KJV dictionary & concordance
Was indebted or obligated to pay.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Matthew 18:24
Complete exact-word concordance
And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.
And when hee had begun to reckon, one was brought vnto him which ought him ten thousand talents.
1611 marginal noteA talent is 750. ounces of siluer, which after fiue shillings the ounce, is 187.li.10.s.
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.
But the same seruant went out, and found one of his fellow-seruants, which ought him an hundred pence: and hee layd handes on him, and tooke him by the throte, saying, Pay mee that thou owest.
1611 marginal noteThe Romane penie is the eighth part of an ounce, which after 5. shillings the ounce is 7. d. ob.
There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.
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
1 · Direct Scripture definition
Matthew gives amounts owed and a demand to pay, while Luke directly places owed amounts under a creditor-and-debtors relation. The monetary indebtedness is explicit.
2 · KJV context and cross-references
