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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, a man was there whose hand was withered. And they questioned [fn]Jesus, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”—so that they might accuse G2723 Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:12 - And while He was being accused G2723 by the chief priests and elders, He did not answer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:2 - And they were watching Him to see if He would heal him on the Sabbath, so 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 began to accuse G2723 Him of many things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:54

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:54 - plotting to catch [fn]Him in something He might say.

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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 man misleading our nation and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying that He Himself is [fn]Christ, a King.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:10 - And the chief priests and the scribes were standing there, vehemently accusing G2723 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 who [fn]incites the people to rebellion, and behold, having examined Him before you, I have found in this man no guilt of what you are G2723 accusing 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; the one who accuses G2723 you is Moses, in whom you have set your hope.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:6 - They were saying this, testing Him, so that they might have evidence to accuse G2723 Him. But Jesus stooped down and with His finger wrote on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:30 -

But on the next day, wishing to know for certain why he had been accused G2723 by the Jews, he released him and ordered the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin to come together, 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 after Paul had been summoned, Tertullus began to accuse G2723 him, saying,

“As we have attained much peace through you—and because by your provision reforms are being carried out for this nation—

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:8 - ordering his accusers to come before you.] By examining him yourself concerning all these matters you will be able to ascertain the things of which we accuse G2723 him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:13 - “Nor are they able to prove to you of what they are now accusing G2723 me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:19 - who ought to have been present before you and to make G2723 accusation G2723, if they should have anything against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:5 - “Therefore,” he *said, “let the influential men among you go down there with me, and if there is anything wrong [fn]about the man, let them accuse G2723 him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:11 - “If, then, I am a wrongdoer and have committed anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die; but if none of those things is true of which these men accuse G2723 me, no one can hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:16 - “I answered them that it is not the custom of the Romans to hand over any man before the accused G2723 meets his accusers face to face and has an opportunity to make his defense against the charges.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:19 - “But when the Jews [fn]objected, I was forced to appeal to Caesar, not that I had any accusation G2723 against G2723 my nation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:15 - in that they demonstrate the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their thoughts alternately accusing G2723 or else defending them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:10 - Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying,

“Now the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, he who accuses G2723 them before our God day and night.

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