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Debtor [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. det'tor.

2. The person who owes another either money, goods or services.

3. In Athens an insolvent debtor became slave to his creditor.

4. One who is under obligation to do something.

5. I am debtor to the Greeks and barbarians. Rom. I.

6. He is a debtor to do the whole law. Galatians 5:3 .

7. The side of an account in which debts are charged.

Debtor [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who owes a debt; one who is indebted; -- correlative to creditor.

Debt Roget’s Thesaurus §806

N. debt, obligation, liability, indebtment, debit, # score, bill, check, account (credit) 805, arrears, deferred payment, deficit, default, insolvency, bad debt, interest, premium, usance, usury, floating debt, floating capital, debtor, debitor, mortgagor, defaulter, borrower

V. be in debt, owe, incur a debt, contract a debt, run up a bill, run up a score, run up an account, go on tick, borrow, run into debt, get into debt, outrun the constable, run up debts, run up bills (spend) 809, answer for, go bail for, bill, charge

Adj. indebted, liable, chargeable, answerable for, in debt, in embarrassed circumstances, in difficulties, incumbered, involved, involved in debt, plunged in debt, deep in debt, over one's head in debt, over head and ears in debt, deeply involved, fast tied up, insolvent, minus, out of pocket, unpaid, unrequited, unrewarded, owing, due, in arrear, outstanding, past due

Phr. aes alienum debitorem leve gravius inimicum facit, "neither a borrower nor a lender be"

Nonpayment Roget’s Thesaurus §808

N. nonpayment, default, defalcation, protest, # repudiation, application of the sponge|, whitewashing, insolvency, bankruptcy, failure, insufficiency, run upon a bank, overdrawn account, waste paper bonds, dishonored bills, protested bills, bogus check, bogus cheque, rubber check, bankrupt, insolvent, debtor, lame duck, man of straw, welsher, stag, defaulter, levanter|

V. not pay, fail, break, stop payment, become insolvent, become bankrupt, be gazetted, protest, dishonor, repudiate, nullify, refuse payment, pay under protest, button up one's pockets, draw the purse strings, apply the sponge, pay over the left shoulder, get whitewashed, swindle, run up bills, fly kites

Adj. not paying, non-paying, non-performing, in debt, behindhand, in arrear, behind in payments, in arrears, beggared, unable to make both ends meet, minus, worse than nothing, worthless, insolvent, bankrupt, in the gazette, gazetted, unpaid, gratis, unremunerated

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Isaiah 24:2

And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.

people and priest alike, servant and master, maid and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor.

Ezekiel 18:7

And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.

Matthew 6:12

And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

Matthew 18:24

And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.

As he began the settlements, a debtor was brought to him owing ten thousand talents.

Matthew 23:16

Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!

Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’

Luke 7:41

There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.

“Two men were debtors to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.

Luke 16:5

So he called every one of his lord’s debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?

And he called in each one of his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master?’ he asked the first.

Romans 1:14

I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.

I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish.

Romans 8:12

Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation, but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it.

Romans 15:27

It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things.

They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual blessings, they are obligated to minister to them with material blessings.

Galatians 5:3

For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.