δάν-ειον G1156
Loan, debt, money owed
A sum of money that has been borrowed and must be repaid, a financial debt. Matthew 18:27 describes the master who took pity on his servant and forgave the loan—an enormous debt of ten thousand talents. The term emphasizes the legal obligation to repay, making the master's cancellation of the debt a profound act of mercy that the forgiven servant fails to extend to his own debtor.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Refers to money loaned that creates a debt obligation. The translations (Spanish 'deuda', French 'dette') emphasize the repayment duty. In Matthew 18:27's parable, the master's forgiveness of this massive loan (representing an unpayable debt of millions in modern terms) illustrates God's forgiveness of sinners, while the servant's subsequent refusal to forgive a trivial debt owed to him exposes the hypocrisy of accepting mercy while withholding it from others, resulting in severe judgment. 1×
AR["الدَّيْنَ"]·ben["ঋণ"]·DE["δάνειον"]·EN["loan"]·FR["dette"]·heb["הַהַלְוָאָה"]·HI["करज़"]·ID["hutang"]·IT["daneion"]·jav["utang"]·KO["빚을"]·RU["долг"]·ES["deuda"]·SW["deni"]·TR["borcunu"]·urd["قرض"]
Related Senses
H5414 1. give, bestow (1855×)H3947 1. take, seize, grasp (Qal) (940×)G2192 1. possess / have (680×)G1325 1. give, bestow (336×)H5159 1. inherited land or property (170×)G2983 1. receive, obtain (134×)H3423 1. Qal: take possession of land (130×)G2983 2. take, take up (113×)G2398 1. one's own, belonging to oneself (91×)G3860 1. hand over, deliver to custody (78×)H7998 1. spoil, plunder, booty (74×)G1325 2. be given, be granted (70×)H5414 2. put, place, set (68×)H7999a 1. pay, repay, recompense (63×)H7069 1. Buy, purchase (59×)H1892 1. vanity, futility, absurdity (58×)H5159 2. heritage as covenant portion (52×)H6299 1. redeem or ransom (Qal active) (49×)H4376 1. Sell (Qal active) (47×)H1350a 1. Redeem, buy back (46×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
δάν-ειον [ᾰ], τό, loan, δ. ἀπαιτεῖν Refs 4th c.BC+: —written δάνιον, LXX