Dictionaries :: Debtor

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Debtor:

Various regulations as to the relation between debtor and creditor are laid down in the Scriptures.

(1.) The debtor was to deliver up as a pledge to the creditor what he could most easily dispense with (Deu 24:10,11).

(2.) A mill, or millstone, or upper garment, when given as a pledge, could not be kept over night (Exd 22:26,27).

(3.) A debt could not be exacted during the Sabbatic year (Deu 15:1-15).

For other laws bearing on this relation see Lev 25:14, 32, 39; Mat 18:25, 34.

(4.) A surety was liable in the same way as the original debtor (Pro 11:15; 17:18).

Nave's Topical Bible

Debtor: Laws Concerning

Exd 21:2-6; 22:10-15; Lev 25:14-17, 25-41, 47-55; Neh 10:31; Mat 5:25, 26, 40; 18:25

Debtor: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To

2Ki 4:1-7; Neh 5:3-5; Job 20:18, 19; Mat 18:23-33; Luk 20:9-16

See CREDITOR; DEBT; SURETY.

Thematic Subject Guide

Debtor:

Exd 21:2-6; Exd 22:10-15; Exd 22:25-27Lev 25:14-17; Lev 25:25-41; Lev 25:47-55Deu 24:6; Deu 24:10-132Ki 4:1-7Neh 5:3-5; Neh 10:31Job 20:18; Job 22:6; Job 24:9Pro 11:15; Pro 22:26Amo 2:8Mat 5:25-26; Mat 18:23-33Luk 20:9-16Rom 13:8

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

1Strong's Number: g3781Greek: opheiletes

Debtor:

"one who owes anything to another," primarily in regard to money; in Mat 18:24, "who owed" (lit., "one was brought, a debtor to him of ten thousand talents"). The slave could own property, and so become a "debtor" to his master, who might seize him for payment.

It is used metaphorically,

(a) of a person who is under an obligation, Rom 1:14, of Paul, in the matter of preaching the Gospel; in Rom 8:12, of believers, to mortify the deeds of the body; in Rom 15:27, of Gentile believers, to assist afflicted Jewish believers; in Gal 5:3, of those who would be justified by circumcision, to do the whole Law:

(b) of those who have not yet made amends to those whom they have injured, Mat 6:12, "our debtors;" of some whose disaster was liable to be regarded as a due punishment, Luk 13:4 (RV, "offenders;" AV, sinners;" marg., "debtors").

2Strong's Number: g5533Greek: chreopheiletes

Debtor:

lit., "a debt-ower" (chreos, "a loan, a debt," and No. 1), is found in Luk 7:41, of the two "debtors" mentioned in the Lord's parable addressed to Simon the Pharisee, and in Luk 16:5, of the "debtors" in the parable of the unrighteous steward. This parable indicates a system of credit in the matter of agriculture. In the Sept., Job 31:37, "having taken nothing from the debtor;" Pro 29:13, "when the creditor and the debtor meet together." The word is more expressive than No. 1.

Note: In Mat 23:16 opheilo, "to owe" (see DEBT), is translated "he is a debtor." The RV marg., keeping the verbal form, has "bound by his oath" (AV, marg., "bound"). In the 18th verse the AV, "he is guilty," means that he is under obligation to make amends for his misdeeds.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Debtor:

SEE [LOAN].