4359. prosopheiló
Berean Strong's Lexicon
prosopheiló: To owe in addition, to be additionally indebted

Original Word: προσοφείλω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: prosopheiló
Pronunciation: pros-o-fay'-lo
Phonetic Spelling: (pros-of-i'-lo)
Definition: To owe in addition, to be additionally indebted
Meaning: I owe besides (in addition).

Word Origin: From the Greek prefix "πρός" (pros, meaning "toward" or "in addition to") and "ὀφείλω" (opheiló, meaning "to owe" or "to be indebted").

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for προσοφείλω, the concept of debt and obligation is present in Hebrew terms such as חוֹב (chov, meaning "debt") and נָשָׁא (nasha, meaning "to lend" or "to borrow").

Usage: The verb προσοφείλω (prosopheiló) is used to denote an additional obligation or debt. It implies a further indebtedness beyond what is already owed. This term is often used in contexts where there is an accumulation of debt or a moral obligation that extends beyond the initial requirement.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, debt was a common aspect of economic life, and the concept of owing more than one initially borrowed was well understood. The idea of accumulating debt could also be metaphorically applied to moral or ethical obligations, reflecting the cultural understanding of duty and responsibility. In Jewish thought, debt was not only a financial matter but also had spiritual implications, as seen in the Year of Jubilee and the forgiveness of debts.

HELPS Word-studies

4359 prosopheílō (from 4314 /prós, "towards" which intensifies 3784 /opheílō, "owe") – properly, owe towards, i.e. be indebted on a personal level (used only in Phm 19).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from pros and opheiló
Definition
to owe besides
NASB Translation
owe (1), well (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4359: προσοφείλω

προσοφείλω; to owe besides (see πρός, IV. 2): σεαυτόν, i. e. besides what I have just asked of thee thou owest to me even thine own self, since it was by my agency that thou wast brought to faith in Christ, Philemon 1:19. (Thucydides, Xenophon, Demosthenes, Polybius, Plutarch.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
still owe

From pros and opheilo; to be indebted additionally -- over besides.

see GREEK pros

see GREEK opheilo

Forms and Transliterations
προσοφειλεις προσοφείλεις prosopheileis prosopheíleis
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Englishman's Concordance
Philemon 1:19 V-PIA-2S
GRK: σεαυτόν μοι προσοφείλεις
NAS: it (not to mention to you that you owe to me even
KJV: even thine own self besides.
INT: yourself to me you owe also

Strong's Greek 4359
1 Occurrence


προσοφείλεις — 1 Occ.

















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