Strong G2723κατηγορέω
to accuse
- Transliteration
- katēgoreō
- Pronunciation
- kat-ay-gor-eh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G2725; to be a plaintiff that is to charge with some offence: - accuse object.
Detailed definition
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 of person(s) (WM, § 28, 1), Luk.23:14. Pass. (B1., § 54, 3), before ὑπό with genitive, Mat.27:12, Act.22:30; ὁ κατηγορούμενος, Act.25:16.†
(AS)
(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 of person(s) (WM, § 28, 1), Luk.23:14. Pass. (B1., § 54, 3), before ὑπό with genitive, Mat.27:12, Act.22:30; ὁ κατηγορούμενος, Act.25:16.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2723 appears in 21 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- accuse20
- accuseth1
- and1
- object1
- of1
First verses
- Matthew 12:10And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.
- Matthew 27:12And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
- Mark 3:2And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.
- Mark 15:3And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered nothing.
- Luke 11:54Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
- Luke 23:2And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Cesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.
- Luke 23:10And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him.
- Luke 23:14Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him:
- John 5:45Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.
- John 8:6This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.
- Acts 22:30On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.
- Acts 24:2And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence,
- Acts 24:8Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him.
- Acts 24:13Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me.
- Acts 24:19Who ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they had ought against me.
- Acts 25:5Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him.
- Acts 25:11For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Cesar.
- Acts 25:16To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.
- Acts 28:19But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Cesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of.
- Romans 2:15Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)
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Detailed Greek dictionary
κατηγορ-έω,
speak against, especially before judges, accuse, opposed to ἀπολογέομαι, with genitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.113, 8.60, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 14.21, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1073, etc.; τῆς πόλεως 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 244e: less frequently κατά τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.7.9)]; κ. τινὸς πρὸς τὴν πόλιν denounce him publicly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 2c)]; κατηγόρεις [αὐτῶν] ὡς λέγοιεν you accused them of saying, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.134, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.1.38)]; κ. τινὸς ὅτι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (.. [prev. work] 1.7.17; τῶν ἱππέων ἐλθὼν πρὸς ὑμᾶς εἰς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν κατηγόρει 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.197; τῆς ἐμῆς [τύχης] κατηγορεῖς [prev. author] 18.266, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.4.)]
2 κ. τί τινος bring as a charge against a person, accuse him of it, δείν᾽ ἔπη μου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 514, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 28, etc.; τῶν ἄλλων μωρίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.3.4; ὃς ἐμοῦ Φιλιππισμὸν κατηγορεῖ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.294; κ. τι κατά τινος 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “pro Euxenippo” 23; τινὸς περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.110, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.85)]: with infinitive, κ. τινὸς παθεῖν τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 482c: with double _genitive_, παρανόμων κ. τινός 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.5.)]
3 with accusative of things only, allege in accusation, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.113; μωρίαν ἐμήν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 418; τὴν πονηρίαν τῶν γονέων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 346a; τὰ γεγονότα κ. 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.10, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 932, “Ra.” 996 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.31, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.9)]:—passive, to be brought as an accusation against, κατηγορεῖτο τοὐπίκλημα τοῦτό μο; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 529; ἀδικία πολλὴ κ. αὐτοῦ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.95)]; τὰ πρῶτά μου ψευδῆ -ημένα the first false charges brought against me, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 18a, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 16.9; τὰ -ηθέντα 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.85, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.24; τἀδικήμαθ᾽ ἃ κατηγορεῖται 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.136: _impersonal_, followed by)]infinitive, σφέων.. κατηγόρητο μηδίζειν a charge had been brought against them that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.205; κατηγορεῖτό τινος ὡς βαρβαρίζοι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.2.35)]; κατηγορουμένου δ᾽ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι.. a charge being brought against him, that.., [Refs ([prev. work] 3.5.25.)]
3.b rarely in passive, of the person, to be accused, οἱ κατηγορούμενοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.7, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 38 (assuming variant).)]
4 absolutely, to be an accuser, appear as prosecutor, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 840, 842, “Pl.” 917, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 18e, etc.)]
II signify, indicate, prove, c.accusative of things, [τὸ νεαρὸν] κ. τὴν ὀλιγοετίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.3, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.695d, 4th c.AD: Adamantius Physiognomonicus 1.5, +others; ἀσθένειαν μᾶλλον ἢ δύναμιν 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 4.6.3)]; display, οἱ πολλὴν -οῦντες ἀπειροκαλίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 21: with _genitive_ _person_, εὖ γὰρ φρονοῦντος ὄμμα σοῦ κατηγορεῖ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 271, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 690, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 907, etc.; ὠκύτητα κ. τοῦ κυνός 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 2.26.)]
II.2 followed by relative, declare, assert, αὐτὸ κατηγορέει τὸ οὔνομα ὡς ἔστι Ἑλληνικόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.115)]; κ. ὅτι.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 4.189, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 73b (_impersonal_))]: absolutely, make a definite assertion, [Refs ([prev. author] “Tht.” 208b.)]
III in Logic, predicate of a person or thing, τί τινος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Categoriae” 3a19, +others, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 250)]; κυρίως, καταχρηστικῶς κ., [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 5.15; ἐναντίως ὑπὲρ τῶν αὐτῶν [prev. author] “Oec.” p.60 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus)]: —more frequently in passive, to be predicated of.., τινος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Categoriae” 2a21, “APr.” 26b9, +others; κατά τινος [prev. author] “Cat.” 2a37; κατὰ παντὸς ἢ μηδενός [prev. author] “APr.” 24a15: less frequently ἐπί τινος [prev. author] “Metaphorical” 998b16, 999a15; so later ἐφ᾽ ἑνὸς οἴονται θεοῦ ἑκάτερον τῶν ὀνομάτων -εῖσθαι 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.48; περί τινος 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 140b37; τὸ κοινῇ -ούμενον ἐπὶ πᾶσιν [prev. author] “SE” 179a8: _absolutely_, τὸ κατηγορούμενον)] the predicate, opposed to τὸ ὑποκείμενον (the subject), [Refs ([prev. author] “Cat.” 1b11, compare “Metaphorical” 1043a6, +others)]; κατηγορεῖν καὶ -εῖσθαι to be subject and predicate, [Refs ([prev. author] “APr.” 47b1.)]
III.2 affirm, opposed to ἀπαρνέομαι, [Refs ([prev. work] 41a10.)] adverb κατηγορουμένως categorically, roundly, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.90 W.)]
speak against, especially before judges, accuse, opposed to ἀπολογέομαι, with genitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.113, 8.60, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 14.21, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1073, etc.; τῆς πόλεως 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 244e: less frequently κατά τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.7.9)]; κ. τινὸς πρὸς τὴν πόλιν denounce him publicly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 2c)]; κατηγόρεις [αὐτῶν] ὡς λέγοιεν you accused them of saying, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.134, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.1.38)]; κ. τινὸς ὅτι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (.. [prev. work] 1.7.17; τῶν ἱππέων ἐλθὼν πρὸς ὑμᾶς εἰς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν κατηγόρει 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.197; τῆς ἐμῆς [τύχης] κατηγορεῖς [prev. author] 18.266, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.4.)]
2 κ. τί τινος bring as a charge against a person, accuse him of it, δείν᾽ ἔπη μου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 514, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 28, etc.; τῶν ἄλλων μωρίαν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.3.4; ὃς ἐμοῦ Φιλιππισμὸν κατηγορεῖ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.294; κ. τι κατά τινος 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “pro Euxenippo” 23; τινὸς περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.110, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.85)]: with infinitive, κ. τινὸς παθεῖν τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 482c: with double _genitive_, παρανόμων κ. τινός 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.5.)]
3 with accusative of things only, allege in accusation, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.113; μωρίαν ἐμήν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 418; τὴν πονηρίαν τῶν γονέων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 346a; τὰ γεγονότα κ. 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.10, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 932, “Ra.” 996 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.31, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.9)]:—passive, to be brought as an accusation against, κατηγορεῖτο τοὐπίκλημα τοῦτό μο; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 529; ἀδικία πολλὴ κ. αὐτοῦ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.95)]; τὰ πρῶτά μου ψευδῆ -ημένα the first false charges brought against me, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 18a, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 16.9; τὰ -ηθέντα 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.85, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.24; τἀδικήμαθ᾽ ἃ κατηγορεῖται 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.136: _impersonal_, followed by)]infinitive, σφέων.. κατηγόρητο μηδίζειν a charge had been brought against them that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.205; κατηγορεῖτό τινος ὡς βαρβαρίζοι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.2.35)]; κατηγορουμένου δ᾽ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι.. a charge being brought against him, that.., [Refs ([prev. work] 3.5.25.)]
3.b rarely in passive, of the person, to be accused, οἱ κατηγορούμενοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.7, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 38 (assuming variant).)]
4 absolutely, to be an accuser, appear as prosecutor, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 840, 842, “Pl.” 917, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 18e, etc.)]
II signify, indicate, prove, c.accusative of things, [τὸ νεαρὸν] κ. τὴν ὀλιγοετίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.3, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.695d, 4th c.AD: Adamantius Physiognomonicus 1.5, +others; ἀσθένειαν μᾶλλον ἢ δύναμιν 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 4.6.3)]; display, οἱ πολλὴν -οῦντες ἀπειροκαλίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 21: with _genitive_ _person_, εὖ γὰρ φρονοῦντος ὄμμα σοῦ κατηγορεῖ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 271, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 690, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 907, etc.; ὠκύτητα κ. τοῦ κυνός 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 2.26.)]
II.2 followed by relative, declare, assert, αὐτὸ κατηγορέει τὸ οὔνομα ὡς ἔστι Ἑλληνικόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.115)]; κ. ὅτι.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 4.189, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 73b (_impersonal_))]: absolutely, make a definite assertion, [Refs ([prev. author] “Tht.” 208b.)]
III in Logic, predicate of a person or thing, τί τινος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Categoriae” 3a19, +others, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 250)]; κυρίως, καταχρηστικῶς κ., [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 5.15; ἐναντίως ὑπὲρ τῶν αὐτῶν [prev. author] “Oec.” p.60 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus)]: —more frequently in passive, to be predicated of.., τινος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Categoriae” 2a21, “APr.” 26b9, +others; κατά τινος [prev. author] “Cat.” 2a37; κατὰ παντὸς ἢ μηδενός [prev. author] “APr.” 24a15: less frequently ἐπί τινος [prev. author] “Metaphorical” 998b16, 999a15; so later ἐφ᾽ ἑνὸς οἴονται θεοῦ ἑκάτερον τῶν ὀνομάτων -εῖσθαι 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.48; περί τινος 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 140b37; τὸ κοινῇ -ούμενον ἐπὶ πᾶσιν [prev. author] “SE” 179a8: _absolutely_, τὸ κατηγορούμενον)] the predicate, opposed to τὸ ὑποκείμενον (the subject), [Refs ([prev. author] “Cat.” 1b11, compare “Metaphorical” 1043a6, +others)]; κατηγορεῖν καὶ -εῖσθαι to be subject and predicate, [Refs ([prev. author] “APr.” 47b1.)]
III.2 affirm, opposed to ἀπαρνέομαι, [Refs ([prev. work] 41a10.)] adverb κατηγορουμένως categorically, roundly, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.90 W.)]