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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 23 times in 22 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:10 - And, 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 G2723 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:12 - And when he was accused G2723 of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:2 - And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse G2723 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:3 - And the chief priests accused G2723 him of many things: but he answered nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:4 - And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they witness against thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:7 - And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:2 - And they began to accuse G2723 him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:10 - And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused G2723 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:14 - Said 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 G2723 him:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:45 - Do not think that I will accuse G2723 you to the Father: there is one that accuseth G2723 you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:6 - This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse G2723 him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:30 - On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused G2723 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:2 - And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse G2723 him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:8 - Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse G2723 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:13 - Neither can they prove the things whereof they G2723 ➔ now accuse G2723 me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:19 - Who ought to have been here before thee, and object, G2723 if they had ought against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:5 - Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse G2723 this man, if there be any wickedness in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:11 - For 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 G2723 me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Caesar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:16 - To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused G2723 have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:19 - But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar; not that I had ought to accuse G2723 ➔ my nation of. G2723

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:15 - Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing G2723 or else excusing one another;)

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:10 - And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser G2723 of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
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