Definition

a loan-ower, i.e. indebted person

Etymology

from a derivative of G5531 (χράω) and G3781 (ὀφειλέτης);

Word family

• χράω chráō
• ὀφειλέτης opheilétēs

How the KJV renders it

• debtor

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.