So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
2 Thessalonians 1:3 · KJV
We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;
2 Thessalonians 2:13 · KJV
But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
Philemon 1:18 · KJV
If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine account;
Hebrews 2:17 · KJV
Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
Hebrews 5:3 · KJV
And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.
Hebrews 5:12 · KJV
For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
1 John 2:6 · KJV
He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
1 John 3:16 · KJV
Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
1 John 4:11 · KJV
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
3 John 1:8 · KJV
We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.
Common questions
What does Strong's G3784 mean?
G3784 is the Greek word ὀφείλω (opheílō), meaning to owe (pecuniarily); figuratively, to be under obligation (ought, must, should); morally, to fail in duty.
How is G3784 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it ought (15 times), owed (2 times), due (2 times), bound (2 times), indebted (1 time), among others.
How many times does G3784 appear in the Bible?
ὀφείλω (opheílō) is tagged in 32 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does G3784 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: probably from the base of G3786 (ὄφελος) (through the idea of accruing).
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