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Owe

Owe "to owe, to be a debtor" (in the Passive Voice, "to be owed, to be due"), is translated by the verb "to owe" in Mat 18:28 (twice); Luk 7:41, Luk 16:5, Luk 16:7, Rom 13:8; in Rom 15:27, RV, "they (gentile c...

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Owe

"to owe, to be a debtor" (in the Passive Voice, "to be owed, to be due"), is translated by the verb "to owe" in Mat 18:28 (twice); Luk 7:41, Luk 16:5, Luk 16:7, Rom 13:8; in Rom 15:27, RV, "they (gentile converts) owe it" (AV, "it is their duty"); Phm 1:18. See BEHOVE, DEBT, DUE, DUTY, GUILTY, INDEBTED, MUST, NEED, OUGHT.

"to owe besides" (pros, "in addition," and No. 1), is used in Phm 1:19, "thou owest (to me even thine own self) besides," i.e., "thou owest me already as much as Onesimus' debt, and in addition even thyself" (not "thou owest me much more").

"a debtor" (akin to A, No. 1), is translated "which owed" in Mat 18:24, lit., "a debtor (of ten thousand talents)." See DEBTOR.

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