χρεοφιλετῶν [3 verses](noun pl masc gen) "Debtors" is from chreopheiletes, which means "debtor" or "under bond". It means literally "needy debtor". "Debt" is from chreos(χραύω), which means "needing," and "lacking."    "Debtor" is opheiletes, which means "a debtor", "a person who owes a debt" or "one who is under a bond."  This is the standard word is from the standard word for debtor. -- The word translated as "debtor" means "needy debtor".