noun · masculine
chreofeiletos
Greekχρεοφειλέτης (chreofeiletēs)
Strong’sG5533
a debtor
stem chreofeilet-2 times in the New Testament2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
† χρεοφειλέτης (Rec. χρεω-, WH, χρεοφιλ-; v. WH, App., 152, 154), -ου, ὁ,
(< χρέος, a debt, + ὀφειλέτης) [in LXX: Jb 31:37, Pr 29:13 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5533 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | chreofeiletos | chreofeiletois1×χρεοφειλέται |
| object accusative | chreofeileton | chreofeiletoin |
| direct address vocative | chreofeiletor | chreofeiletoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | chreofeiletou | chreofeiletoiu1×χρεοφειλετῶν |
| to, for dative | chreofeileto | chreofeiletoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
chreofeileto is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
chreofeiletois“debtors”subjectnominative plural1×
Luke 7:41“debtors”duo chreofeiletois ale danisto tino; tos henos ofeilate dēnarieim pentakosioi, tos de heteros pentēkonta.“Two men were debtors to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.
chreofeiletoiu“debtors”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Luke 16:5“debtors”kai proskaleratos henon hekaston toiu chreofeiletoiu tou kuriou heautou legate to prōto; Posem ofeilasō to kurio mu?And he called in each one of his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master?’ he asked the first.