one who is obligated

ὀφειλέτης, ου, ὁ (ὀφείλω; Soph. et al.; BGU 954, 22; En 6:3 ἐγὼ μόνος ὀφειλέτης ἁμαρτίας μεγάλης; TestJob 11:12).

① one who is in debt in a monetary sense, debtor (Pla., Leg. 5, 736d; Plut. et al.) w. the amount of the debt given in the gen. ὀφ. μυρίων ταλάντων who owed ten thousand talents Mt 18:24 (s. τάλαντον).

② one who is under obligation in a moral or social sense, one under obligation, one liable for, ext. of 1.

ⓐ debtor πάντες ὀφειλέται ἐσμὲν ἁμαρτίας we are all debtors in the matter of sin Pol 6:1.

ⓑ one who is obligated to do someth. ὀφειλέτην εἶναι be under obligation w. gen. or dat. of pers. or thing to whom (which) one is obligated (B-D-F §190, 1; Rob. 537 al.): w. gen. of pers. obligated to someone Ro 15:27. W. dat. of pers. 1:14; 8:12. That which one is obligated to do stands in the gen. ὀφειλέται ἐσμὲν οὐ τ. σαρκὶ τοῦ κατὰ σάρκα ζῆν we are under obligation but not to the flesh, to live according to its demands Ro 8:12 (s. B-D-F §400, 2; Rob. 1076). The simple inf. (Soph., Aj. 590) is found instead of the articular inf. in the gen.: ὀφ. ἐστὶν ὅλον τὸν νόμον ποιῆσαι Gal 5:3.

ⓒ one who is guilty of a misdeed, one who is culpable, at fault

α. in relation to pers., w. gen. of the one against whom the misdeed was committed ἀφήκαμεν τοῖς ὀφ. ἡμῶν we have forgiven our debtors, i. e., those who are guilty of sin against us Mt 6:12; cp. D 8:2.

β. in relation to God, sinner (cp. Lk 13:4 w. vs. 2 ἁμαρτωλοί) abs. ὅτι αὐτοὶ ὀφειλέται ἐγένοντο παρὰ πάντας τοὺς ἀνθρώπους that they were sinners to a greater degree than all the other people Lk 13:4.—Betz, SM p. 400 n. 479 (lit). DELG s.v. ὀφείλω. M-M. TW.

προσήλυτος, ου, ὁ (cp. ἦλθον; also ἔλευσις) one who has come over from polytheism to Judean religion and practice, convert (so Goodsp., Probs. 36f; the transliterated form ‘proselyte’ NRSV, REB, but only Ac 2:11, otherwise ‘convert’ or ‘worshiper’), a designation for a gentile won for the Israelite community through missionary efforts (the word is found in Apollon. Rhod. 1, 834 [μετοίκους καὶ προσηλύτους] and in the LXX. Plainly in a technical sense in Philo; cp. Spec. Leg. 1, 51 τούτους δὲ καλεῖ προσηλύτους ἀπὸ τοῦ προσεληλυθέναι καινῇ καὶ φιλοθέῳ πολιτείᾳ=these he [apparently Moses] calls ‘proselytes’ because they have ‘proselyted’ to a new state where love of God prevails; Sb 1742 Σάρρα προσήλυτος. Roman grave inscriptions also contain ‘proselytus’ or ‘proselyta’ [Schürer III 162, 55].—Perh. πρ. was used as a t.t. in the Isis cult [=Lat. ‘advena’ in Apuleius, Metam. 11, 26; s. Rtzst., Mysterienrel.³ 193]). W. Ἰουδαῖοι Ac 2:11. Of Nicolaus of Antioch 6:5. Of Jewish efforts to proselytize Mt 23:15.—They are to be differentiated fr. the σεβόμενοι τὸν θεόν, who had obligated themselves only to follow certain commandments; in a mixed expr. Ac 13:43 speaks of σεβόμενοι πρ.—ABertholet, Die Stellung der Israeliten u. der Juden zu den Fremden 1896, 257ff; KAxenfeld, Die jüd. Propaganda als Vorläuferin der urchristl. Mission: Missionswissenschaftl. Studien für GWarneck 1904, 1–80; ILevi, Le Prosélytisme juif: REJ 50, 1905, 1 ff; 51, 1906, 1ff; 53, 1907, 56ff; Schürer III 150–76; HGressmann, ZMR 39, 1924, 10ff; 169ff; MMeinertz, Jesus u. die Heidenmission² 1925; Bousset, Rel.³ 76ff; Billerb. I 924ff; II 715; IV 353ff; Harnack, Mission I⁴ 1923, 1–23 (Eng. tr., JMoffatt², 1908, 1–23); GRosen, Juden u. Phönizier 1929; GMoore, Judaism I, 1927, 323–53; FDerwacter, Preparing the Way for Paul 1930; HLietzmann, Gesch. d. Alten Kirche 1, ’32, 68–101; CSchneider, Ntl. Zeitgeschichte ’34, 173–75; HPreisker, Ntl. Zeitgesch. ’37, 290–93; WBraude, Jewish Proselyting in the First Five Centuries of the Common Era ’40; SLieberman, Greek in Jewish Palestine ’42: Gentiles and Semi-Proselytes, 68–90; JKlausner, From Jesus to Paul (tr. WStinespring)’43, 31–49; ESimon, Verus Israel ’48; SZeitlin, Proselytes and Proselytism, etc.: HAWolfson-Festschr. ’65, 871–81. Add. bibl., esp. since ’65, Schürer III 1–3; ABD V 505.—Pauly-W., Suppl. IX, 1248–83; Kl. Pauly IV, 1187; BHHW IV 1515.—S. also lit. s.v. σέβω 1b.—DELG s.v. ἐλεύσομαι. M-M. EDNT. TW. Sv.

ἐπιχορηγέω 1 aor. ἐπεχορήγησα; 1 fut. pass. ἐπιχορηγηθήσομαι. For the interpretation of passages using this verb and cognates it is well to explore the possibility of connection with the Gr-Rom. cultural background of generous public service that finds expression in the χορηγ-family.

① to convey as a gift, give, grant (Dionys. Hal. 1, 42; Diog. L. 5, 67; Phalaris, Ep. 50; Alex. Aphr., Probl. 1, 81. In marriage contracts ἐ. τὰ δέοντα: BGU 183, 6; POxy 905, 10; CPR I, 27, 12; cp. Strabo 11, 14, 16) τί τινι someth. to someone Hs 2:5, 7. σπέρμα τῷ σπείραντι give seed to the sower 2 Cor 9:10. ὑμῖν τὸ πνεῦμα he who gives you the Spirit Gal 3:5. αὐτῷ τ. ἐγκράτειαν 1 Cl 38:2, end.—Pass. ἐπιχορηγηθήσεται ὑμῖν ἡ εἴσοδος you will be granted an entrance 2 Pt 1:11. Without an acc. to denote what is given (En 7:3), ἐ. comes to mean

② to provide (at one’s own expense), supply, furnish (SEG XXXIX, 605, 2 [205/204 B.C.?]; Dionys. Hal. 10, 54) fig. extension of mng. 1 ἐ. τὴν ἀρετήν 2 Pt 1:5 (within a variation of the rhetorical form κλῖμαξ).

③ to provide what is necessary for the well-being of another, support (Sir 25:22; En 7:3; Ar. 15, 7; s. ἐπιχορηγία) ὁ πλούσιος ἐπιχορηγείτω τῷ πτωχῷ let the rich person support the indigent one 1 Cl 38:2 (Ar. 15, 7). Pass. ὁ πένης ἐπιχορηγούμενος ὑπὸ τοῦ πλουσίου the poor person, who is supported by the rich Hs 2:6. πᾶν τὸ σῶμα διὰ τῶν ἁφῶν καὶ συνδέσμων ἐπιχορηγούμενον καὶ συμβιβαζόμενον the whole body supported and held together by sinews and ligaments Col 2:19 (for the pass. of the simplex the mng. be supported, receive help is well attested [Ps.-X., Respubl. Athen. (the ‘Old Oligarch’) 1, 13; Polyb. 3, 75, 3; 4, 77, 2; 9, 44, 1; Sir 44:6; 3 Macc 6:40], and in Hs 2:5 the simplex and the compound appear to be used w. the same value, but the compound may here mean help afterwards, for a wealthy individual is here obligated to a poor one).—Danker, Benefactor 331f.—DELG s.v. χορός. M-M. S. also next entry.

εὐχαριστέω (s. χάρις) 1 aor. εὐχαρίστησα (ηὐχ-Ro 1:21 [edd. exc. t.r.] s. W-S. §12, 5b; Mlt-H. 191f); 1 aor. pass. subj. 3 sg. εὐχαριστηθῇ; ptc. εὐχαριστηθείς (Just.)

① to show that one is under obligation, be thankful, feel obligated to thank. This mng. is common in diplomatic documents in which the recipient of a favor reciprocates with assurance of goodwill (e.g. decrees of the Byzantines in Demosth. 18, 91f, concluding: οὐκ ἐλλείψει εὐχαριστῶν καὶ ποιῶν ὅ τι ἄν δύνηται ἀγαθόν =the people of the Chersonesus ‘will never stop being grateful and doing whatever they can’ (for the people of Athens); cp. OGI 730, 11; IPriene 44, 8 et al.). In this sense ἐ. = χάριν διδόναι (in contrast to χάριν εἰδέναι, s. Phryn. p. 18 Lob.). This mng. has been suggested for Lk 18:11 (the Pharisee is interpreted as making requital in fasting and tithing vs. 12) and Ro 16:4 (in sense of indebtedness; this pass. is the only one in the NT that deals w. thankfulness toward humans [as 2 Macc. 12:31]), but both pass. fit equally well in 2.

② to express appreciation for benefits or blessings, give thanks, express thanks, render/return thanks (as ‘render thanks’ since Polyb. 16, 25, 1; Posidon. 87, Fgm. 36 [in Athen. 5, 213e]; Diod S 20, 34, 5; Plut., Mor. 505d; Epict., ins, pap, LXX, Philo; Jos., Ant. 20, 12; cp. Phryn. p. 18 Lob.). Except for Ro 16:4 (cp. 2 Macc 12:31) εὐ. is used w. God as object (Diod S 14, 29, 4; 16, 11, 1 τοῖς θεοῖς περὶ τῶν ἀγαθῶν; Epict. 1, 4, 32; 1, 10, 3; 2, 23, 5 τῷ θεῷ; Artem. 4, 2 p. 206, 4 θῦε καὶ εὐχαρίστει; Herm. Wr. 1, 29 τ. θεῷ; SIG 995, 11 τ. θεοῖς; 1173, 9f; UPZ 59, 10 [168 B.C.] τ. θεοῖς; PTebt 56, 9; BGU 423, 6 τ. κυρίῳ Σεράπιδι; PGM 13, 706 [w. δέομαι]; Jdth 8:25; 2 Macc 1:11; 10:7; 3 Macc 7:16; EpArist 177 ὑμῖν, … τῷ θεῷ; Philo, Spec. Leg. 2, 204; 3, 6 θεῷ; TestSol 7:4 and Jos., Ant. 1, 193 τ. θεῷ; TestJos 8:5 τῷ κυρίω; TestAbr A 15 p. 95, 14 [Stone p. 38]; Ar. 15, 10 al.; Just., Orig., Hippol., Did.) αὐτῷ (of Jesus, who reveals himself as God in a miracle) Lk 17:16. τῷ θεῷ (μου) Ac 28:15; Ro 7:25 v.l.; 1 Cor 14:18; Phil 1:3; Col 1:3, 12; 3:17; Phlm 4; 1 Cl 38:4; 41:1 v.l.; B 7:1; IEph 21:1; Hv 4, 1, 4. εὐχαριστῶ σοι=God Lk 18:11 (cp. 1QH 2:20 al.אוֹדְכָה אֲדוֹנָי ‘I praise you, O Lord’). Elliptically Ro 1:21, where τῷ θεῷ is to be understood fr. the preceding ὡς θεόν (though εὐ. occasionally is used w. the acc. praise someone w. thanks SIG 1172, 3 εὐχαριστεῖ Ἀσκληπιόν; Cat. Cod. Astr. VII 177, 17); 1 Th 5:18; 2 Cl 18:1.—Esp. of thanksgiving before meals, w. dat. added τῷ θεῷ Ac 27:35; Ro 14:6 (cp. Ar. 15, 10); σοι D 10:3; ᾧ B 7:1. Abs. Mt 15:36; 26:27; Mk 8:6, 7 v.l.; 14:23; Lk 22:17, 19; J 6:11, 23; 1 Cor 11:24 (cp. Just., A I, 65, 5). W. mention of the obj., for which one gives thanks τινί τι (to) someone for someth. Hs 7:5 (εὐ. τι=‘thank for someth.’, a rare usage [Hippocr., Ep. 17, 46], s. 2 Cor 1:11 below; cp. Just., A I, 65, 5 τοῦ εὐχαριστηθέντος ἄρτου). περί τινος for someone, because of someone (Philo, Spec. Leg. 1, 211) 1 Th 1:2; for someth. Hs 5, 1, 1; also foll by ὅτι because (Ps.-Callisth. 2, 22, 11; Berl. pap: APF 12, ’37, 247; TestAbr A 15 p. 95, 14 [Stone p. 38]) Ro 1:8; 1 Cor 1:4f; 2 Th 1:3; 2:13. ὑπέρ τινος w. gen. of the pers. on whose behalf one thanks 2 Cor 1:11; Eph 1:16; Hs 2:6; also foll. by ὅτι because IPhld 11:1; ISm 10:1. ὑπέρ τινος w. gen. of thing for someth. (Philo, Congr. Erud. Gr. 96) 1 Cor 10:30; Eph 5:20; D 9:2f; 10:2. W. ἐπί τινι because of, for (IPergamon 224a, 14; Sb 7172, 25 [217 B.C.] εὐχαριστῶν τοῖς θεοῖς ἐπὶ τῷ συντελέσαι αὐτοὺς ἃ ἐπηγγείλαντο αὐτῷ; UPZ 59, 10f [168 B.C.]; Philo, Spec. Leg. 1, 67; TestGad 7:6 v.l. ἐπὶ πᾶσι τῷ κυρίῳ; Jos., Ant. 1, 193) 1 Cor 1:4; Hs 9, 14, 3. W. (τινί and) ὅτι foll. Lk 18:11 (cp. 1QH 2:20 al.); J 11:41; 1 Cor 1:14; 1 Th 2:13; Rv 11:17; 1 Cl 38:2; IPhld 6:3; D 10:3, 4. W. acc. of content εὐχαριστεῖν ὅσα θέλουσιν do the eucharistic prayer (in as many words as) the prophets choose D 10:7. Abs. σὺ εὐχαριστεῖς you offer a prayer of thanksgiving 1 Cor 14:17; in wordplay do the Eucharist οὕτως εὐχαριστήσατε D 9:1; εὐχαριστήσατε 14:1; cp. 10:1. As a parenthetical clause εὐχαριστῶ τῷ θεῷ thanks be to God 1 Cor 14:18. Pass. (cp. Dssm., B 119 [BS 122]; Philo, Rer. Div. Her. 174 ἵνα ὑπὲρ τ. ἀγαθῶν ὁ θεὸς εὐχαριστῆται) ἵνα ἐκ πολλῶν προσώπων τὸ εἰς ἡμᾶς χάρισμα διὰ πολλῶν εὐχαριστηθῇ ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν in order that thanks may be given by many persons on our behalf for the blessing granted to us 2 Cor 1:11 (on εὐ. τι s. above).—PSchubert, Form and Function of the Pauline Thanksgivings ’39. In a few passages the word could also mean

③ pray gener. (PTebt 56, 9 [II B.C.] εὐχαριστῆσαι τοῖς θεοῖς; PLond II, 413, 3 p. 301 and II, 418, 3 p. 303 [both Christ., c. 346 A.D.]; BGU 954, 4).—1 Cl 62:2 v.l. (for εὐαριστεῖν).—FHort, Εὐχαριστία, εὐχαριστεῖν (in Philo): JTS 3, 1902, 594–98; TSchermann, Εὐχαριστία and εὐχαριστεῖν: Philol 69, 1910, 375–410; GBoobyer, ‘Thanksgiving’ and the ‘Glory of God’ in Paul, diss. Heidelb. 1929; JMRobinson, Die Hodajot-Formel in Gebet und Hymnus des Frühchristentums, in: Apophoreta (Festschr. EHaenchen) ’64, 194–235; HPatsch, ZNW 62, ’71, 210–31; RAC VI, 900–928.—B. 1166. DELG s.v. χάρις. New Docs 127–29. M-M. EDNT. TW.