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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: ὀφείλω

(Strong's #3784 — — opheilo — of-i'-lo, of-i-leh'-o )

"to owe, to be indebted," is translated "it was our duty," in Luke 17:10 , lit., "we owe (ought) to do;" so in Romans 15:27 , AV, "their duty is:" RV, "they owe it." See BEHOVE , BOUND.

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Duty'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​d/duty.html. 1940.
 
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