- Transliteration: Opheiletes

- Phonetic: of-i-let'-ace

- Definition:

1. one who owes another, a debtor

a. one held by some obligation, bound by some duty

b. one who has not yet made amends to whom he has injured:

1. one who owes God penalty or whom God can demand punishment as something due, i.e. a sinner

- Origin: from G3784" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3784

- TDNT entry: 14:25,7

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine

- Strong's: From G3784" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3784; an ower that is a person indebted; figuratively a delinquent; morally a transgressor (against God): - debtor which owed sinner.