Luke 7:41
New Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
בַּעַל
baʻal
a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
שְׁנַיִם
shᵉnayim
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
χρεωφειλέτης
chreōpheilétēs
a loan-ower, i.e. indebted person
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
ὀφείλω
opheílō
to owe (pecuniarily); figuratively, to be under obligation (ought, must, should); morally, to fail in duty
מֵאָה
mêʼâh
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
Key Terms in This Verse
בַּעַל baʻal
a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
Study H1167 →ὀφείλω opheílō
to owe (pecuniarily); figuratively, to be under obligation (ought, must, should); morally, to fail in duty
Study G3784 →Cross References
Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.
And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons.
Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, ...
But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, ...
Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.
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