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Lexicon :: Strong's G2723 - katēgoreō

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κατηγορέω
Transliteration
katēgoreō (Key)
Pronunciation
kat-ay-gor-eh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:637,422

Strong’s Definitions

κατηγορέω katēgoréō, kat-ay-gor-eh'-o; from G2725; to be a plaintiff, i.e. to charge with some offence:—accuse, object.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's G2723 in the following manner: accuse (21x), object (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's G2723 in the following manner: accuse (21x), object (1x).

  1. to accuse

    1. before a judge: to make an accusation

    2. of an extra-judicial accusation

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κατηγορέω katēgoréō, kat-ay-gor-eh'-o; from G2725; to be a plaintiff, i.e. to charge with some offence:—accuse, object.
STRONGS G2723:
κατηγορέω, κατηγόρω; imperfect κατηγόρουν; future κατηγορήσω; 1 aorist κατηγόρησα; present passive κατηγοροῦμαι; (κατά and ἀγορεύω, properly, to speak against (cf. κατά, III. 7) in court, in the assembly of the people), to accuse;
a. before a judge: absolutely (to make accusation), Acts 24:2, 19; τίνος, to accuse one, Matthew 12:10; Mark 3:2; Luke 6:7 T Tr text WH; Luke 11:54 R L Tr brackets; Luke 23:2, 10; John 8:6; Acts 25:5; Acts 28:19; with the addition of a genitive of the thing of which one is accused (as Demosthenes 515 at the end): Acts 24:8; Acts 25:11 (unless it be thought preferable to regard the relative in these instances as in the genitive by attraction (so Buttmann, § 132, 16 at the end), since the common construction in Greek authors is κατηγόρουν τί τίνος, cf. Matthiae, § 370 Anm. 2, p. 849f, and § 378, p. 859; cf. Winer's Grammar, § 30, 9a.); τίνος περί τίνος, Acts 24:13 (Thucydides 8, 85; Xenophon, Hell. 1, 7, 2); with the genitive of person and accusative of the thing, Mark 15:3 (unless πολλά should be taken adverbially: much, vehemently); πόσα, Mark 15:4 L T Tr WH (Euripides, Or. 28); followed by κατά with the genitive of person, Luke 23:14 (Xenophon, Hell. 1, 7, 9 (cf. Winers Grammar, § 28, 1; p. 431 (402); Buttmann, § 132, 16)); passive to be accused (as 2 Macc. 10:13; Xenophon, Hell. 3, 5, 25; cf. Buttmann, § 134, 4): ὑπό τίνος, Matthew 27:12; Acts 22:30 L T Tr WH for Rec. παρά (τό τί κτλ., why (A. V. wherefore) he was accused; unless it is to be explained, what accusation was brought forward etc.); ὁ κατηγορούμενος, Acts 25:16.
b. of an extra-judicial accusation (Xenophon, mem. 1, 3, 4): absolutely, Romans 2:15; τίνος, John 5:45 (cf. Buttmann, 295 (254)); Revelation 12:10 R G Tr: solecistically τινα, Revelation 12:10 L T WH (cf. Buttmann, § 132, 16).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2723 matches the Greek κατηγορέω (katēgoreō),
which occurs 22 times in 21 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:10 - And behold there was a man with a withered hand. They asked him, "Is it lawful to heal on the day of Shabbat?" that they might accuse him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:12 - When he was accused by the chief Kohanim and Zakenim, he answered nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:2 - They watched him, whether he would heal him on the day of Shabbat, that they might accuse him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:3 - The chief Kohanim accused him of many things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:54

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:54 - lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:2 - They began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man perverting the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Messiah, a king."

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:10 - The chief Kohanim and the Sofrim stood, vehemently accusing him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:14 - and said to them, "You brought this man to me as one that perverts the people, and see, I have examined him before you, and found no basis for a charge against this man concerning those things of which you accuse him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:45 - "Don't think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you, even Moshe, on whom you have set your hope.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:6 - They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Yeshua stooped down, and wrote on the ground with his finger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:30 - But on the next day, desiring to know the truth about why he was accused by the Yehudim, he freed him from the bonds, and commanded the chief Kohanim and all the council to come together, and brought Sha'ul down and set him before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:2 - When he was called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, "Seeing that by you we enjoy much shalom, and that excellent measures are coming to this nation,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:8 - By examining him yourself you may ascertain all these things of which we accuse him."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:13 - Nor can they prove to you the things whereof they now accuse me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:19 - They ought to have been here before you, and to make accusation, if they had anything against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:5 - "Let them therefore," said he, "that are in power among you go down with me, and if there is anything wrong in the man, let them accuse him."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:11 - For if I have done wrong, and have committed anything worthy of death, I don't refuse to die; but if none of those things is true that they accuse me of, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:16 - To whom I answered that it is not the custom of the Romans to give up any man to destruction, before the accused has met the accusers face to face, and has had opportunity to make his defense concerning the matter laid against him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:19 - But when the Yehudim spoke against it, I was constrained to appeal to Caesar, not that I had anything about which to accuse my nation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:15 - in that they show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience testifying with them, and their thoughts among themselves accusing or else excusing them)

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:10 - I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now is come the salvation, the power, and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Messiah; for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and night.
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