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creditor

Meaning of “creditor”

One to whom money or goods are owed.

Definition sources

Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-referencesBullokar 1616Cawdrey 1604
3 occurrences3 verses3 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Deuteronomy 15:2

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “creditor”

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Deuteronomy 15:2
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And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the Lord’s release.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 15:2 · retained source text

And this is the maner of the release: Euery creditour that lendeth ought vnto his neighbour, shall release it: hee shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother, because it is called the LORDs release.

1611 marginal noteHeb. master of the lending of his hand.

2 Kings 4:1
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NOW there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the Lord: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Kings 4:1 · retained source text

¶ Now there cryed a certaine woman of the wiues of the sonnes of the Prophets vnto Elisha, saying, Thy seruant my husband is dead, and thou knowest that thy seruant did feare the LORD: and the creditour is come to take vnto him my two sonnes to be bondmen.

Luke 7:41
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There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Luke 7:41 · retained source text

There was a certaine creditour, which had two debtors: the one ought fiue hundred pence, and the other fiftie.

1611 marginal noteSee Mat. 18.28.

Source order

Definition evidence

1 · Direct Scripture definition

Deuteronomy 15:2; 2 Kings 4:1; Luke 7:41

Deuteronomy 15:2 directly describes every creditor as one that lendeth, while 2 Kings 4:1 and Luke 7:41 supply the debt relation. Together they directly establish the one-to-whom-payment-is-owed identity retained here.

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