κατηγορέω katēgoreō · G2723

to accuse

κατηγορέω, -ῶ; (κατά, ἀγορεύω), [in LXX: Dan LXX 6:5, (9), 1Ma.7:6 1Mac 7:25, 2Ma.4:47 2Mac 10:13 2Mac 10:21, 4Ma.9:14 * ; ] ; to make accusation, accuse, ; (a) in general: absol., Rom.2:15; with genitive of person(s) (cl., WM, 254), Jhn.5:45; irreg. with accusative of person(s), Rev.12:10; (b) before a judge: absol., Act.24:2, 19; with genitive of person(s), Mat.12:10, Mrk.3:2, Luk.6:7 11:54 (WH, txt., R, om.), Luk.23:2, 10, Jhn.8:6 Act.25:5 28:19; id. with accusative of thing(s) (cl., but see WM, l.with), Mrk.15:3-4; with genitive of thing(s) (Dem.), Act.24:8 25:11; before περί, with genitive of thing(s) (Thuc., viii, 85), Act.24:13; with accusative of thing(s), before κατά with genitive …

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

κατηγορ-έω, ; speak against, especially before judges, accuse, opposed to ἀπολογέομαι, with genitive, []; κ. τινὸς πρὸς τὴν πόλιν denounce him publicly, []; κατηγόρεις [αὐτῶν] ὡς λέγοιεν you accused them of saying, []; κ. τινὸς ὅτι[]; 2 κ. τί τινος bring as a charge against a person, accuse him of it, δείν᾽ ἔπη μου []: with infinitive, κ. τινὸς παθεῖν τι []; 3 with accusative of things only, allege in accusation, []:—passive, to be brought as an accusation against, κατηγορεῖτο τοὐπίκλημα τοῦτό …

Where it's used 24 times

Matthew 12:10 · Matthew 27:12 · Mark 3:2 · Mark 15:3 · Mark 15:4 · Luke 6:7 · Luke 11:54 · Luke 23:2 · Luke 23:10 · Luke 23:14 · John 5:45 · John 8:6 · Acts 22:30 · Acts 24:2 · Acts 24:8 · Acts 24:13 · Acts 24:19 · Acts 25:5 · Acts 25:11 · Acts 25:16 · Acts 28:19 · Romans 2:15 · Revelation 12:10 … and 1 more

Source: TBESG G2723; TFLSJ G2723

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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