Strong G2724κατηγορία
accusation
- Transliteration
- katēgoria
- Pronunciation
- kat-ay-gor-ee'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G2725; a complaint (category) that is criminal charge: - accusation (X -ed).
Detailed definition
κατηγορία, -ας, ἡ
(κατήγορος),
an accusation, charge: with genitive of person(s), Jhn.18:29; before κατά, with id., 1Ti.5:19; with genitive of thing(s), Tit.1:6.†
(AS)
(κατήγορος),
an accusation, charge: with genitive of person(s), Jhn.18:29; before κατά, with id., 1Ti.5:19; with genitive of thing(s), Tit.1:6.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2724 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- accusation3
- accuse1
First verses
- Luke 6:7And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.
- John 18:29Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man?
- 1 Timothy 5:19Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.
- Titus 1:6If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
κατηγορ-ία,
Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, accusation, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.50, etc.)]; opposed to αἰτία (expostulation), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.69; opposed to ἔπαινος, [prev. work] 84)]; opposed to ἀπολογία [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1358b11; τὴν κ. ποιεῖσθαι 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.10, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.6; ὡς ὑβρίζοντος κ. ἐποιοῦντο 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.8.1)]; κ. ἐγένοντο πολλαὶ τῶν Ἀθηναίων charges were made against.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “HG” 2.1.31; κατηγορίαι κατά τινος γεγόνασιν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.147)]; εἰ.. ἐπὶ τοῖς πεπραγμένοις κατηγορίας ἔχω I am liable to accusation, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.240.)]
II in Logic, predication, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1007a35, etc.: _plural_, [prev. author] “APo.” 84a1)]; especially affirmative predication, opposed to στέρησις, [Refs ([prev. author] “APr.” 52a15; ἄπορον ἐν κ. “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 2.93.)]
II.2 predicate, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1004a29, 1028a28, +others, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.23U., etc.)]
II.3 more frequently, category, head of predicables, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 103b20 (ten), “APo.” 83b16, “Ph.” 225b5 (eight), “Metaphorical” 1068a8 (seven), compare “EN” 1096a29.)]
Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, accusation, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.50, etc.)]; opposed to αἰτία (expostulation), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.69; opposed to ἔπαινος, [prev. work] 84)]; opposed to ἀπολογία [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1358b11; τὴν κ. ποιεῖσθαι 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.10, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.6; ὡς ὑβρίζοντος κ. ἐποιοῦντο 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.8.1)]; κ. ἐγένοντο πολλαὶ τῶν Ἀθηναίων charges were made against.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “HG” 2.1.31; κατηγορίαι κατά τινος γεγόνασιν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.147)]; εἰ.. ἐπὶ τοῖς πεπραγμένοις κατηγορίας ἔχω I am liable to accusation, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.240.)]
II in Logic, predication, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1007a35, etc.: _plural_, [prev. author] “APo.” 84a1)]; especially affirmative predication, opposed to στέρησις, [Refs ([prev. author] “APr.” 52a15; ἄπορον ἐν κ. “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 2.93.)]
II.2 predicate, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1004a29, 1028a28, +others, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.23U., etc.)]
II.3 more frequently, category, head of predicables, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 103b20 (ten), “APo.” 83b16, “Ph.” 225b5 (eight), “Metaphorical” 1068a8 (seven), compare “EN” 1096a29.)]