1. debtor, one who owes — A person who is under obligation, whether financial (one who owes a monetary debt) or moral/spiritual (one who is guilty or obligated); used both literally of debtors in parables and figuratively of those under moral obligation. All 7 occurrences represent the same core meaning with variation limited to grammatical number (singular 'debtor' vs. plural 'debtors'). Multilingual evidence: spa 'deudor/deudores' (debtor/debtors), hin 'कर्जदार/करज़दर/अपराधी' (karzdār, debtor; aparādhī, offender — showing the literal-to-moral range), arb 'مَدِينٌ/مَدِينُونَ/مُلزَمٌ/مُذْنِبُونَ' (madīn/mulzam, debtor/obligated; mudhnibūn, guilty ones), kor '빚진–자/빚진–자들' (bitjin ja, one/ones who owe), swa 'mdaiwa/wadaiwa/mdeni/wadeni' (debtor sg/pl). Covers Matt 6:12, 18:24, Luke 13:4, Rom 1:14, 8:12, 15:27, Gal 5:3. 7×
AR["مَديونٌ","مَدِينٌ","مَدِينُونَ","مُذنِبينَ-إِلَينا","مُذْنِبُونَ","مُلزَمٌ"]·ben["ঋণী","ঋণীদের"]·DE["Schuldner","ὀφειλέται","ὀφειλέταις","ὀφειλέτης"]·EN["a-debtor","debtor","debtors"]·FR["débiteur"]·heb["הַחַיָּבִים","חַיָּב","חַיָּבִים"]·HI["अपराधियों-को","अपराधी","ऋणी","करज़दअर","करज़दर","कर्जदार"]·ID["berhutang","bersalah","berutang"]·IT["debitore","opheiletai","opheiletais","opheiletes","opheiletēs"]·jav["ingkang-kagungan-utang","kula-kagungan-kuwajiban","tiyang-bersalah","tiyang-ingkang-kagungan-kewajiban","tiyang-ingkang-kalepatan","utang","wajib"]·KO["빚진-자","빚진-자들-이다","빚진-자들이","빚진-자로","빚진-자이라","우리-에게-빚진-자들"]·PT["devedor","devedores"]·RU["-должниками","должник","должникам","должниками","должники"]·ES["deudor","deudores"]·SW["mdaiwa","mdeni","wadaiwa","wadeni"]·TR["borçludur","borçlular","borçlularımıza","borçlularız","borçlusu","borçluyum"]·urd["قرضدار","قرضداروں"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ὀφειλ-έτης, ου, ὁ, debtor, τινι Refs 5th c.BC+; ὀ. εἰμί with infinitive, I am under bond to.., NT+5th c.BC+: —feminine ὀφειλ-έτις, ιδος, Refs 5th c.BC+