Help QuickNav Adv. Options
NKJV

NKJV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's G2723 - katēgoreō

Choose a new font size and typeface
κατηγορέω
Transliteration
katēgoreō (Key)
Pronunciation
kat-ay-gor-eh'-o
Listen
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

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).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:10 - And behold, there was a man who had a withered hand. And they asked Him, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”—that they might accuse Him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:12 - And while He was being accused by the chief priests and elders, He answered nothing.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:2 - So they watched Him closely, whether He would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse Him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:3 - And the chief priests accused Him of many things, but He answered nothing.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:4 - Then Pilate asked Him again, saying, “Do You answer nothing? See how many things they testify against You!”[fn]

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:7 - So the scribes and Pharisees watched Him closely, whether He would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an accusation against Him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:2 - And they began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this fellow perverting the[fn] nation, and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, saying that He Himself is Christ, a King.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:10

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:14 - said to them, “You have brought this Man to me, as one who misleads the people. And indeed, having examined Him in your presence, I have found no fault in this Man concerning those things of which you accuse Him;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:45 - “Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; there is one who accuses you—Moses, in whom you trust.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:6 - This they said, testing Him, that they might have something of which to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger, as though He did not hear.[fn]

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:30 - The next day, because he wanted to know for certain why he was accused by the Jews, he released him from his bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down and set him before them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:2 - And when he was called upon, Tertullus began his accusation, saying: “Seeing that through you we enjoy great peace, and prosperity is being brought to this nation by your foresight,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:8 - “commanding his accusers to come to you. By examining him yourself you may ascertain all these things of which we accuse him.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:13 - “Nor can they prove the things of which they now accuse me.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:19 - “They ought to have been here before you to object if they had anything against me.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:5 - “Therefore,” he said, “let those who have authority among you go down with me and accuse this man, to see if there is any fault in him.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:11 - “For if I am an offender, or have committed anything deserving of death, I do not object to dying; but if there is nothing in these things of which these men accuse me, no one can deliver me to them. I appeal to Caesar.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:16 - “To them I answered, ‘It is not the custom of the Romans to deliver any man to destruction[fn] before the accused meets the accusers face to face, and has opportunity to answer for himself concerning the charge against him.’

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 28:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:19 - “But when the Jews[fn] spoke against it, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar, not that I had anything of which to accuse my nation.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:15 - who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts accusing or else excusing them)

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:10 - Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down.
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NKJV
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
NKJV
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan